Freedom of Movement for the GCC Players

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Freedom of Movement for the GCC Players

• Michele Colucci
• info_at_colucci.eu
• Doha, 29 April 2007

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THE GCC Co-operation Council for the Arab
States of the Gulf

• Regional organization ( 25 May 1981)
• Six Member States
• Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and
  the United Arab Emirates.
• Population 35.869.438
• Creed of Islam
• One Nation

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The Charter (1981)

• Objectives (art. 4)
• effect coordination,
• integration and
• inter-connection among the Member States in all
  fields
• One final goal UNITY

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Co-operation

• Legal co-operation
• Islamic Sharia as only source for legislations
  and jurisprudence in Member States
• Social co-operation
• Co-ordination of social care, social security,
  social aid and social development
• Co-operation in the field of Youth, sports, and
  scouts
• 1983 framework for youth and sport joint work

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The Economic Agreement (31 december 2001)

• Art. 3 GCC natural and legal citizens shall be
  accorded, in any Member State, the same treatment
  accorded to its own citizens, without
  differentiation or discrimination, in all
  economic activities, especially the following
• Movement and residence
• Work in private and government jobs
• Pension and social security
• Member States shall agree to complete
  implementation rules sufficient to carry this put
  and bring into being the Gulf Common Market.

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The Economic Agreement

• Art. 5Development of Human Resources
• Member States shall undertake the policies
  necessary to develop and unify their labor rules
  and legislation, eliminate all obstacles
  restricting intra-GCC movement of national labor
  force.

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A comparison with the European Union

• 27 Member States
• 27 different cultures
• 27 different legal systems
• 23 Official Languages (496.000.000 people)
• One Treaty more economic connotations than
  social ones
• Freedom of Movement of Workers Citizens
• The Bosman case FIFA- UEFA and the EU Legal Order

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CONCLUSIONS

• A GCC PLAYER is...
• a GCC CITIZEN,
• a GCC WORKER.
• A GCC PLAYER IS ELIGIBLE TO PLAY AS LOCAL PLAYER
  FOR ANY FOOTBALL CLUB OF THE SIX GCC STATES