UEFA Statutes

Rules of Procedure of the UEFA Congress

Regulations governing the Implementation
of the UEFA Statutes

Edition 2012

Contents
UEFA STATUTES

I.

DEFINITIONOFTERMS

II.

GENERALPROVISIONS

Article 1
Article 2
Article 3
Article 3bis
Article 4

III.

MEMBERSHIP

Article 5
Article 6
Article 7
Article 7bis
Article 8
Article 9

IV.

1.

2.

General/Decision-Making Powers ..................................................... 6

Ordinary Congress: Powers, Notice, Agenda .................................... 7
Extraordinary Congress: Powers, Notice, Agenda ............................ 7
Proposals of Member Associations ................................................... 8
Chairman of Congress, Acting Chairman, Casting Vote ................... 8
Minutes .............................................................................................. 8
Voting Rights ..................................................................................... 8
Elections ............................................................................................ 9
Coming into Force of Decisions ....................................................... 10

Executive Committee

Article 21
Article 22
Article 23
Article 24
Article 25
Article 26
Article 27

Organs ............................................................................................... 6

Congress

Article 12
Article 13
Article 14
Article 15
Article 16
Article 17
Article 18
Article 19
Article 20

Honorary Membership ....................................................................... 6

ORGANS

Article 11

Membership ....................................................................................... 3
Admission and Admission Procedure ................................................ 3
Rights of Member Associations ......................................................... 3
Obligations of Member Associations ................................................. 4
Withdrawal and Termination of Membership, Exclusion,
Dissolution of a Member Association ................................................ 5
Suspension ........................................................................................ 5

HONORARYPRESIDENTANDHONORARYMEMBERSHIP

Article 10

V.

Legal Form and Headquarters .......................................................... 1

Objectives .......................................................................................... 1
Relationship with FIFA ....................................................................... 2
Relationship with the Stakeholders in European Football ................. 2
Official Languages ............................................................................. 3

10

Composition ..................................................................................... 10
Term of Office .................................................................................. 10
Powers of the Executive Committee ................................................ 11
Duties of the Executive Committee ................................................. 11
Delegation of Management ............................................................. 12
Frequency of Meetings and Quorum ............................................... 12
Voting and Election Procedures, Minutes ........................................ 12

Article 28

3.

President

Article 29
Article 30
Article 31

4.

Suspension of Members of the Executive Committee and

Other Organs, as well as Removal of Members of Other
Committees ..................................................................................... 13

13

Powers and Duties of the President ................................................ 13

Administration Duties of the General Secretary ........................... 14
Appointment, Employment, Meetings .............................................. 14

Administration of Justice

14

Article 32 Organs for the Administration of Justice .......................................... 14

Article 33 Control and Disciplinary Body ......................................................... 15
Article 34 Appeals Body .................................................................................. 15
Article 34bis Disciplinary Inspectors ..................................................................... 16
Article 34ter Club Financial Control Body ............................................................ 16

VI.

PROFESSIONALFOOTBALLSTRATEGYCOUNCIL, COMMITTEES,
EXPERTPANELS,WORKINGGROUPS

16

Article 35 Professional Football Strategy Council ........................................... 16

Article 35bis Committees ..................................................................................... 17
Article 36 Composition ..................................................................................... 18
Article 37 Obligations ....................................................................................... 18
Article 38 Expert Panels and Working Groups ................................................ 18

VII.

ADMINISTRATION

Article 39
Article 40
Article 41

Administration .................................................................................. 19
Directors .......................................................................................... 19
Appointment, Employment, Meetings ............................................. 19

VIII. ACCOUNTS
Article 42
Article 43
Article 44
Article 45
Article 46

IX.

X.

19

Revenue, Payment of Levies and Deductions from Match

Receipts ........................................................................................... 19
Budget and Closing of Accounts ..................................................... 20
Financial Year .................................................................................. 20
Internal Auditors .............................................................................. 20
Auditing Body ................................................................................... 21

MEDIA

Article 47
Article 48

19

21

Exploitation of Rights ....................................................................... 21

Audio-visual and Radio Transmissions ........................................... 21

COMPETITIONS

21

Article 49 Competitions .................................................................................... 21

Article 50 Competition Regulations ................................................................. 22
Article 51 Prohibited Relations ........................................................................ 23
Article 51bis Principle of Promotion and Relegation ............................................ 23

XI.

DISCIPLINARYMEASURES

Article 52
Article 53
Article 54
Article 55
Article 56
Article 57
Article 58

24

Disciplinary Jurisdiction ................................................................... 24

Disciplinary Measures against Member Associations and
Clubs ............................................................................................... 24
Disciplinary Measures against Individuals ....................................... 24
Disciplinary Measures and Directives .............................................. 25
Disciplinary Regulations .................................................................. 25
Disciplinary Power ........................................................................... 25
Finality ............................................................................................. 25

XII.

RECOGNITION OFTHEUEFASTATUTES,DISPUTES

25

1.

Recognition of the UEFA Statutes

25

Article 59

2.

Disputes of National Dimension

Article 60

3.

Recognition of the UEFA Statutes ................................................... 25

Obligation to Refer Disputes to Court of Arbitration ........................ 26

Disputes of European Dimension

Article 61
Article 62
Article 63

Article 8
Article 9
Article 10

29

Coming into Force ........................................................................... 29

RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE UEFA

CONGRESS
Article 1
Article 2
Article 3
Article 4
Article 5
Article 6
Article 7

27

Governing Law and Legal Forum .................................................... 27

Matters not Covered in the Statutes ................................................ 28
Dissolution of UEFA ........................................................................ 28
Equal Status of Men and Women .................................................... 28
Authoritative Version ....................................................................... 28
Exceptional Provisions .................................................................... 28

XIV. COMINGINTOFORCEOFTHESTATUTES
Article 70

26

CAS as Ordinary Court of Arbitration .............................................. 26

CAS as Appeals Arbitration Body .................................................... 26
Common Provisions ........................................................................ 27

XIII. CONCLUDING PROVISIONS

Article 64
Article 65
Article 66
Article 67
Article 68
Article 69

26

31

Chairman of the Congress .............................................................. 31

Congress Bureau ............................................................................. 31
Agenda ............................................................................................ 31
Discussion ....................................................................................... 31
Permission to Take the Floor........................................................... 31
Motion on a Point of Order .............................................................. 32
Motions, Motions to Amend an Agenda Item and Motions to
Delete an Agenda Item ................................................................... 32
Votes ................................................................................................ 32
Elections .......................................................................................... 33
Interpreters ...................................................................................... 33

Article 11
Article 12
Article 13

Minutes ............................................................................................ 33
Representation ................................................................................ 33
Coming into Force ........................................................................... 34

REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UEFA STATUTES

35

1.

Application for Admission to UEFA

35

2.

Elections

35

3.

Coming into Force

36

UEFA STATUTES
S
S
I. DEFINITIO
ON OF TERM
MS
UEFA
FIFA
Member
A
Association
League

Executive
C
Committee
Adm
ministration
Fair Play

nnes de
1. UEFA
U
stands for Union des
d
Associatio
ons Europen
Football
F
(UEFA
A).
2. FIFA:
F
Fdration Internationale de Footba
all Association .
3. M
Member Association: a nattional football association w
which is a
member
m
of UEFA.
4. L
League: a combination
c
of
o clubs within the territo
ory of a
Member
M
Assoc
ciation and wh
hich is subordinate to and u
under the
authority
a
of tha
at Member Ass
sociation.
5. E
Executive Com
mmittee: the UEFA Execu
utive Committe
ee, as it
exists
e
from time to time, in accordance witth these Statuttes.
6. A
Administration
n: the UEFA Administration
A
, as it exists frrom time
to
o time, in acco
ordance with these Statutes.
7. F
Fair play mea
ans acting according to ethic
cal principles w
which, in
particular,
p
oppose the conce
ept of sporting
g success at a
any price,
promote
p
integrity and equa
al opportunitie
es for all com
mpetitors,
and
a
emphasis
se respect of
o the perso
onality and w
worth of
everyone
e
involved in a sporting event.

II.
I GENERAL
L PROVISION
NS
Legal
L
Form and
a
Headquarrters
Artic
cle 1
L
Legal Form

Hea
adquarters

The
T
Union des
d
Associations Europ
ennes de Football
(UEF
FA) shall be a society enttered in the register
r
of co mpanies
unde
er the terms of Art. 60 et
e seq. of th
he Swiss Civvil Code.
UEF
FA shall be neutral, politically and religiou
usly.
2
UEFAs
U
headq
quarters shall be situated in Switzerla
and. The
Exec
cutive Comm
mittee shall determine the
t
location of the
regis
stered office of
o UEFA.
Objjectives
Artic
cle 2

Objectives

The
T objectives
s of UEFA sha
all be to:
a) deal
d
with all qu
uestions relating to Europea
an football;
b) promote
p
football in Europe in a spirit of peace, underrstanding
and
a fair play, without
w
any discrimination on
o account off politics,
gender,
g
religion
n, race or any
y other reason;
c) monitor
m
and control the dev
velopment of every type off football
in
n Europe;

Means Allowing
to Achieve the
Objectives

d) organise and conduct international football competitions and

tournaments at European level for every type of football whilst
respecting the players health;
e) prevent all methods or practices which might jeopardise the
regularity of matches or competitions or give rise to the abuse
of football;
f) ensure that sporting values always prevail over commercial
interests;
g) redistribute revenue generated by football in accordance with
the principle of solidarity and to support reinvestment in favour
of all levels and areas of football, especially the grassroots of
the game;
h) promote unity among Member Associations in matters relating
to European and world football;
i) safeguard the overall interests of Member Associations;
j) ensure that the needs of the different stakeholders in European
football (leagues, clubs, players, supporters) are properly taken
into account;
k) act as a representative voice for the European football family
as a whole;
l) maintain good relations with and cooperate with FIFA and the
other Confederations recognised by FIFA;
m) ensure that its representatives within FIFA loyally represent the
views of UEFA and act in the spirit of European solidarity;
n) respect the interests of Member Associations, settle disputes
between Member Associations and assist them in any matter
upon request.
2
UEFA shall seek to achieve its objectives by implementing any
measures it deems appropriate, such as setting down rules,
entering into agreements or conventions, taking decisions or
adopting programmes.
Article 3

Confederation
Relations with
FIFA

Relationship with FIFA

UEFA shall be a Confederation recognised by FIFA.

