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date: Jun 7th 2006 22:05
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The Executive Committee also endorsed for submission to the Congress a number of crucial amendments to the FIFA Statutes, the FIFA Disciplinary Code and the FIFA Doping Regulations, which have been agreed with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to take account of the legal opinion recently issued by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
In order to complete the agreed revision to article 55 of the Disciplinary Code so as to take a firmer stance against discrimination and comply with the accepted legal principle regarding extent of guilt, the executive supported the addition of a fifth paragraph to the article that allows for sanctions to be reduced if a transgression has been wilfully provoked in order to cause detriment to an individual, a club or an association. In March this year, it was decided that article 55 would be rewritten to allow incidents of racism to be punished with points deductions or even disqualification from a tournament.
In connection with the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ in South Africa, the Executive Committee agreed that the Win in Africa - with Africa initiative would have two key objectives: firstly to create a lasting legacy for African football and secondly to use football to support general development projects across the African continent. The initiative will be explained in detail during the Congress in Munich and a media event in Berlin on 7 July.
Other key decisions reached by the executive included the following:
- The investigations currently underway in Italy will be monitored closely.
- The Cambodian Football Federation must revise its statutes to fall in line with FIFA requirements and convene an elective congress within 90 days or face suspension from world football s governing body.
- The agreement reached between FIFA, the Nigerian government and the Nigeria Football Association on 24 May 2006 guaranteeing the association s independence must be respected and implemented.
- The Football Association of Indonesia must revise its statutes and convene elections in the next two months.
- The format used for last year s FIFA Club World Championship will be retained when the tournament returns to Japan in 2006. The six-team field will therefore be composed of the champions of each of the six confederations.
- The dates for the continental national team championships in 2007 and 2008 were ratified.
- Both the FIFA U-17 World Cup and the FIFA U-20 World Cup will be held in Africa in 2009, with the bidding procedure and the requirements for the host nation remaining unchanged.
Finally, the Executive Committee welcomed news that government authorities in Greece, Poland and Portugal had agreed to amend their respective sports laws to restore the independence of their football associations and thus comply with the regulations and Statutes of FIFA. Last year, the committee had set a deadline of 15 July 2006 for these amendments to be made.
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