Consequences for Failure to Pay Relevant Amounts
in due time 1. When:
- a. the Football Tribunal orders a party (a club or a player) to pay another party (a club or a player), the consequences of the failure to pay the relevant amounts in due time shall be included in the decision;
- b. parties to a dispute accept (or do not reject) a proposal made by the FIFA general secretariat pursuant to the Procedural Rules Governing the Football Tribunal, the consequences of the failure to pay the relevant amounts in due time shall be included in the confirmation letter.
2. Such consequences shall be the following:
- a. Against a club: a ban from registering any new players, either nationally or internationally, up until the due amounts are paid. The overall maximum duration of the registration ban shall be of up to three entire and consecutive registration periods, subject to paragraph 7 below;
- b. Against a player: a restriction on playing in official matches up until the due amounts are paid. The overall maximum duration of the restriction shall be of up to six months on playing in official matches, subject to paragraph 7 below.
3. Such consequences may be excluded where the Football Tribunal has:
- a. imposed a sporting sanction on the basis of article 12bis, 17 or 18quater in the same case; or
- b. been informed that the debtor club was subject to an insolvency-related event pursuant to the relevant national law and is legally unable to comply with an order.
4. Where such consequences are applied, the debtor must pay the full amount due (including all applicable interest) to the creditor within 45 days of notification of the decision.
5. The 45-day time limit shall commence from notification of the decision or confirmation letter.
- a. The time limit is paused by a valid request for the grounds of the decision. Following notification of the grounds of the decision, the time limit shall recommence.
- b. The time limit is also paused by an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
6. The debtor shall make full payment (including all applicable interest) to the bank account provided by the creditor, as set out in the decision or confirmation letter.
7. Where the debtor fails to make full payment (including all applicable interest) within the time limit, and the decision has become final and binding:
- a. the creditor may request that FIFA enforce the consequences;
- b. upon receipt of such request, FIFA shall inform the debtor that the consequences shall apply;
- c. the consequences shall apply immediately upon notification by FIFA, including, for the avoidance of doubt, if they are applied during an open registration period. In such cases, the remainder of that registration period shall be the first ”entire” registration period for the purposes of paragraph
2. a);
- d. the consequences may only be lifted in accordance with paragraph 8 below.
8. Where the consequences are enforced, the debtor must provide proof of payment to FIFA of the full amount (including all applicable interest), in order for them to be lifted.
- a. Upon receipt of the proof of payment, FIFA shall immediately request that the creditor confirm receipt of full payment (including all applicable interest) within five days.
38. IX. JURISDICTION
- b. Upon receipt of confirmation from the creditor, or after expiry of the time limit in the case of no response, FIFA shall notify the parties that the consequences are lifted.
- c. The consequences shall be lifted immediately upon notification by FIFA.
- d. Notwithstanding the above, where full payment (including all applicable interest) has not been made, the consequences shall remain in force until their complete serving.