Section 13 - Circular Provisions
Interested parties can appeal any decision of the Dispute Resolution Chamber to the
Arbitration Tribunal for Football, which in such cases will be composed of members chosen
by players and clubs. Sanctions imposed by the Players Status Committee can be appealed
to the Arbitration Tribunal for Football.
(ii) Compensation
Contractual breaches, whether inside or outside a ‘protected period’, also give rise to
compensation claims. The compensation amount may be stipulated in the contract, or shall
be calculated in accordance with objective criteria, of which the regulations list several.
Apart from bringing claims before national courts, compensation claims can be brought
before FIFA’s Dispute Resolution Chamber. The Chamber will decide within 60 to 90 days
after the date on which the claim has been submitted to it. In arriving at its decision, the
Chamber will, as in other cases, also take account of all relevant arrangements, laws and/or
collective bargaining agreements, which exist at national level, as well as the specificity of
sport. Interested parties can appeal any decision of the Dispute Resolution Chamber to the
Arbitration Tribunal for Football.
Note that any amount of compensation awarded by FIFA’s Dispute Resolution Chamber
following a breach of contract is payable within one month after notification of the
Chamber’s decision. Appeals to the Arbitration Tribunal for Football do not have suspensive
effect. FIFA’s Players Status Committee may impose disciplinary measures on the party
responsible for the breach who has missed the one month deadline for payment. Moreover,
if a player is responsible for the breach, and has not paid the compensation awarded by the
Chamber within one month, the new club (whether or not it is found to have induced the
breach) shall be deemed jointly responsible for payment of the compensation award. Again,
if this new club has not paid the compensation amount within one month after having
become jointly responsible with the player, the new club may also be subject to disciplinary
measures from the Players Status Committee.
See Art. 42.(c) of the Basic Regulations.
See Art. 21 of the Basic Regulations.
See Art. 22 of the Basic Regulations.
See Art. 42.1.(b)(iii) of the Basic Regulations.
See Art. 43 of the Basic Regulations.
See Art. 14.1 of the Application Regulations.
See Art. 42.1.(c) of the Basic Regulations.
See Art. 14.2 of the Application Regulations.
See Art. 14.3 of the Application Regulations.
See Art. 14.4 of the Application Regulations.
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