UEFA shall, if necessary, define its relations and respective
jurisdictions with FIFA by contract.
2

Relationship with the Stakeholders in European Football

Acticle 3bis
Relationship
with the
Stakeholders in
European
Football

UEFA, as the football governing body at European level, may

recognise and involve in the consultation process in European
football matters, groups representing the interests of the various
stakeholders of European football (leagues, clubs, players,
supporters), provided that they are:
a) organised in accordance with UEFAs Statutes, regulations and values;
b) constituted in a democratic, open and transparent manner.
2

Official Languages
Artic
cle 4
Official
L
Languages
Congress
Official
D
Documents,
Records

1
The
T
official lan
nguages of UEFA
U
shall be
e English, Fre
ench and
Germ
man.
2
The
T
official lan
nguages of Congress
C
shalll be English, French,
Germ
man and Russ
sian.
3
Official
O
docum
ments and offficial records
s of UEFA sshall be
published in English, French and German.. In the even
nt of any
E
versio
on shall be autthoritative.
discrepancy, the English

III. MEM
MBERSHIP
Mem
mbership
Artic
cle 5
Members

E
Exceptions

1
Membership
M
of
o UEFA is open to national football asso
ociations
situa
ated in the co
ontinent of Eu
urope, based in a country which is
reco
ognised by the
e United Nations as an independent sttate, and
whic
ch are responsible for the organisation
o
and
a implemen
ntation of
footb
ball-related matters in the te
erritory of their country.
2
In
n exceptionall circumstances, a nationa
al football asssociation
that is situated in another conttinent may be admitted to m
memberat it is not a member
m
of the Confederatio
on of that
ship, provided tha
ny other Conffederation, an
nd that FIFA a
approves
conttinent, or of an
its membership
m
off UEFA.

Adm
mission and Admission
A
Pro
ocedure
Artic
cle 6
App
plication for
Admission
Power
P
Provisional
Admission

Admission
Procedure

A national fo
ootball association that wishes
w
to be
ecome a
mem
mber of UEFA shall submit a written application for adm
mission.
2
The
T
Congress
s shall have th
he power in itts discretion to
o accept
or re
efuse an application for mem
mbership.
3
The
T
Executive Committee
e may admitt a national football
asso
ociation into membership
m
on
n a provisiona
al basis. A deccision on
full admission
a
must be taken att the next Con
ngress.
4
Details
D
concerrning the admission procedure shall be la
aid down
in the Regulations governing th
he Implementation of the S tatutes.
Rights
R
of Mem
mber Associations
Artic
cle 7

Rights

Mem
mber Associatiions shall hav
ve the following
g rights:
a) to
o take part in and
a exercise their
t
voting rig
ghts at the Con
ngress;
b) to
o draw up pro
oposals for the
e agenda of th
he Congress;

c) to propose candidates from their own association for the

election of the President of UEFA, the members of the UEFA
Executive Committee and the European members of the FIFA
Executive Committee;
d) to propose candidates for the election of the Chairmen and
members of the Organs for the Administration of Justice and
of the Committees;
e) to take part in UEFA competitions with their representative
teams and to enter their clubs for these competitions;
f) to exercise all other rights granted to them by these Statutes
and regulations and decisions made under them.
Acticle7
Fair Play,
Statutes, Laws
of the Game

Independence

Leagues,
Combinations

Club Licensing
System

Integrity of the
Competitions

bis

Obligations of Member Associations

Member Associations shall have the following obligations:

a) to observe the principles of loyalty, integrity and sportsmanship
in accordance with the principles of fair play;
b) to comply with these Statutes and regulations and decisions
made under them;
c) to respect the Laws of the Game as decided by the
International Football Association Board (IFAB).
Member Associations shall include these obligations in their
statutes, as well as a provision that leagues, clubs, players and
officials shall observe these obligations.
2
Member Associations shall manage their affairs independently
and with no influence from third parties. Member Associations
shall provide in their statutes for a procedure guaranteeing that
their executive body is freely elected and that their other bodies
are elected or appointed in a completely independent way. Any
body or decision from a body that has not been elected or
appointed in compliance with such a procedure, even on an
interim basis, shall not be recognised by UEFA.
3
Leagues or any other groups of clubs at Member Association
level shall only be permitted with the Associations express
consent and shall be subordinate to it. The Associations statutes
shall define the powers apportioned to any such group, as well as
its rights and obligations. The statutes and regulations of any
such group shall be subject to the approval of the Association.
4
Member Associations shall apply a club licensing system
according to the minimum requirements set by UEFA from time to
time. Member Associations shall include such an obligation and
define the licensing bodies in their statutes.
5
Member Associations shall ensure that neither a natural nor a
legal person (including holding companies and subsidiaries)
exercises control or influence over more than one of their clubs
whenever the integrity of any match or competition organised at
Member Association level could be jeopardized. Member
4

Comm
munication
o
of Statutory
Am
mendments

Asso
ociations shall include such
h an obligation
n in their statu
utes and
lay down
d
the nece
essary implem
menting provis
sions.
6
Member
M
Asso
ociations sha
all communicate to UE
EFA any
ame
endment of th
heir statutes translated, iff necessary, into an
official language of
o UEFA.
Withdrawal
W
and Termination of Membe
ership, Exclus
sion,
solution of a Member Asso
ociation
Diss
Artic
cle 8

W
Withdrawal

D
Dissolution
Exclusion

Financial
O
Obligations

1
A Member As
ssociation may withdraw itts membershiip at the
end of UEFAs financial yea
ar, provided that it has given a
m
written
n notice to th
he Administrattion sent
minimum of six months
egistered lette
er.
by re
2
Iff a Member Association
A
is dissolved,
d
its membership of UEFA
shall terminate at the same time.
3
A Member Ass
sociation may be excluded from UEFA if it has:
a) fa
ailed to settle its financial ob
bligations towa
ards UEFA;
b) seriously
s
breached these Statutes
S
or a regulation or decision
made
m
under them;
c) lo
ost its qualify
ying status as
s a representative nationall football
association;
a
d) been
b
refused membership
m
of, or excluded from, FIFA.
The exclusion off a Member Association shall be deccided by
gress. The ex
xclusion must be supported
d by three-qu arters or
Cong
more
e of the Congress, and att least half of the total nu
umber of
Mem
mber Associations must be present.
p
4
shall be ob
A Member Association
A
bliged to se
ettle all
outstanding finan
ncial obligations due to UEFA prio r to its
withd
drawal or dissolution and/or the termination of its
mem
mbership.

Suspension
Artic
cle 9
Executive
C
Committee

Specific
G
Grounds for
S
Suspension

1
Iff, in the opiinion of the Executive Co
ommittee, a Member
Asso
ociation has committed
c
a serious
s
breach
h of these Sta
atutes or
regu
ulations or decisions
d
ma
ade under them, the E
Executive
Com
mmittee shall be entitled to
o suspend the membershi p of the
Mem
mber Associattion with immediate effect.
1bis
A Member Ass
sociation may in particular be suspended
d if state
authorities interferre in its affairs in such a significant way th
hat:
a) itt may no longer be considered as fully
y responsible
e for the
organisation
o
off football-relate
ed matters in its territory;
b) itt is no longer in a position to perform its
s statutory tassks in an
appropriate
a
ma
anner;

Congress

c) th
he smooth running
r
of a competition organised u
under its
auspices
a
is no longer guaranteed; or
d) th
he free elec
ction of its executive body
b
or the
e totally
in
ndependent election
e
or appointment of its other b odies is
no
n longer ensu
ured.
2
Any
A
suspensio
on shall be submitted to th
he next Cong
gress for
cons
sideration as to whether or not the Member Asssociation
shou
uld be excluded, or the suspension lifte
ed or continue
ed. If the
Congress does not
n consider the matter, the suspensi on shall
se.
ceas

IV. HO
ONORARY PRESIDENT
P
AND
A
HONOR
RARY MEMBE
ERSHIP
Honorary
y Membership
p
Artic
cle 10
Honorary
Membership

Honorary
P
Presidents;
Advisory
Capacity
Honorary
Members;
Advisory
Capacity

UEFA
U
may, on the proposal of the Executive Committee
e, bestow
the status
s
of Hono
orary Presiden
nt or Honorary
y Membership
p upon a
pers
son for especially meritoriou
us services to
o European fo
ootball.
2
Honorary
H
Pre
esidents may
y attend the Congress a
and the
mee
etings of the Executive
E
Com
mmittee in an advisory
a
capa
acity, but
shall have no vote
e.
3
Honorary
H
Mem
mbers may atttend the Con
ngress in an advisory
capa
acity, but shall have no vote
e.

V. OR
RGANS
Organs
Artic
cle 11
Organs

The organs throug

gh which UEF
FA may act (th
he Organs) sh
hall be:
th
he Congress;
th
he Executive Committee;
C
th
he President;
th
he Organs for the Administrration of Justice.
1. Co
ongress
Ge
eneral/Decision-Making Po
owers
Artic
cle 12

Supre
eme Organ
Decisions

The
T
Congress
s shall be th
he supreme controlling O
Organ of
UEF
FA.
2
Only
O
a duly co
onvened Cong
gress shall have the power to make
decisions.

Ordinarry Congress: Powers, Notiice, Agenda

Artic
cle 13
Frequency

Powers

T
Time Limit,
Agen
nda, Notice

1
An
A Ordinary Congress
C
sha
all be held every
e
year. A second
ordin
nary Congress may be called by the Ex
xecutive Comm
mittee to
deal with financial matters and/orr matters of parrticular significa
ance.
2
Matters
M
within the power off Congress sh
hall be the:
a) election
e
of telle
ers;
b) election
e
of thre
ee delegates to
t verify the minutes
m
of Con
ngress;
c) re
eceipt and consideration
c
of the Presid
dents and E
Executive
Committees
C
re
eport;
d) re
eceipt and consideration off the Administrations reporrt;
e) acknowledgem
a
ment of the financial
f
repo
ort and the auditors
re
eport as well as approval of
o the annual accounts and
d annual
budget;
b
f) election
e
of the President of UEFA;
g) election
e
of the members of the
t Executive Committee;
h) election
e
of the European members of the FIFA E
Executive
Committee;
C
i) election
e
of the Auditing Body;
j) amendment
a
off the Statutes;
k) consideration
c
and taking of decisions on proposals;
l) consideration
c
hip applications and the e
exclusion
of membersh
of
o a Member Association;
A
m) decisions
d
on the
t
lifting or continuation
c
of
o the suspenssion of a
Member
M
Asso
ociation, Exe
ecutive Comm
mittee membe
er or a
member
m
of ano
other body;
n) consideration
c
ember of
of proposals for the dismissal of a me
th
he Executive Committee or the Organs for the Admin
nistration
of
o Justice;
o) re
eceipt and con
nsideration off the agenda of
o the FIFA Con
ngress;
p) re
eceipt and consideration
c
of the minu
utes of the previous
Congress
C
in ac
ccordance witth Art. 17, para
a. 2, if necesssary;
q) bestowal
b
of ho
onorary memb
bership.
3
Notice
N
of an Ordinary
O
Congrress shall be given
g
in writing
g at least
three
e months in advance. Th
he official inv
vitation to atttend the
Congress shall be sent out at least fou
ur weeks be fore the
e, together with the agend a, which
Congress is due to take place
p by the Execu
utive Committtee.
shall be drawn up

Extraordin
nary Congres
ss: Powers, Notice,
N
Agend
da
Artic
cle 14
Co
onvocation

An
A
Extraordin
nary Congre
ess may be
e convened by the
Exec
cutive Committee, or at the written re
equest of one
e fifth or
more
e of the Member Associatio
ons, stating th
he items to be
e placed
on th
he agenda.

