Implementation of Decisions and Confirmation Letters
1. The sporting successor of a debtor shall be considered the debtor and be subject to any decision or confirmation letter issued by the Football Tribunal. The criteria to assess whether an entity is the sporting successor of another entity are, among others, its headquarters, name, legal form, team colours, players, shareholders or stakeholders or ownership and the category of competition.
2. Where a debtor is instructed to pay a creditor a sum of money (outstanding amounts or compensation) by the Football Tribunal:
- a. payment is made when the debtor pays the full amount instructed (including any applicable interest) to the creditor;
- b. payment is not deemed to have been made where the debtor makes any unilateral deduction from the full amount instructed (including any applicable interest).
3. The following actions do not contravene a registration ban described in article 12bis, 17, 18quater or 24:
a) the return from loan of a professional, solely where the loan agreement expires naturally;
- b. the extension of the loan of a professional, beyond the natural expiry of the loan agreement;
- c. the definitive engagement of a professional who was temporarily registered for the club directly prior to the registration ban being imposed;
- d. the registration of a professional who was already registered with the club as an amateur directly prior to the registration ban being imposed.
10. FINAL PROVISIONS Final provisions 10.