In the midst of inquiries into the Spanish club’s role in a refereeing scandal, UEFA, the organization that governs European football, said on Thursday that LaLiga winners Barcelona have been given a provisional clearance to participate in the Winners League next season.

Spanish prosecutors filed a lawsuit in March regarding alleged payments Barcelona made to businesses owned by former referee Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira from 2001 to 2018 totaling 7.3 million euros ($8.02 million).

A Barcelona court has agreed to hear the case.

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Barcelona was the subject of a formal inquiry by UEFA earlier this year for alleged violations of the organization’s rules.

“FC Barcelona is provisionally admitted to take part in the 2023-24 Uefa club competitions. A future decision on admission/exclusion from the Uefa club competitions is reserved,” Uefa said in a statement.

“FC Barcelona is obliged to keep the Ethics and Disciplinary Inspectors (EDI) informed of the progress of the ongoing investigations proactively and to provide the EDIs with all the documents and information they request.

“The EDIs in charge of the case are invited to continue and finalize their investigation and to send a further report to the UEFA Appeals Body if and when they consider that the admission/exclusion of FC Barcelona should be assessed.”

Last season, Barcelona lost in the group stages of Europe’s premier club competition before being eliminated by Manchester United in the Europa League.

They have five Champions League victories, their most recent being in 2015.