Time Limit

Agenda

Iff convened by
y one fifth of the Member Associations,
A
a
an Extraordin
nary Congress
s shall be held
d within three months of the
e date of
the written
w
reques
st. Notice of th
he Extraordina
ary Congress shall be
sentt out at least tw
wo months be
efore it is due to take place..
3
The
T
agenda, which shall be drawn up
u by the E
Executive
Com
mmittee, shall be sent out together with the notice
e of the
Extra
aordinary Con
ngress. Items may also be placed on the
e agenda
by the Executive
e Committee which fall witthin the powe
er of an
ss.
Ordinary Congres
Pro
oposals of Me
ember Assoc
ciations
Artic
cle 15

Deadline

A Me
ember Associa
ation wishing to
t include a prroposal on the
e agenda
for an Ordinary Congress must
m
submit it in writing
g to the
Adm
ministration at least two mon
nths before th
he Congress iis due to
take place. The proposal must be clearly form
mulated, toge
ether with
he proposal.
brieff reasons for th
Chairman of Congress, Acting Chairm
man, Casting V
Vote
Artic
cle 16

Chairman of
Congress

asting Vote
Ca

The
T President or, in his abs
sence, the firs
st Vice-Presid ent shall
be Chairman
C
of Congress.
C
If the first Vice-Prresident is nott present
eithe
er, the long
gest-serving Vice-Preside
ent shall ch
hair the
Congress. If no Vice-President
V
t is present, Congress
C
sha ll elect a
mber of the Ex
xecutive Comm
mittee as Cha
airman of Cong
gress.
mem
2
In
n the event of
o a tie in any
y vote, the Chairman
C
of C
Congress
shall have a casting vote. In ele
ections, Art. 19 shall apply.
Miinutes
Artic
cle 17

Minutes
Approval

Minutes
M
of all business
b
at Congress
C
shalll be taken.
The
T
delegates
s elected to verify the miinutes shall d
do so in
orde
er that minutes may be sen
nt out to the Member Asso
ociations
within 90 days of the Congress
s. The minutes
s shall be rega
arded as
ch, no objecttions are
apprroved if, withiin 30 days off their dispatc
raise
ed by registerred letter to th
he Administration. In the evvent that
any objections arre received, th
he minutes sh
hall be placed
d on the
nda of the nex
xt Ordinary Co
ongress for co
onsideration.
agen
2

Votin
ng Rights
Artic
cle 18
Votting Rights
Proxy
Op
pen Voting

1
Each
E
Member Association shall
s
have one vote which shall be
exerrcised on its behalf
b
by one of
o its represen
ntatives.
2
Votes
V
by proxy
y shall not be permitted.
3
Voting
V
shall be
e open, unless
s the Congres
ss decides oth
herwise.

Majorities

Susspended &
P
Provisional
Members

Unless
U
otherw
wise prescribe
ed in these Statutes, a proposal
shall be passed if supported by a simple majority of tthe valid
ot be counted
d. In the eventt of a tie,
votes cast. Abstentions shall no
the Chairman
C
of Congress
C
sha
all have a cas
sting vote. A p
proposal
for the dissolution
n of UEFA shall be passed
d if supported by fours or more of all Member Associations.
A
o amend
fifths
A proposal to
the Statutes
S
shall be passed if supported by
y two-thirds orr more of
the Member
M
Asso
ociations prese
ent at the Con
ngress.
5
Suspended
S
Member
M
Ass
sociations an
nd national football
asso
ociations adm
mitted into me
embership on
n a provision
nal basis
shall not have the
e right to vote.
Ele
ections
Artic
cle 19

Procedure

Se
ecret Ballot

Election of
Pre
esident and
Executive
C
Committee

Election of
European
m
members of
FIFA
A Executive
C
Committee

Other

1
In
n respect of elections, a person
p
shall be
b elected in the first
ballo
ot if supported
d by an absolute majority of
o the valid vo
otes cast
(i.e. half of the vo
otes plus one). If no election is made, the
ere shall
t
person su
upported by a simple
be a second ballot, in which the
majo
ority (i.e. most votes) shall be elected. In the event o
of a tie in
the second
s
ballot,, there shall be a third ballo
ot, in which the
e person
supp
ported by a simple majority
y shall be elec
cted. In the evvent of a
tie in
n the third balllot, election shall
s
be determined by the drawing
of lo
ots.
2
Elections
E
shalll be by secrett ballot. If the number of ca ndidates
is eq
qual to the number
n
of vac
cant positions
s, the Congre
ess may
decide to proceed
d otherwise.
3
The
T
Presiden
nt and seve
en members
s of the E
Executive
Com
mmittee shall be elected during the cale
endar year prreceding
the final round of
o the UEFA European Fo
ootball Champ
pionship.
m
of the
t
Executive
e Committee shall be
The other eight members
e calendar ye
ear following the final roun
nd of the
elected during the
FA European Football
F
Cham
mpionship.
UEF
4
UEFA
U
shall ele
ect two FIFA Vice-Presiden
nts and five m
members
of th
he FIFA Exec
cutive Committtee. The UEF
FA President shall be
an ex-officio
e
FIFA
A Vice-Preside
ent. The other FIFA Vice-P
President
and one membe
er of the FIF
FA Executive Committee shall be
e calendar ye
ear preceding the final roun
nd of the
elected during the
FA European Football
F
Cham
mpionship. The other four m
members
UEF
of th
he FIFA Executive Comm
mittee shall be elected du
uring the
calendar year folllowing the final round of the UEFA E
European
onship.
Foottball Champio
5
In
n all other res
spects, Art. 18
8 shall apply by analogy.

9
9

Coming
C
into Force
F
of Decis
sions
Artic
cle 20
Deadline

Cong
gress decision
ns shall be biinding on all Member
M
Asso
ociations.
Unle
ess otherwise stated, a de
ecision shall come
c
into forrce three
months after the end of the Co
ongress. The Congress ma
ay decide
arlier or later d
date.
that a decision shall come into force at an ea
2. Executiv
ve Committee
e
Com
mposition
Artic
cle 21

Co
omposition

Eligibility
Conditions

C
Constitution

The
T
Executive
e Committee shall consist of the Presid
dent and
fiftee
en other mem
mbers elected
d by a Congrress. Moreove
er, upon
prop
posal of the Womens Fo
ootball Comm
mittee, the E
Executive
Com
mmittee shall appoint
a
a wom
man as an ad
dditional mem
mber with
the same rights and duties as
a the other Executive Co
ommittee
mbers.
mem
2
han one
The
T
Executive
e Committee shall not inc
clude more th
repre
esentative of the same Mem
mber Association.
3
Each
E
memberr of the Executive Comm
mittee, exceptt for the
Pres
sident, shall hold an active office within his Member
Asso
ociation. If thiis condition is
s no longer met
m during hiss term of
office, he shall no
o longer be elig
gible for re-ele
ection.
4
The
T
Executive
e Committee shall elect a first, secon
nd, third,
fourtth and fifth Vic
ce-President, one of whom will chair the Finance
Com
mmittee. The
e President shall be entitled
e
to propose
cand
didates.
Term of Office
Artic
cle 22

Term,
R
Re-election

Sta
art and End

Woman
appoin
nted by the
Executive
C
Committee

10

The
T
term of office of the
e President and
a
memberss of the
Exec
cutive Commiittee elected by
b a Congres
ss shall be fou
ur years.
Eigh
ht members, or
o seven mem
mbers and the President, shall be
elected every two years. All members sha
all be eligible
e for reelection.
1bis
The
T
term of office of the
e President and
a
memberss of the
Exec
cutive Committtee starts at the close of the Congress at which
they are elected and
a
ends at the
t
close of th
he Congress at which
theirr successors are
a elected.
1ter
The
T
appointme
ent of a wom
man as a mem
mber of the E
Executive
Com
mmittee shall be made att the constitu
utive meeting
g of the
Exec
cutive Commiittee for a fou
ur-year term of
o office. Herr term of
office
e starts the day
d of her app
pointment durring the calen
ndar year
prec
ceding the fiinal round of
o the UEFA
A European Football
Championship and
d ends at the close
c
of the ellectoral Congrress held
four years later.
10

Age Limit
Vacancies

A person aged
d 70 or more shall not be eligible
e
for ele
ection or
re-election.
3
Iff a vacancy occurs,
o
the ne
ext Ordinary Congress
C
shalll elect a
repla
acement for the remainin
ng term of office. If the vacancy
occu
urs in the fina
al year of a te
erm of office, no replaceme
ent shall
be elected.
e
Pow
wers of the Executive Com
mmittee
Artic
cle 23

JJurisdiction

Ma
anagement

1
The
T
Executive
e Committee shall have the power tto adopt
regu
ulations and make
m
decision
ns on all mattters which do
o not fall
within the legal orr statutory juris
sdiction of the
e Congress orr another
an.
Orga
2
pt to the
The
T
Executive
e Committee shall
s
manage UEFA, excep
extent that it has
s delegated such
s
managem
ment, or unle
ess such
man
nagement has been delegatted by the Sta
atutes to the P
President
or th
he Administrattion.

Du
uties of the Ex
xecutive Com
mmittee
Artic
cle 24
Untrransferable
Duties

The
T
Executiv
ve Committtee shall have
h
the ffollowing
untra
ansferable and irrevocable duties:
a) overall
o
control of UEFA and the issue of necessary instrructions;
b) definition
d
of the
e organisational structure;
c) fo
orm and supervision of the book-keeping;
b
;
d) election
e
of two
o internal audiitors and the issue
i
of their terms of
re
eference;
e) appointment
a
of
o the Genera
al Secretary and Deputy General
Secretary
S
upon
n proposal of the
t President;
f) dismissal
d
of the General Secretary and
a
Deputy General
Secretary
S
upo
on proposal of
o the Preside
ent or by a decision
supported
s
by tw
wo-thirds or more
m
of all mem
mbers of the E
Executive
Committee;
C
g) overall
o
superviision of the Ad
dministration, including the General
Secretary
S
and Deputy Gene
eral Secretary, especially in terms of
observance
o
of laws, the Stattutes, regulatio
ons and orders
rs;
h) approval
a
of the
e annual busin
ness plan of the Administratiion;
i) compilation
c
of a written report for presen
ntation to the Ordinary
Congress;
C
j) examination
e
of
o the Admin
nistrations report to the Ordinary
Congress.
C
2
The
T
Executive
e Committee may delegate
e the prepara
ation and
implementation off its decisions
s or the supervision of bussiness to
s members.
one or more of its

11
11

Delegation of Manageme
ent
Artic
cle 25
De
elegation of
Ma
anagement

Orga
anisational
R
Regulations

1
In
n accordance
e with a set of organisation
nal regulation s issued
by itt, the Executive Committe
ee shall be au
uthorised to d
delegate
man
nagement, eith
her fully or partly,
p
to the President, to
o one or
more
e of its members and/or to the Administra
ation.
2
This
T
set of organisationa
al regulations shall govvern the
man
nagement, define
d
the necessary posts, outli ne the
corre
esponding duties and govern reporting.

