Notification of Decisions and Other Documents
1. Decisions and other documents exchanged between FIFA and the party concerned shall be sent exclusively via the FIFA Legal Portal.
2. All of the parties shall be notified of the decisions.
3. Decisions and other documents intended for persons bound by this Code may be addressed to the person directly and/or to the association concerned on condition that it forwards the documents to the intended recipient. In the event that the documents were not also or solely sent to the party concerned, these documents shall be considered to have
29. been communicated properly to the ultimate addressee four days after communication of the documents to the association. The time limit shall commence at midnight (Central European Time) the day after the communication of the document in question.
4. Notification of a decision shall be effected by publication on the FIFA webpage where:
- a. the whereabouts of the party are unknown and cannot be ascertained despite making reasonable enquiries;
- b. service is impossible or would lead to exceptional inconvenience; or
- c. a party has not provided a means of contact despite being instructed to do so.
5. Notification via the FIFA webpage is deemed accomplished on the day of publication.