The need to combat match-fixing
Reply to Recommendation
| Doc. 13071
| 21 November 2012
- Author(s):
- Committee of Ministers
- Origin
- Adopted
at the 1154th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies (14 November 2012). 2012 - November Standing Committee
- Reply to Recommendation
- : Recommendation 1997
(2012)
- Thesaurus
1 The Committee of Ministers has taken
due note of Parliamentary Assembly Recommendation 1997 (2012) on
“The need to combat match-fixing”. It has brought it to the attention
of member States’ governments and has forwarded it to the relevant
Council of Europe bodies for information and possible comments.
Note
2 Manipulation of sporting results, in which organised crime
and corruption are often involved, is a problem that calls into
question the fundamental values such as integrity and honesty of
the competition – and ultimately the rule of law – that the Council
of Europe is committed to promote and defend. The Committee of Ministers has
set out, in its Recommendation CM/Rec(2011)10 on promotion of the
integrity of sport to fight against manipulation of results, notably
match-fixing, guidelines to advise governments of the member States
that have not yet done so, in the adoption of a policy and measures
to prevent and combat such manipulation.
3 The Committee of Ministers informs the Assembly that it has
“invited the EPAS Governing Board, where appropriate, in co-operation
with the GRECO, the CDPC, MONEYVAL and other relevant bodies, and
in co-ordination with the European Union, to launch the negotiation
of a possible Council of Europe Convention against Manipulation
of Sports Results and notably Match-fixing”. EPAS shall report on
the process to the Committee of Ministers for consultation as soon
as possible. EPAS shall submit to the Committee of Ministers the
completed draft instrument that may, eventually, be finalised as
a convention or as another instrument.
4 It has also “invited the CDPC, in co-operation with the GRECO
and EPAS to consider the feasibility of an Additional Protocol to
the Council of Europe Criminal Law Convention on Corruption (ETS
No. 173), which could expand the scope of application of its provisions
to the private non-profit sector, notably sport”.
5 The Committee of Ministers does not intend to set up a specific
ad hoc committee but prefers instead to rely on existing bodies
which have expressed a desire to co-operate, to contribute their
expertise and to exchange good practices in their respective fields
of competence. Parliamentary Assembly Recommendation 1997 (2012)
will serve as an important contribution to these activities.
6 The Committee of Ministers recognises the importance of a
co-ordinated European and international approach to the fight against
manipulation of sports results. In this context, it welcomes the
support of the European Union for the Council of Europe’s work towards
a possible future Convention against Manipulation of Sports Results
and notably Match-fixing.
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