Frequency of Me
eetings and Quorum
Q
Artic
cle 26
Meetings

Quorum

Excllusion from
Meetings

C
Coming into
Force

1
The
T
Executive
e Committee shall
s
as a ge
eneral rule me
eet once
everry two months
s. It shall be convened by the Presiden
nt. At the
requ
uest of at lea
ast four votin
ng members,, the Preside
ent shall
conv
vene a meetin
ng of the Exec
cutive Committee within tw
wo weeks
of such a reques
st being mad
de. The President may invvite third
ee in an
partiies to attend meetings off the Executiive Committe
advisory capacity.
2
The
T
Executive
e Committee shall have a quorum of h
half plus
one of its voting
g members, including
i
the President orr, in his
ence, a Vice-P
President.
abse
3
A member of the Executive
e Committee or
o the Preside
ent shall
not take part in the
t
deliberatio
on of any ma
atter or point of issue
mber Associa
ation and/or a club affiliate
ed to the
involving the Mem
mber Association with which
h he is associa
ated, or in anyy case in
Mem
whic
ch a conflict of
o interest exis
sts.
4
me into
Decisions
D
of the Executive Committe
ee shall com
immediate force, unless the
e Executive Committee decides
erwise.
othe

Voting
g and Election Procedures
s, Minutes
Artic
cle 27
Majorities

Voting Rights

Minutes

12

1
Unless
U
decide
ed otherwise, and subject to para. 2 b
below, a
decision shall be
e made in ele
ections and votes
v
if suppo
orted by
e than half off the votes ca
ast by the voting members present.
more
In th
he event of a tie
t in votes, th
he President shall
s
have the
e casting
vote. Votes shall be open and
d elections sh
hall be secrett, unless
the Executive
E
Committee decid
des otherwise
e. In the eventt of a tie
in an
n election, a person
p
shall be
e elected by the drawing off lots.
2
Members
M
elec
cted by a Congress,
C
as well as the woman
appo
ointed as me
ember by the
e Executive Committee, sshall be
eligible to vote.
3
Minutes
M
of all business cond
ducted at a meeting
m
shall b
be taken.
The minutes sha
all be sent to
t all membe
ers of the E
Executive
mmittee before
e the next mee
eting.
Com

12

Suspension
S
of
o Members off the Executiv
ve Committee
e and
Other
O
Organs
s, as well as Removal
R
of Members
M
of O
Other
Com
mmittees
Artic
cle 28
De
ereliction of
Duty,
Improper
Conduct
Approval
Rem
moval from
Office

P
Procedures

The
T
Executive
e Committee may suspen
nd a membe
er of the
Exec
cutive Committee or a mem
mber of anothe
er Organ (see
e Art. 11)
until the next Ord
dinary Congress where it co
onsiders that p
person to
e committed a gross
g
dereliction
n of duty or an act
a of improper cconduct.
have
2
Art.
A 9, para. 2 shall apply ac
ccordingly.
3
The
T
Executive
e Committee may
m remove from
f
office a member
of a Committee and appoint a replaceme
ent for the re
emaining
perio
od of the term
m of office whe
ere it considerrs that person
n to have
committed a gro
oss dereliction
n of duty or an act of iimproper
duct.
cond
4
Such
S
decisions shall be ma
ade if supporrted by three--quarters
or more
m
of all vo
oting memberrs of the Exe
ecutive Comm
mittee. A
mem
mber of the Executive
E
Co
ommittee affected by the decision
shall not be entitle
ed to take parrt in the delibe
erations or votte.
3. Prresident
Pow
wers and Dutties of the Pre
esident
Artic
cle 29

Reprresentation
Chairman
Ca
asting Vote
Furth
her Powers
a
and Duties

A
Absence of
President

The
T President shall represe
ent UEFA.
The
T President shall chair the Congress, as
a well as me etings of
the Executive
E
Com
mmittee.
3
In
n the event of
o a tie in any vote, the Pre
esident shall h
have the
casting vote.
4
The
T President is furthermore
e responsible for:
a) re
elations betwe
een UEFA and
d FIFA;
b) re
elations betwe
een UEFA and
d other confed
derations;
c) re
elations betwe
een UEFA and
d its Member Associations;
A
d) re
elations betwe
een UEFA an
nd political bo
odies and inte
ernational
organisations;
o
e) im
mplementing the
t decisions of the Congre
ess and the E
Executive
Committee
C
thro
ough the Administration;
f) supervising
s
the
e work of the Administration
A
.
In ca
arrying out th
hese responsibilities, the President
P
shal l consult
with the Executive
e Committee.
5
In
n the absence
e of the President, the highest-ranked a
available
Vice
e-President sh
hall assume his powers and
d duties.
2

13

Administration Duties of the General Secretary

Article 30
Management of
the
Administration

Further Duties
Delegation

1
The General Secretary shall be responsible for the
organisation, management and direction of the Administration.
2

The following duties in particular shall be delegated to the

General Secretary:
a) representation of UEFA, as delegated by the UEFA President;
b) appointment and dismissal of Directors, after consultation with
the President;
c) appointment and dismissal of staff of the Administration;
d) submission of an annual business plan;
e) compilation of a written report for presentation to the Ordinary
Congress;
f) drawing up of an estimate for income and expenditure;
g) initiation of expenditure within the framework of the budget.
3
Further duties of the Administration shall be defined by the
Executive Committee in detail in a set of regulations.
4
The General Secretary may delegate his duties to the Deputy
General Secretary and/or to the Directors. Such duties shall be
defined in regulations to be approved by the Executive
Committee.
Article 31

Appointment,
Employment

Attendance of
Meetings

Appointment, Employment, Meetings

The Executive Committee shall appoint the General Secretary

and the Deputy General Secretary, who shall be employed by
UEFA.
2
The General Secretary and the Deputy General Secretary
shall attend meetings of Congress, the Executive Committee and
its panels, as well as of Committees, and take an advisory part in
the deliberations. The General Secretary may be represented by
the Deputy General Secretary.
4. Administration of Justice
Article 32

Organs for the

Administration
of Justice

14

Organs for the Administration of Justice

UEFAs Organs for the Administration of Justice are:

a) the UEFA disciplinary bodies, i.e. the Control and Disciplinary
Body and the Appeals Body;
b) the Disciplinary Inspectors;
c) the Club Financial Control Body.
Members of the Organs for the Administration of Justice may not
belong to any other organ or Committee of UEFA.

14

Election,
Term of Office

Jurisdiction

Members of the Control and Disciplinary Body and Appeals

Body as well as the Disciplinary Inspectors shall be elected by the
Executive Committee (from candidates proposed by the Member
Associations) for a term of four years. Members of the Club
Financial Control Body shall be elected by the Executive
Committee for a term of four years.
3
Further rules pertaining to the UEFAs Organs for the
Administration of Justice shall be set out in the Disciplinary
Regulations or in other specific regulations adopted by the
Executive Committee.
Article 33

Composition
Quorum

Jurisdiction

The Control and Disciplinary Body shall consist of a Chairman,

two Vice-Chairmen and seven other members.
2
The Control and Disciplinary Body shall, as a rule, reach
decisions in the presence of all its members, but it is entitled to
take a decision if at least three of its members are present.
Exceptions may be set out in the UEFA Disciplinary Regulations,
which may provide for the Chairman, or one of the Vice-Chairmen
or a member acting as ad hoc Chairman, to hear special cases
alone.
3
The Control and Disciplinary Body shall have jurisdiction to
rule on disciplinary issues and all other matters which fall within
its jurisdiction pursuant to these Statutes or regulations adopted
by the Executive Committee.
Article 34

Composition
Quorum

Jurisdiction

Control and Disciplinary Body

Appeals Body

The Appeals Body shall consist of a Chairman, two ViceChairmen and nine other members.
2
The Appeals Body shall, as a rule, reach decisions in the
presence of three of its members. The UEFA Disciplinary
Regulations may provide for exceptions and, in particular,
empower the Chairman, or one of the Vice-Chairmen or a
member acting as ad hoc Chairman, sitting alone, to take a
decision on appeals which are obviously inadmissible, founded or
unfounded.
3
The Appeals Body shall have jurisdiction to hear appeals
against decisions of the Control and Disciplinary Body pursuant to
the Disciplinary Regulations in force from time to time. These
regulations may provide that a case be referred directly to the
Appeals Body in urgent circumstances, in particular regarding the
admission to, or exclusion from, UEFA competitions.

15
15

Acticle 34
Composition

Jurisdiction

bis

1
The Executive Committee shall appoint the necessary number
of Disciplinary Inspectors and designate one of them as Chief
Inspector.
2
The Disciplinary Inspectors represent UEFA in proceedings
before the Control and Disciplinary Body and the Appeals Body.

Acticle 34ter
Composition

Quorum

Jurisdiction

Disciplinary Inspectors

Club Financial Control Body

The Club Financial Control Body shall consist of a Chairman,

two Vice-Chairmen and the necessary number of other members
as determined by the Executive Committee.
2
The Club Financial Control Body shall, as a rule, reach
decisions in the presence of at least three of its members
(including the Chairman, or one Vice-Chairman or a member
acting as ad hoc Chairman). Exceptions may be set out in
specific regulations adopted by the Executive Committee, which
may in particular empower the Chairman, or one of the ViceChairmen or a member acting as ad hoc Chairman, sitting alone,
to take a decision in special cases.
3
The Club Financial Control Body shall have jurisdiction to
decide on issues specified in the applicable regulations as
adopted by the Executive Committee.

VI. PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL STRATEGY COUNCIL,

COMMITTEES, EXPERT PANELS, WORKING GROUPS
Article 35
Composition

a)
b)
c)
d)

16

16

Professional Football Strategy Council

The Professional Football Strategy Council is composed of:

four Vice-Presidents of the UEFA Executive Committee;
representatives elected by any such group recognised by UEFA
as representing the interests of the European professional
football leagues;
representatives elected by any such group recognised by UEFA
as representing the interests of the clubs participating in the
UEFA competitions;
representatives elected by any such players union recognised
by UEFA as representing the interests of the professional
players in Europe.

