Extending Sanctions to Have Worldwide Effect
1. If the infringement is serious, in particular but not limited to discrimination, manipu lation of football matches and competitions, misconduct against match officials, or forgery and falsification, as well as sexual abuse or harassment, the member associations, confederations, and other organising sports bodies shall request that the Disciplinary Committee extend the sanctions they have imposed so as to have worldwide effect (worldwide extension).
2. Any doping-related legally binding sanction imposed by another national or international sports association, national anti-doping organisation or any other state body that complies with fundamental legal principles shall automatically be adopted by FIFA and, provided that the requirements described hereunder and in the FIFA Anti-Doping Regulations are met, shall be automatically recognised by all confederations and member associations.
3. The request shall be submitted in writing via the FIFA Legal Portal and enclose the following:
a) a true copy of the decision;
b) the name, email address, nationality and date of birth of the person who has been sanctioned, or the name, postal address and email address of the club that has been sanctioned;
c) the name of the association concerned;
d) the start and end date of the sanction which is to be submitted for a worldwide extension;
e) evidence that the party concerned has been cited properly and has had the opportunity to state its case (with the exception of provisional measures);
f) evidence that the decision has been duly communicated to the party concerned; and g) evidence that the party concerned has been informed that the sanction will be submitted for a worldwide extension.
4. If the Disciplinary Committee discovers that member associations, confederations and other sports organisations have not requested a decision to be extended to have worldwide effect, a decision may still be passed ex officio.
5. A worldwide extension will be approved if the request fulfils the requirements set forth in paragraph 3 above, the decision is compatible with the regulations of FIFA and extending the sanction does not conflict with public order or with accepted standards of behaviour. Special Procedures IV.
53 6. The chairperson of the Disciplinary Committee takes their decision, in principle, without deliberations or orally hearing any of the parties, using only the file.
7. The chairperson may exceptionally decide to summon the parties concerned.
8. The chairperson is restricted to ascertaining that the conditions of this article have been fulfilled. They may not review the substance of the decision.
9. The chairperson shall either grant or refuse to grant the request to have the sanction extended.
10. A sanction imposed by an association or a confederation has the same effect in each association of FIFA, in each confederation and in FIFA itself as if the sanction had been imposed by any one of them.
11. If a decision that is not yet final in a legal sense is extended to have worldwide effect, any decision regarding extension shall follow the outcome of the association’s or confederation’s current decision.