The Premier League welcomes the European Commissions call for evidence on a Targeted initiative for a better copyright environment for European creativity and innovation, particularly its recognition of the critical issue of online piracy currently facing European sports and other live content sectors.
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Premier League
Company · Belgium · EU Transparency Register 20008164092-96
2
positions filed
in the 326 files tracked
2
legislative files
of 326 tracked
1
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 326 consultation files tracked so far (29,503 submissions, mostly 2025–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Who they are
Among the 925 companies & groups on this site, they rank #473 by legislative files engaged — a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
2
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
€200K+
declared costs / yr (floor)
2
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2010
in the register since
Declares membership of
- The Premier League is a member of
- the European Professional Football Leagues Association (European Leagues) https://europeanleagues.com
- the World Leagues Forum https://worldleaguesforum.com/en
- the Sports Rights Owners' Coalition (SROC) https://www.sroc.info/
- Creativity Works! https://www.creativityworks.eu/
- Live Content Coalition https://livecontentcoalition.eu/
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026).
- Register category
- Companies & groups
- Registered as
- The Premier League (FAPL)
- Head office
- London, United kingdom
- EU office
- Brussels
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
Premier League filed 2 positions between 4 Jun 2025 and 25 Jun 2026, across 2 of the 326 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 1 time.
2025 · 1 filed2026 · 1 filed
What they argued
The piracy of live sports content remains a threat to the Premier Leagues business and sporting model. The majority of our revenues are derived from the sale of live broadcast rights for our matches and the wholesale theft of this live content deprives us of significant sums of money which could be reinvested in the football ecosystem.
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Turns up on the same files
Organizations that also filed on at least two of the same consultations. A shared interest in the same dossiers — not evidence of coordination, and we do not suggest any.
- EBU-UER (European Broadcasting Union) · 2 files in common
- Sports Rights Owners Coalition · 2 files in common
- EuroISPA-The European Association of Internet Services Providers · 2 files in common
- ACT · 2 files in common
- Internet Society · 2 files in common
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