Terms of
reference

Tasks

Function

n of the
Details
D
concerning the com
mposition and
d organisation
Proffessional Foottball Strategy Council, inclu
uding the settiing up of
sub--committees or
o working grroups to deall with specificc topics,
and the more de
etailed tasks assigned to it shall be se
et out in
ms of referenc
ce drawn up by the Execu
utive Committtee from
term
time to time.
3
The
T Professional Football Strategy
S
Coun
ncil shall, in pa
articular,
be in
n charge of:
a) id
dentifying sollutions to im
mprove collab
boration betw
ween the
various
v
stakeholders of Euro
opean football;
b) dealing
d
with problems perrtaining to th
he social dia logue in
European
E
profe
essional footb
ball matters;
c) dealing
d
with questions relatted to the UE
EFA club com
mpetitions
and
a their calen
ndars.
4
The
T
Professional Football Strategy
S
Coun
ncil reports diirectly to
the Executive
E
Committee and exercises a major
m
influencce on the
decision-making of
o the Executiv
ve Committee
e.
Artic
cle 35

C
Committees

bis

Com
mmittees

The Committees shall

s
be:
1. National
N
Assoc
ciations Comm
mittee
2. Finance
F
Comm
mittee
3. Referees
R
Committee
4. National
N
Team
m Competitions
s Committee
5. Club
C
Competitiions Committe
ee
6. Youth
Y
and Ama
ateur Football Committee
7. Womens
W
Foottball Committe
ee
8. Futsal
F
and Bea
ach Soccer Co
ommittee
9. HatTrick
H
Comm
mittee
10. Development
D
and
a Technical Assistance Committee
11. Club
C
Licensing
g Committee
12. Stadium
S
and Security
S
Comm
mittee
13. Medical
M
Comm
mittee
14. Players
P
Statu
us, Transfer and Agents and Match Agents
Committee
C
15. Legal
L
Committtee
16. Marketing
M
Advisory Committtee
17. Media
M
Committtee
18. Fair
F Play and Social
S
Respon
nsibility Comm
mittee
19. Football
F
Comm
mittee

17
17

mposition
Com
Artic
cle 36
Term
m of Office

Age Limit
Chairman

Number of
Members

1
Based
B
on prop
posals submittted by the Pre
esident, the E
Executive
Com
mmittee shall elect
e
the Chairman, one orr more Vice-C
Chairmen
and the members
s of each Com
mmittee for a four-year
f
term
m. These
ointments sha
all be made after the electoral Congre
ess held
appo
durin
ng the calend
dar year prece
eding the fina
al round of th
he UEFA
Euro
opean Football Championsh
hip.
2
A person aged
d 70 or more shall not be eligible
e
for ele
ection or
re-election.
3
The
T Committees shall, in prrinciple, be ch
haired by a me
ember of
the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee mayy decide
erwise.
othe
4
The
T
Executive
e Committee
e shall determ
mine the nu mber of
mem
mbers of each Committee.

Obliigations
Artic
cle 37
Reprresentation

Bureau
Powers

Terms of
Reference

1
The
T
Chairman
n shall represent his Comm
mittee. In con sultation
with the Administtration, the Chairman
C
of a Committee sshall set
etings, be responsible for the
t
proper co
onduct of
the dates of mee
t the Executive Committe e on the
business and regularly report to
mmittees work
k.
Com
2
Each
E
Committee may set up a bureau.
3
Committees
C
shall
s
advise the Executiive Committe
ee. The
Exec
cutive Comm
mittee may de
elegate certain of its dutiies to a
Com
mmittee.
4
The
T Executive
e Committee shall
s
draw up terms of referrence for
the work
w
of each Committee.
C

Exp
pert Panels and Working Groups
G
Artic
cle 38
Ap
ppointment,
Duties

Term
m of Office
Terms of
Reference

18

The
T
Executive
e Committee
e, the Presid
dent or the General
Secrretary may, iff necessary, appoint expe
ert panels forr special
dutie
es, and workin
ng groups for special limited
d (in time) dutties.
2
The
T
members of the experrt panels sha
all be appointted for a
dura
ation of four ye
ears.
3
Iff necessary, terms of refere
ence may be drawn
d
up.

18

VII. ADMIN
NISTRATION
Administration
Artic
cle 39
Duties

Under
U
the direction off the Gene
eral Secreta
ary, the
Adm
ministration sha
all conduct UE
EFAs busines
ss.
2
Such
S
duties sh
hall include:
a) im
mplementation
n of decision
ns of Congre
esses, the E
Executive
Committee
C
and the Presiden
nt;
b) preparation
p
of Congresses
s, as well as meetings of the
Executive
E
Com
mmittee and other Committe
ees;
c) ta
aking minutes
s of Congress
ses, as well as
a of meeting
gs of the
Executive
E
Com
mmittee and other Committe
ees;
d) execution
e
of UEFAs
U
operational business
s;
e) keeping
k
the bo
ooks of UEFA;
f) public
p
relations
s work.
Dirrectors
Artic
cle 40

Duties

1
Under
U
the sup
pervision of th
he General Se
ecretary, the D
Directors
shall conduct specific aspects of
o UEFAs bus
siness.
2
The
T General Secretary
S
shall govern their duties.

App
pointment, Em
mployment, Meetings
M
Artic
cle 41
Ap
ppointment,
Em
mployment
Atte
endance of
Meetings

After
A
consultation with the President, th
he General S
Secretary
shall appoint Directors, who shall be employed by UEFA.
2
Directors
D
shall, in principle, attend meettings of the E
Executive
Com
mmittee dealin
ng with their specific acttivities, and play an
advisory part in th
he deliberation
ns.

COUNTS
VIII. ACC
Revenue,
R
Pay
yment of Levie
es and Deduc
ctions from M
Match
Re
eceipts
Artic
cle 42
Revenue

UEFAs
U
reven
nue shall consist of the fo
ollowing contrributions,
levie
es and additional revenue:
a) an
a annual con
ntribution of EUR
E
200 paya
able by each Member
Association
A
on
n 1 January ea
ach year;
b) competition
c
en
ntry fees in acc
cordance with the UEFA com
mpetition
re
egulations;
c) tiicket sales, television and advertising
a
rev
venues and levvies from
UEFA
U
competittions, in acco
ordance with the financial p rovisions
contained
c
in UEFA
U
competittion regulation
ns;
19

Calculation of
Levies

Minim
mum Levies
D
Deadline for
Payment
Liability

d) le
evies from FIF
FA competitio
on matches, in
n accordance with the
fiinancial provis
sions in FIFA competition
c
regulations;
e) le
evies from se
enior nationall representativ
ve team mattches, in
accordance
a
witth special imp
plementing reg
gulations;
f) re
evenues from the exploitatio
on of rights of any kind.
2
Levies
L
shall be
e calculated on
o the basis of
o gross receip
pts. Only
taxes actually pa
aid and stadium rent shalll be deductib
ble. The
dedu
uctions taken
n together ma
ay not excee
ed 30% of th
he gross
rece
eipts from ticke
et sales.
3
Competition
C
re
egulations sha
all govern the minimum levvies for a
matc
ch in the comp
petition conce
erned.
4
Levies
L
shall be
b remitted to
t UEFA with
hin sixty dayss of the
matc
ch.
5
Member
M
Assoc
ciations:
a) shall
s
be liable to UEFA forr financial obliigations of the
eir clubs
to
owards UEFA
A arising underr Art. 42, para.. 1 above;
b) may
m be held liable to UEFA
A for other fina
ancial commitm
ments of
th
heir clubs tow
wards UEFA.
Budget and Closing of Accounts
Artic
cle 43

Budget

Accounts

1
A budget of income and expenditure
e
shall
s
be prep
pared for
each
h financial year by the General Sec
cretary. Extra
aordinary
expe
enditure not in
ncluded in the
e budget shalll be authorise
ed by the
Exec
cutive Committee by way of supplementa
ary credits.
2
Books
B
of account shall be kept
k
in euros. The
T accountss shall be
close
ed annually.

Finan
ncial Year
Artic
cle 44
Fina
ancial Year

The UEFA financial year shall begin

b
on 1 July and end on 30 June
ear.
of the following ye
Interna
al Auditors
Artic
cle 45

Duties

Co
omposition

Reporting

20

The
T
internal auditors sha
all periodically examine different
finan
ncial matters
s. The Exe
ecutive Com
mmittee shalll issue
corre
esponding reg
gulations.
2
The
T Executive
e Committee shall elect two internal audittors from
diffe
erent Member Associations. Both auditorrs shall be ele
ected for
four years, with on
ne being repla
aced every tw
wo years.
3
The
T
internal auditors
a
shall report to the Executive Co
ommittee
in writing on every
y audit, copying each such report to the General
Secrretary.

20

Auditting Body
Artic
cle 46
Inde
ependence

Report

1
The
T
Auditing Body shall be
b an auditin
ng company w
which is
independent of UEFA. It sh
hall be electted by the O
Ordinary
Congress for th
he financial year immed
diately follow
wing the
Congress. It shall be eligible for re-election.
2
The
T
Auditing Body shall audit
a
the acc
counts and ssubmit a
written report to th
he Ordinary Congress.
C

IX. MEDIA
M
Exploitattion of Rights
s
Artic
cle 47
Exp
ploitation of
Rights

UEFA
U
shall ex
xploit all rights
s which it own
ns or shares w
with third
partiies, such as property
p
rightts of any type
e, intellectual property
rightts and rights for audio-visu
ual and sound-broadcastin
ng transmiss
sions by picture or data carrier of an
ny kind (inclu
uding all
mea
ans of transmitting computter images, with
w
or withou t sound,
such
h as Internet,, on-line serv
vices or the like,
l
whether existing
alrea
ady or not).. This includ
des the pro
oduction, dup
plication,
disse
emination an
nd broadcastting of pictures, sound or data
carriiers of any kin
nd by UEFA alone or with th
hird parties.
2
For
F this purpo
ose, UEFA alo
one, or with third
t
parties, shall be
entittled to form or operate com
mpanies, for which
w
they ma
ay make
use of any legal entities
e
authorised under Sw
wiss law.
Audio-visual and Radio Transm
missions
Artic
cle 48

Exclussive Rights

R
Regulations

UEFA
U
and the
e Member Ass
sociations sha
all have the e
exclusive
rightts to broadcast and use, as
a well as au
uthorise for brroadcast
and use, by picture, sound or
o other data carriers of a
any kind
arriers which have
h
yet to be
e developed), matches
(including data ca
ch come within their jurisd
diction, eitherr live or reco
orded, in
whic
whole or as excerrpts.
2
overning
The
T
Executive
e Committee shall issue regulations
r
go
the implementatio
on of these rights.

