Transitional Measures
1. Any case that has been brought to FIFA before these regulations come into force shall be assessed according to the previous regulations.
- a. Any case that has been brought to FIFA for which a decision is still pending as at 1 October 2021 from the Players’ Status Committee, Dispute Resolution Chamber, or any of their sub-committees, shall be decided by the relevant chamber of the Football Tribunal in accordance with the Procedural Rules Governing the Football Tribunal;
- b. The transitory provisions of the Procedural Rules Governing the Football Tribunal shall apply to those cases.
2. As a general rule, other cases shall be assessed according to these regulations with the exception of the following:
- a. disputes regarding training compensation;
- b. disputes regarding the solidarity mechanism. Any cases not subject to this general rule shall be assessed according to the regulations that were in force when the contract at the centre of the dispute was signed, or when the disputed facts arose.
3. Member associations shall amend their regulations in accordance with article 1 to ensure that they comply with these regulations and shall submit them to FIFA for approval. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each member association shall implement article 1 paragraph 3 a).
4. If, at the time when these regulations come into force, a competition period (within the meaning of these regulations) in an association has already started and the first registration period in that same competition period has already been completed, the following shall apply: if the first registration period lasted less than 12 weeks, the second registration period within that same competition period may last up to eight weeks, provided that the total of both registration periods does not exceed 16 weeks.