A legal complaint against Uefa’s Financial Fair Play (FFP) system has been referred to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) as European football’s governing body prepares to discuss the rules at a meeting next week.

The lawyers who brought the case on behalf of players’ agent Daniel Striani and football supporters from several clubs including Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) said the ECJ will be asked if FFP “violates the following EU fundamental freedoms: free competition, free movement of capital and freedom to invest, free movement of workers and free movement of services.”

Jean-Louis Dupont and Martin Hissel added in a statement that the Court of First Instance also granted an interim measure to prohibit Uefa implementing a second phase of FFP. This would have reduced the permitted deficit for clubs from €45m ($50.67m) to €30m.

“As counsels for the claimants we believe this Belgian judgment is the right answer to the FFP issue,” Dupont and Hissel said. “Let’s have the highest EU court examining peacefully its EU legality.”

First implemented in 2011, the current set of rules forbid clubs in Europe from spending beyond their means. Those that breach the regulations face heavy fines as well as squad limits and suspensions across Uefa’s Champions League and Europa League continental club competitions.

English Premier League side Manchester City and French Ligue 1 champion PSG are among the teams to have fallen victim to the regulations. Both Manchester City and PSG, bankrolled by UAE and Qatari owners, were fined £49m (€67.7m/$76.8m) and handed transfer restrictions in the 2014-15 season after breaching FFP rules.

On Friday, Uefa excluded Dynamo Moscow from European competition for a season for breaking FFP rules. The Russian Premier League club, which reached the Europa League last 16 this season, will not be allowed to compete in the 2015-16 edition of the competition.

Uefa president Michel Platini (pictured) last month moved to clarify comments he made about the possibility of the governing body relaxing its rules regarding FFP, confirming that current regulations may be adapted, but will not undergo drastic change. Platini was quoted as saying that Uefa could “ease” its FFP rules in order to allow for further owner investment. However, he then said that although the body is considering updating the rules in order to adapt to new circumstances, the organisation has not changed its approach to FFP and the current level of governance will remain in place.

Uefa’s Executive Committee will vote on proposed new measures at a meeting in Prague on June 29-30.