X. COMP
PETITIONS
Competitions
Artic
cle 49
JJurisdiction

UEFA
U
shall ha
ave the sole jurisdiction to
o organise orr abolish
interrnational competitions in Europe in which Member
Asso
ociations and
d/or their clubs participate
e. FIFA com petitions
shall not be affectted by this pro
ovision.
21

Reprresentative
Teams

C
Club Teams

Other
Com
mpetitions,
Abolition
Approval

The
T current UE
EFA competitions shall be:
a) For
F representa
ative teams:
UEFA Euro
opean Football Championship
UEFA Euro
opean Under-2
21 Champions
ship
UEFA Euro
opean Under-1
19 Champions
ship
UEFA Euro
opean Under-1
17 Champions
ship
UEFA Euro
opean Womens Champions
ship
UEFA Euro
opean Womens Under-19 Championship
C
UEFA Euro
opean Womens Under-17 Championship
C
UEFA Euro
opean Futsal Championship
C
UEFA Regions Cup
b) For
F club teams
s:
UEFA Cham
mpions League
UEFA Europa League
UEFA Supe
er Cup
UEFA Futsa
al Cup
UEFA Wom
mens Champio
ons League
c) The
T Executive Committee sh
hall decide wh
hether to create
e or take
over
o
other com
mpetitions, as well as whetther to abolish
h current
competitions.
c
3
In
nternational matches,
m
competitions or to
ournaments w
which are
not organised
o
by UEFA but arre played on UEFAs territo
ory shall
requ
uire the priorr approval of FIFA and/o
or UEFA an d/or the
relev
vant Memberr Association
ns in accordance with th
he FIFA
Regulations Gove
erning Interna
ational Matche
es and any a
additional
es adopted by the UEFA Ex
xecutive Comm
mittee.
implementing rule
Competitio
on Regulation
ns
Artic
cle 50

Co
onditions of
Pa
articipation

Club
b Licensing
System

Entry

Non Admission

22

overning
The
T Executive
e Committee shall
s
draw up regulations go
the conditions of
o participatio
on in and th
he staging o
of UEFA
competitions.
1bis
The
T Executive Committee shall
s
define a club licensing
g system
and in particular:
a) th
he minimum criteria to be
e fulfilled by clubs in orde
er to be
admitted
a
to UE
EFA competitio
ons;
b) th
he licensing process
p
(includ
ding the minim
mum requirem
ments for
th
he licensing bodies);
b
c) th
he minimum requirements
r
to
t be observe
ed by the licen
nsors.
2
Itt shall be a condition of entry into competition
c
th
hat each
Mem
mber Associa
ation and/or club affilia
ated to a Member
Asso
ociation agree
es to comply with the Stattutes, and reg
gulations
and decisions of competent
c
Org
gans made un
nder them.
3

The
T
admissio
on to a UE
EFA compettition of a Member
Asso
ociation or clu
ub directly orr indirectly inv
volved in anyy activity
22

aime
ed at arranging or influen
ncing the outtcome of a m
match at
natio
onal or intern
national levell can be refu
used with im
mmediate
effec
ct, without pre
ejudice to any possible disc
ciplinary meassures.
Prohibite
ed Relations
Artic
cle 51
Prohibited
Groupings

P
Permission

No
N
combinations or alliances betwe
een UEFA Member
Asso
ociations or between
b
leagues or clubs affiliated, di rectly or
indirrectly, to differrent UEFA Me
ember Associations may be
e formed
witho
out the permis
ssion of UEFA
A.
2
A Member Ass
sociation, or itts affiliated lea
agues and clu
ubs, may
neith
her play nor organise match
hes outside its
s own territoryy without
the permission
p
of the relevant Member
M
Associations.
Artic
cle 51bis

Principle

Licensing
Criteria

Prohibited
Measures

JJurisdiction

Princ
ciple of Prom
motion and Re
elegation

A clubs entitlement to take

t
part in a domesticc league
cham
mpionship sha
all depend prrincipally on sporting
s
meritt. A club
shall qualify for a domestic lea
ague championship by rem aining in
ertain division or by being promoted
p
or re
elegated to an
nother at
a ce
the end
e of a seaso
on.
2
In
n addition to
t qualificatio
on on sportting merit, a clubs
partiicipation in a domestic league championship may be
e subject
to other
o
criteria within the scope of the licensing pro
ocedure,
whereby the emphasis is
s on sporrting, infrasttructural,
ministrative, le
egal and fin
nancial considerations. L
Licensing
adm
decisions must be able to be examine
ed by the Member
Asso
ociations body of appeal.
3
Altering
A
the le
egal form or company sttructure of a club to
eipt of a
facilitate its qualiffication on sp
porting merit and/or
a
its rece
nce for a dom
mestic league championship, to the detrriment of
licen
the integrity of a sports compe
etition, is proh
hibited. This iincludes,
e
changing the hea
adquarters, changing the name or
for example,
trans
sferring stake
eholdings between differe
ent clubs. Prrohibitive
decisions must be able to be examine
ed by the Member
Asso
ociations body of appeal.
4
Concerning
C
th
he applicatio
on of this article, each Member
Asso
ociation is res
sponsible for deciding
d
nation
nal issues, wh
hich may
not be
b delegated to the leagues
s. UEFA is res
sponsible for deciding
issue
es involving more
m
than on
ne Member As
ssociation con
ncerning
its own
o
territory. FIFA is resp
ponsible for deciding
d
interrnational
issue
es involving more
m
than one
e Confederatio
on.

23

XI. DISCIPLINA
ARY MEASURES
Disciplinarry Jurisdictio
on
Artic
cle 52
Unsportsmanlike
Conduct,
Violattions of the
L
Laws of the
Game,
Con
ntravention

Disc
ciplinary measures may be imposed for unsportssmanlike
cond
duct, violations
s of the Laws of the Game, and contrave
ention of
UEF
FAs Statutes, regulations, decisions
d
and directives as shall be
in force from time to time.
Disciplinary
D
Measures
M
against Member Associations
s and
Clubs
C
Artic
cle 53

D
Disciplinary
Measures
against Member
Asssociations
and Clubs

The following dis

sciplinary mea
asures may be imposed
d against
mber Associatiions and clubs
s:
Mem
a) a warning,
b) a reprimand,
c) a fine,
d) th
he annulment of the result of
o a match,
e) an
a order that a match be rep
played,
f) th
he deduction of points,
g) awarding
a
a ma
atch by default,
h) staging
s
of matches behind closed
c
doors,
i) ordering
o
a ban
n on the use off a stadium,
j) ordering
o
the playing of a ma
atch in a third country,
k) th
he withholding
g of revenues from a UEFA competition,
l) th
he prohibitio
on on regis
stering new players in UEFA
competitions,
c
m) a restriction on
n the number of players tha
at a club mayy register
fo
or participation
n in UEFA com
mpetitions,
n) disqualification
d
from compettitions in prog
gress and/or e
exclusion
frrom future com
mpetitions,
o) th
he withdrawal of a title or award,
a
p) th
he withdrawal of a licence.
Discip
plinary Measu
ures against Individuals
Artic
cle 54

D
Disciplinary
Measures
against
Individuals

24

The
T following disciplinary measures
m
may
y be imposed
d against
indiv
viduals:
a) a warning,
b) a reprimand,
c) a fine,
d) suspension
s
fo
or a specifie
ed number of
o matches o
or for a
specified
s
or un
nspecified perriod,
e) suspension
s
fro
om carrying ou
ut a function for
f a specified
d number
of
o matches or for a specified
d or unspecifie
ed period,

24

Community
Football Service

f) a ban on exercising any football-related activity,

g) the withdrawal of a title or award.
2
These disciplinary measures may be combined with a community football service order.
Article 55

Organs for the

Administration
of Justice
Accumulation,
Combination
Directives

The Organs for the Administration of Justice shall have the

power to impose disciplinary measures and issue directives.
2

More than one disciplinary measure, together with more than

one directive, may be imposed in relation to a particular matter.
3
A directive may be issued as an order ancillary to a
disciplinary measure. It sets out how the disciplinary measure
shall be carried out and/or may induce the party(ies) concerned to
act in a certain manner.
Article 56

Disciplinary
Regulations

Disciplinary Power

The following bodies only shall have power to impose disciplinary

measures:
a) the Control and Disciplinary Body;
b) the Appeals Body;
c) the Club Financial Control Body.
Article 58

Finality

Disciplinary Regulations

The Executive Committee shall have the power to issue regulations

setting out procedures for the administration of justice and
disciplinary codes (the Disciplinary Regulations).
Article 57

Disciplinary
Power

Disciplinary Measures and Directives

Finality

Decisions of the Appeals Body and Club Financial Control Body

shall be final, subject to Art. 62 and 63 of these Statutes.

XII. RECOGNITION OF THE UEFA STATUTES, DISPUTES

1. Recognition of the UEFA Statutes
Article 59
Associations
Statutes

Recognition of the UEFA Statutes

Each Member Association shall include in its statutes a

provision whereby it, its leagues, clubs, players and officials
agree to respect at all times the Statutes, regulations and
decisions of UEFA, and to recognise the jurisdiction of the Court
25
25

Asssociations
Obligation
Particiipation in a
UEFA
C
Competition

of Arbitration
A
forr Sport (CAS
S) in Lausan
nne (Switzerla
and), as
prov
vided in the present Statutes.
2
Each
E
Member Association shall
s
ensure that its league
es, clubs,
players and officia
als acknowled
dge and accep
pt these obliga
ations.
3
Each
E
participa
ant in a UEFA competition shall,
s
when re gistering
its entry, confirm to
t UEFA in wrriting that it, itts players and
d officials
e acknowledged and accep
pted these obliigations.
have
2. Disputes
D
of National
N
Dime
ension
Obligation to Refer Disp
putes to Courrt of Arbitratio
on
Artic
cle 60

Ob
bligation to
Refe
er Disputes
to Court of
Arbitration

Asso
ociations shalll include in the
eir statutes a provision und
der which
disputes of natio
onal dimensio
on arising fro
om or related
d to the
eir statutes orr regulations shall, subjectt to their
application of the
onal legislatio
on, be referred in the last instance
e to an
natio
independent and impartial courrt of arbitratio
on, to the exc lusion of
any ordinary courtt.
3. Disputes
D
of Eu
uropean Dimension
CAS
S as Ordinary
y Court of Arb
bitration
Artic
cle 61

JJurisdiction

Co
onditions of
In
ntervention

1
The
T CAS shall have exclusiive jurisdiction
n, to the excllusion of
any ordinary courtt or any other court of arbitrration, to deal with the
wing disputes in its capacity
y as an ordinarry court of arbiitration:
follow
a) disputes
d
betw
ween UEFA and
a
associatiions, leaguess, clubs,
players
p
or offic
cials;
b) disputes
d
of European dimension
d
be
etween asso
ociations,
le
eagues, clubs, players or offficials.
2
The
T
CAS shall only interve
ene in its cap
pacity as an ordinary
courrt of arbitration if the dispute
d
does not fall witthin the
competence of a UEFA organ.

CA
AS as Appealls Arbitration
n Body
Artic
cle 62
JJurisdiction

Rightt to Appeal

Tim
me Limit for
Appeal

26

Any
A
decision taken by a UEFA orga
an may be disputed
exclusively beforre the CAS in its capa
acity as an appeals
sion of any ordinary
o
court
rt or any
arbittration body, to the exclus
othe
er court of arbiitration.
2
Only
O
parties directly affecte
ed by a decision may appe
eal to the
CAS
S. However, where
w
doping
g-related decis
sions are con
ncerned,
the World
W
Anti-Do
oping Agency (WADA) may appeal to the
e CAS.
3
The
T time limit for appeal to the CAS shall be ten days from the
rece
eipt of the decision in questiion.

