Fair Play Uefa

UEFA Club Licensing and Financial Fair Play Regulations Edition 2010

CONTENTS Part I. General provisions Article 1 – Scope of application Article 2 – Objectives Article 3 – Definition of terms Part II. UEFA Club Licensing Article 4 – Exception policy Article 5 – Responsibilities Article 6 – The licensing administration Article 7 – The decision-making bodies Article 8 – Catalogue of sanctionsArticle 9 – The core process Article 10 – Assessment procedures Article 11 – Equal treatment and confidentiality Article 12 – Definition of licence applicant Article 13 – General responsibilities of the licence applicant Article 14 – Licence Article 15 – Special permission Article 16 – General Article 17 – Youth development programme Article 18 – Youth teams Article 19 – Medical care of playersArticle 20 – Registration of players Article 21 – Written contract with professional players Article 22 – Refereeing matters and Laws of the Game Article 23 – Racial equality practice Article 24 – Stadium for UEFA club competitions Article 25 – Training facilities – Availability Article 26 – Training facilities – Minimum infrastructure Article 27 – Club secretariat Article 28 – General managerArticle 29 – Finance officer Article 30 – Media officer Article 31 – Medical doctor Article 32 – Physiotherapist 1 1 2 3 8 8 8 8 9 10 11 11 11 12 12 12 13 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 17 17 17 17 17 18

Article 33 Article 34 Article 35 Article 36 Article 37 Article 38 Article 39 Article 40

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Article 41 – Article 42 – Article 43 – Article Article Article Article ArticleArticle Article 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 – – – – – – –

Article 51 – Article 52 – Part III. Article 53 Article 54 Article 55 Article 56 Article 57 Article 58 Article 59 Article 60 Article 61 Article 62 Article 63 Article 64 – – – – – – – – – – – –

Security officer Stewards Supporter liaison officer Head coach of first squad Assistant coach of first squad Head of youth development programme Youthcoaches Common provisions applicable to UEFA coaching qualifications under the UEFA Coaching Convention Rights and duties Duty of replacement during the season Declaration in respect of participation in UEFA club competitions Minimum legal information Written contract with a football company Reporting entity and reporting perimeter Annual financial statements Financial statements for the interim periodNo overdue payables towards football clubs No overdue payables towards employees and social/tax authorities Written representations prior to the licensing decision Future financial information UEFA Club Monitoring Responsibilities of the Club Financial Control Panel Monitoring process Responsibilities of the licensor Responsibilities of the licensee Scope of application and exemption Notion ofrelevant income and expenses Notion of monitoring period Notion of break-even result Notion of acceptable deviation Break-even information Fulfilment of the break-even requirement Future financial information – Enhanced

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Article 65 – Article 66 – Article 67 – Article 68 – Part IV. Article 69Article 70 Article 71 Article 72 Article 73 Article 74 – – – – – –

No overdue payables towards football clubs – Enhanced No overdue payables towards employees and/or social/tax authorities – Enhanced Duty to report subsequent events Common provision Final provisions Authoritative text and language of correspondence Annexes Compliance audits Disciplinary procedures Implementing provisions Adoption,abrogation and entry into force

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ANNEX I:

ANNEX II: ANNEX III:

EXCEPTIONS POLICY A. Principle B. The process DELEGATION OF THE LICENSING RESPONSIBILITY TO AN
AFFILIATED LEAGUE

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INTEGRATION OF PART II OF THESE REGULATIONS INTO NATIONAL
CLUB LICENSING REGULATIONS

ANNEX IV:...