26

Internal
P
Procedures
S
Suspensory
Effect

Scope of
Review

An
A appeal beffore the CAS may only be brought afterr UEFAs
interrnal procedure
es and remedies have been
n exhausted.
5
An
A appeal sha
all not have any
a
suspenso
ory effect as a stay of
exec
cution of a disciplinary san
nction, subjec
ct to the powe
er of the
CAS
S to order thatt any disciplina
ary sanction be
b stayed pen
nding the
arbittration.
6
The
T
CAS shalll not take into account fac
cts or evidencce which
the appellant
a
could have subm
mitted to an in
nternal UEFA body by
actin
ng with the diligence required under th
he circumstan
nces, but
failed or chose no
ot to do so.
Common
n Provisions
Artic
cle 63

Excluded
JJurisdiction

European
Members

Procedure

The
T CAS is no
ot competent to
t deal with:
a) matters
m
relate
ed to the app
plication of a purely sportiing rule,
such
s
as the La
aws of the Ga
ame or the tec
chnical modaliities of a
competition;
c
b) decisions
d
through which a natural perso
on is suspend ed for a
period
p
of up to
o two matches
s or up to one
e month;
c) awards
a
issued
d by an ind
dependent an
nd impartial court of
arbitration
a
in a dispute of national
n
dimen
nsion arising from the
application
a
of the statutes or
o regulations of
o an associattion.
2
Only
O
arbitrators who have their domicile in Europe shall be
competent to dea
al with dispute
es submitted to
t the CAS a ccording
he present Sta
atutes.
to th
3
Moreover,
M
pro
oceedings beffore the CAS
S shall take place in
acco
ordance with the Code off Sports-relatted Arbitration
n of the
CAS
S.

NG PROVISIIONS
XIII. CONCLUDIN
w and Legal Forum
F
Governing Law
Artic
cle 64
Swiss Law
Le
egal Forum

These
T
Statutes
s shall be gov
verned in all re
espects by Sw
wiss law.
ausanne
The
T legal forum
m shall be the
e headquarterrs of UEFA. La
(Swiitzerland) sha
all be the leg
gal forum forr all cases w
which, in
acco
ordance with these Statute
es, come und
der the jurisd
diction of
CAS
S.
2

27
27

Mattters not Cov

vered in the Statutes
S
Artic
cle 65
Executive
C
Committee

The Executive Co
ommittee shall have the po
ower to decid
de on all
ed in these Statutes, such decisions to b
mattters not covere
be made
in accordance
a
with
w
relevant FIFA regulations. If n
no such
regu
ulations existt, the Exec
cutive Comm
mittee shall decide
acco
ording to rightt and justice.
Dissoluttion of UEFA
Artic
cle 66

4
4/5 Majority
Assets

Division of
Assets

A four-fifths majority
m
of all
a Member Associations
A
sshall be
requ
uired to dissolv
ve UEFA.
2
A four-fifths majority
m
of all
a Member Associations
A
sshall be
requ
uired for any decision as to
t the distribu
ution of the a
assets of
UEF
FA on dissoluttion. Without a decision as
s to such disttribution,
any resolution to dissolve
d
UEFA
A shall have no
n effect.
3
The
T
assets off UEFA shall not under any
a
circumsta
ances be
divid
ded among the
e members an
nd any resoluttion to this efffect shall
have
e no effect.
Eq
qual Status of
o Men and Women
W
Artic
cle 67

Eq
qual Status

In these Statute
es, the use of the masc
culine form sshall be
o refer to the fe
eminine.
interrpreted also to
Authorita
ative Version
Artic
cle 68

Au
uthoritative
Version

In th
he event of any discrepa
ancy in interp
pretation betw
ween the
official languages of UEFA in the wording of
o these Statu
utes, the
hall be authorittative.
Engllish version sh
Exception
nal Provisions
s
Artic
cle 69

E
Exceptional
Provisions

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Art.
A 5 does no
ot apply to th
he following member
m
asso
ociations:
England, Scotland
d, Northern Ire
eland, Wales, Faroe Islandss.
2
The
T age limit set
s out in Art. 22, para. 2, and
a Art. 36, pa
ara. 2, of
these Statutes do
oes not apply
y to the Presid
dent of UEFA
A, the 13
mem
mbers of the
e Executive Committee and the Co
ommittee
mem
mbers in office
e on 11 October 2001.
3
The
T
term of office
o
of the President
P
and
d the memberrs of the
Exec
cutive Committee in office on
o 21 April 20
005 shall be e
extended
until 2007 and 200
09 respectively.
4
The
T
term of office
o
of the UEFA-elected
U
Vice-Preside
ents and
mem
mbers of the FIFA
F
Executiv
ve Committee
e in office on 21 April
2005
5 shall be exte
ended until 20
007 and 2009 respectively.
28

By exception to Art. 21, para. 1, and until the 2009 UEFA

Congress, the Executive Committee shall consist of the President
and 13 members elected by a Congress.
6
By exception to Art. 19, para. 3, and Art. 22, para. 1, the 2009
UEFA Congress shall elect nine members of the Executive
Committee, eight of whom shall have a four-year term and one of
whom shall have a two-year term of office.
7
The members of the Executive Committee appointed by the
Executive Committee on 9 February 2007 shall remain in office
beyond 1 June 2007 in accordance with the UEFA Statutes in
force at the time of their appointment.
8
The term of office of the UEFA Committee and Expert Panel
members in office on 1 June 2012 shall be extended until the
2015 UEFA electoral Congress.
9
The term of office of the woman appointed for the first time
after 1 June 2012 as member of the Executive Committee by the
Executive Committee itself shall last until the 2015 UEFA
electoral Congress.

XIV. COMING INTO FORCE OF THE STATUTES

Article 70
Coming into
Force

Coming into Force

These Statutes were originally adopted at the UEFA Congress on

24 September 1997 in Helsinki and came into force on
24 December 1997. They were subsequently amended by the
UEFA Congress on 30 June and 1 July 2000 in Luxembourg, on
11 October 2001 in Prague, on 25 April 2002 in Stockholm, on
27 March 2003 in Rome, on 22/23 April 2004 in Limassol, on
21 April 2005 in Tallinn, on 23 March 2006 in Budapest, on
25/26 January 2007 in Dsseldorf, on 28 May 2007 in Zurich, on
25 March 2010 in Tel Aviv and on 22 March 2012 in Istanbul. The
current version of these Statutes comes into force on
1 June 2012.
Nyon, 22 March 2012
For the UEFA Congress:
The President:
Michel Platini

The General Secretary:

Gianni Infantino

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Considered and approved on behalf of the Member Associations

by:
[signatures of Member Associations]
Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech
Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland,
France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy,
Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, F.Y.R.
of Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Northern
Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania,
Russia, San Marino, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Wales.

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RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE UEFA CONGRESS

Chairman of the Congress
Article 1
1
The President or, in his absence, the first Vice-President shall chair the
Congress. If the first Vice-President is not present either, the longest-serving
Vice-President shall chair the Congress. If no Vice-President is present, the
Congress shall elect a member of the Executive Committee as Chairman.
2
The Chairman shall ensure that the rules of procedure are observed. He
shall open, conduct and close the Congress. He shall give speakers
permission to take the floor.
3
The Chairman shall keep order at the Congress. He may take the following
measures against Congress participants who disrupt the proceedings:
a) call to order;
b) reprimand;
c) exclusion from the Congress.
Congress Bureau
Article 2
The tellers, together with the General Secretary and the Deputy General
Secretary, shall form the Congress Bureau.
Agenda
Article 3
1
The agenda shall be approved at the start of the Congress.
2
The agenda may be amended at any time if supported by two-thirds or
more of the Member Associations present.
3
The Congress may not consider a proposal to amend the Statutes unless it
is included as an item of business on the agenda sent out with the notice of
Congress.
Discussion
Article 4
1
Each agenda item shall be introduced with a brief report:
a) by the Chairman or a member of the Executive Committee;
b) by a representative designated for that purpose by a Committee;
c) by the Member Association which had the item in question placed on the
agenda.
2
The item shall then be opened to the floor for general discussion.
Permission to Take the Floor
Article 5
1
Delegates shall be given permission to take the floor in the order that
requests have been made to do so. A speaker may not take the floor unless

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and until he has been given permission to do so. A speaker shall speak from
the place designated for that purpose.
2
A speaker may only be given the floor for a second time on the same
matter when all other Congress participants who have requested to take the
floor have had a chance to speak on the matter in question.
3
The Chairman may set a time limit for speakers.
Motion on a Point of Order
Article 6
1
A motion on a point of order shall be dealt with forthwith. Any other
discussion shall be immediately suspended.
2
If a motion on a point of order is adopted, only Congress participants who
requested to do so before the vote shall be given the floor.
3
The Chairman shall decide when to close the discussion unless more than
half of the Member Associations present and voting decide on a vote to do
otherwise.
Motions, Motions to Amend an Agenda Item and Motions to Delete an
Agenda Item
Article 7
All motions, motions to amend, and motions to delete an agenda item shall be
made in writing.
Votes
Article 8
1
Voting shall be open, unless the Congress decides otherwise.
2
Voting shall be by show of hands (voting card).
3
A vote may be taken by roll call, if 10 or more Member Associations present
and eligible to vote so request.
4
No one shall be forced to vote.
5
Before each vote, the Chairman, or a person designated by him for the
purpose, shall read the proposal and explain the voting procedure to the
Congress.
6
Proposals shall normally be voted on in the order in which they are
introduced in the discussion.
7
A proposal to amend a proposed amendment shall be voted on before the
proposed amendment. A proposed amendment shall be voted on before the
original proposal.
8
Proposals which are unopposed shall be taken as adopted.
9
The Chairman shall satisfy himself as to, and announce, the result of the
vote.
10
No one shall be given the floor during a vote or until the result of a vote
has been announced.

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Elections
Article 9
1
Elections shall take place by written secret ballot. If the number of
candidates is equal to the number of vacant positions, the Congress may
decide to proceed otherwise. The Congress Bureau shall distribute, count and
verify the ballot papers.
2
Before the votes are counted, the Chairman shall announce the number of
ballot papers distributed.
3
If more ballot papers are handed in than were distributed, the election shall
be null and void and shall be repeated forthwith.
4
In the first ballot, a person shall be elected if supported by an absolute
majority of the valid votes cast (i.e. half of the votes plus one). If no election
is made, there shall be a second ballot, in which the person supported by a
simple majority (i.e. most votes) shall be elected. In the event of a tie in the
second ballot, there shall be a third ballot, in which the person supported by
a simple majority shall be elected. In the event of a tie in the third ballot, election
shall be determined by the drawing of lots.
5
Only valid ballot papers handed in shall be counted for the calculation of
the absolute majority mentioned in para. 4 above.
6
Blank or spoiled ballot papers shall be ignored in the counting of votes. If
two or more votes for one candidate are on the same ballot paper, neither shall
be valid.
7
The Chairman shall announce the result.
8
The ballot papers cast, counted and verified shall be placed by the Congress
Bureau in envelopes prepared for that purpose, which shall be immediately
sealed. The UEFA Administration shall keep the sealed envelopes and destroy
them 100 days after the close of the Congress.
Interpreters
Article 10
The UEFA Administration shall be responsible for simultaneous translation into
the official languages of the Congress. Qualified interpreters shall be used for the
purpose.
Minutes
Article 11
The UEFA Administration shall be responsible for taking minutes of the
business conducted at the Congress.
Representation
Article 12
1
Each Member Association shall have one vote.
2
A Member Association may be represented at the Congress by a maximum
of three delegates.

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Delegates travel expenses shall be borne by the Member Association

concerned. However, their accommodation expenses shall be covered by
UEFA.
Coming into Force
Article 13
These Rules of Procedure of the UEFA Congress were originally adopted by
the UEFA Congress on 24 September 1997 in Helsinki and came into force
on 24 December 1997. They were subsequently amended by the UEFA
Congress on 30 June and 1 July 2000 in Luxembourg, on 11 October 2001 in
Prague, on 28 May 2007 in Zurich and on 22 March 2012 in Istanbul. The
current version of these Rules of Procedure of the UEFA Congress comes into
force on 1 June 2012.
Nyon, 22 March 2012
For the UEFA Congress:
The President:
Michel Platini

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The General Secretary:

Gianni Infantino

REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF

THE UEFA STATUTES
1. Application for Admission to UEFA
Article 1
A national football association that wishes to become a member of UEFA shall
submit a written application to the UEFA Administration, for submission to the
UEFA Congress.
Article 2
The UEFA Executive Committee may provisionally admit a national football
association into membership. A national football association admitted on a
provisional basis shall have the same rights and obligations as a Member
Association, subject to Art. 18, para. 5 of the Statutes.
The application for admission must include the following:
a) the statutes and regulations of the association;
b) a declaration whereby the association submitting the application undertakes
to observe UEFAs Statutes, regulations and decisions at all times;
c) documents giving information about the internal organisation of the
association submitting the application, as well as the competitions staged
by the association;
d) names of the members of all association organs.
Article 3
Provisional admission shall continue until the next UEFA Congress, which shall
decide whether to admit or not as a Member Association a national football
association that has been admitted provisionally.
2. Elections
Election of the President and Members of the UEFA Executive Committee
and European Members of the FIFA Executive Committee
Article 4
1
Candidates for the position of President of UEFA shall be proposed in
writing to the UEFA Administration at least three months before the date
set for the opening of the Congress.
2
Candidates for positions on the FIFA Executive Committee and the UEFA
Executive Committee shall be proposed in writing to the UEFA Administration
at least two months before the date set for the opening of the UEFA Congress.
3
If the President or a member of the Executive Committee does not offer
himself for re-election, that person and his Member Association shall inform
the UEFA Administration in writing at least four months in advance of the next
Congress. The UEFA Administration shall immediately inform the other Member
Associations.

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Election of European Vice-Presidents and Members of the FIFA Executive

Committee
Article 5
If a Vice-President or a person elected to the FIFA Executive Committee
vacates the position during his term of office, the UEFA Executive Committee
shall elect a replacement for the remaining period until the next UEFA Congress.
Any such replacement may not take over the office of Vice-President of FIFA.
Election of the Chairmen and Members of the Organs for the
Administration of Justice, as well as the Chairmen and Members of
Committees
Article 6
The Member Associations shall submit proposals in writing to the UEFA
Administration for the election of the Chairmen and members of the Organs for
the Administration of Justice and Committees. The UEFA Administration shall
set an appropriate deadline for the submission of proposals.
3. Coming into Force
Article 7
These Regulations were approved by the UEFA Executive Committee at its
meeting of 5 December 1997 in Geneva and came into force on 24
December 1997. They were revised on 7 July 2000 and on 25/26 January 2007.
Nyon, 26 January 2007
For the UEFA Executive Committee:
The President:
Michel Platini

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The Chief Executive a.i.:

Gianni Infantino

INDEX
4/5 Majority .................................. 27
Abolition ....................................... 22
Absence of President .................. 13
Accounts ................................ 19, 20
Accumulation of measures .......... 25
Acting chairman ............................. 8
Administration .................... 1, 14, 18
Administration of Justice ............. 14
Admission ...................................... 3
Admission procedure ..................... 3
Advisory capacity .......................... 6
Age Limit ............................... 11, 18
Agenda .......................................... 8
Appeals Body .............................. 15
Application for admission ........ 3, 34
Appointment of directors ............. 19
Appointment of the General
Secretary ................................. 14
Assets .......................................... 28
Associations obligation ............... 25
Associations statutes .................. 25
Attendance of meetings ......... 14, 19
Audio-visual and Radio
Transmissions .......................... 21
Auditing Body .............................. 20
Authoritative version .................... 28
Budget ......................................... 20
Bureau ......................................... 18
CAS ............................................. 26
Casting vote ............................ 8, 13
Chairman ..................................... 13
Chairman of Congress .................. 8
Chairman of the Congress .......... 30
Club Financial Control Body ........ 16
Club licensing system .............. 4, 22
Club teams .................................. 22
Code of Sports-related
Arbitration of the CAS .............. 27
Combination of measures ........... 25
Combinations ................................ 4
Coming into force ...... 12, 29, 33, 35
Coming into force of decisions .... 10
Committees ................................. 17
Committees chairmen ................. 18
Communication of statutory
a mendments.............................. 5
Community football service ......... 24

Competition regulations .............. 22

Competitions ............................... 21
Conditions of participation in
competitions ............................ 22
Confederation ................................ 2
Congress ................................... 3, 6
Congress agenda ........................ 30
Congress Bureau ........................ 30
Congress minutes ....................... 32
Contravention of Statutes,
regulations, decisions and
directives ................................. 23
Control and Disciplinary Body ..... 15
Convocation .................................. 7
Convocation of the Congress ........ 7
Court of Arbitration ...................... 26
Deadline for payment .................. 19
Delegation ................................... 14
Delegation of management ......... 12
Deputy General Secretary ........... 14
Dereliction of duty ....................... 13
Directives .................................... 25
Directors ...................................... 19
Disciplinary inspectors ................ 16
Disciplinary jurisdiction ................ 23
Disciplinary measures against
individuals ................................ 24
Disciplinary measures against
member associations and
clubs ........................................ 24
Disciplinary power ....................... 25
Disciplinary regulations ......... 15, 25
Discussion of agenda items ........ 30
Disputes ...................................... 25
Dissolution of an association ......... 5
Dissolution of UEFA .................... 27
Duties of the Administration ........ 18
Duties of the directors ................. 19
Duties of the Executive
Committee ............................... 11
Duties of the General
Secretary ................................. 14
Duties of the President ................ 13
Election of European
members of FIFA Executive
Committee ................................. 9
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Election of European VicePresidents and Members

of the FIFA Executive
Committee ............................... 35
Election of President and
Executive Committee ................. 9
Election of the chairmen and
members of the Organs for
the Administration of
Justice, as well as the
chairmen and members of
committees .............................. 35
Election of the President and
Members of the UEFA
Executive Committee and
European Members of the
FIFA Executive Committee ...... 34
Elections ............................ 9, 32, 35
Entry ............................................ 22
Equal status of men and
women ..................................... 28
Exceptional provisions ................. 28
Excluded jurisdiction .................... 27
Exclusion from meetings ............. 12
Exclusion of an association ........... 5
Executive Committee ........ 1, 10, 27
Expert panels .............................. 18
Exploitation of rights .................... 21
Extraordinary congress ................. 7
Fair play ..................................... 1, 4
FIFA ............................................... 1
FIFA Regulations Governing
International Matches .............. 22
Finality ......................................... 25
Financial obligations ...................... 5
Financial year .............................. 20
Frequency of meetings ................ 12
Governing Law ............................ 27
Headquarters ................................. 1
Honorary members ....................... 6
Honorary membership ................... 6
Honorary president........................ 6
Improper conduct ........................ 13
Independence ................................ 4
Integrity of the competitions .......... 4
Internal auditors ........................... 20
Internal procedures ..................... 26
Interpreters .................................. 32
Jurisdiction .................................. 23

Laws of the Game ......................... 4

League ...................................... 1, 4
Legal form ..................................... 1
Legal forum ................................. 27
Levies .......................................... 19
Licensing criteria ......................... 23
Majorities ................................. 9, 12
Management of the
Administration .......................... 14
Media .......................................... 21
Member association ...................... 1
Members ....................................... 3
Minutes .................................... 8, 12
Motion on a point of order ........... 31
Motions ........................................ 31
Non admission ............................ 22
Objectives ..................................... 1
Obligation to refer disputes to
Court of Arbitration .................. 26
Obligations .................................. 18
Obligations of member
associations ............................... 4
Official languages .......................... 3
Open voting ................................... 8
Ordinary congress ......................... 7
Organisational regulations .......... 12
Organs .......................................... 6
Organs for the Administration
of Justice ................................. 14
Permission to take the floor......... 30
Power ............................................ 3
Powers of the Executive
Committee ............................... 11
Powers of the president .............. 13
President ..................................... 13
Professional Football Strategy
Council ..................................... 16
Prohibited measures ................... 23
Prohibited relations ..................... 22
Promotion .................................... 23
Proposals of member
associations ............................... 8
Provisional admission ................... 3
Provisional members .................... 9
Recognition of the UEFA
Statutes ................................... 25
Re-election .................................. 10
Regulations governing the
implementation of Article 48 .... 21

Regulations governing the

implementation of the
UEFA Statutes ......................... 34
Relations with FIFA ....................... 2
Relationship with the
stakeholders in European
football ....................................... 2
Relegation ................................... 23
Removal from office .................... 13
Representation ...................... 13, 32
Representative teams ................. 21
Revenue ...................................... 19
Right to appeal ............................ 26
Rights of member
associations ............................... 3
Scope of review ........................... 27
Secret ballot .................................. 9
Specific grounds for
suspension ................................. 5
Statutes ..................................... 3, 4
Supreme organ .............................. 6

Suspension ................................... 5
Suspensory effect ....................... 26
Swiss Law ................................... 27
Term of office .................. 10, 17, 18
Termination of membership .......... 5
Terms of reference ...................... 18
Time limit for appeal ................... 26
UEFA ............................................. 1
Unsportsmanlike conduct ............ 23
Untransferable duties .................. 11
Vacancies .................................... 11
Violations of the Laws of the
Game ....................................... 23
Votes ........................................... 31
Voting and election
procedures ............................... 12
Voting rights ............................ 8, 12
Withdrawal .................................... 5
Woman appointed by the
Executive Committee ............... 10
Working groups ........................... 18