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Posted - Jun 28 2003 : 1:27:32 PM
Paris, 28 June 2003
FIFA Competitions
Following the report from Chuck Blazer, the chairman of the Organising Committee for the FIFA Confederations Cup, currently being held in France, the Executive Committee discussed the tendency of players to remove their shirts when celebrating a goal. In the interests of maintaining discipline and order on the field of play, the committee decided that from now on, such practice shall be forbidden during a match. The national associations will receive the relevant information and instructions shortly.
The committee also listened to status reports from the chairmen of the committees responsible for organising the other FIFA competitions to be held this year: U-17 in Finland (13 – 30 August), Women’s World Cup in the USA (20 September – 12 October) and U-20 in the United Arab Emirates (27 November – 19 December). With regard to the FIFA Women’s World Cup, recently moved from China PR to the USA, the executive also approved the stadiums and six venues (Washington, Boston, Portland, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Columbus).
Regulations Governing the Application of the Statutes: provision regarding dual nationality
The executive approved the new article 15 paragraph 3 of the Regulations Governing the Application of the Statutes, Eligibility for national teams, which relates to dual nationality. “Up to his 21st birthday, a player may only once request to change the association for which he is eligible to play international matches.” This provision shall only apply if the player was already in possession of dual nationality when he made his first appearance (full or partial) in an official competition of any age group. This amendment must be ratified by the Extraordinary FIFA Congress in Doha, Qatar, on 19 – 20 October 2003.
Disciplinary matters
The committee also agreed the FIFA President’s proposal of boosting the ranks of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee with new members with expert knowledge of doping matters.
National associations
Azerbaijan: The Emergency Committee’s decision to lift the suspension was ratified.
Antigua/Barbuda: The Emergency Committee’s decision to suspend this association until further notice was also ratified.
Iraq: The committee was delighted to hear that an interim leadership, comprising 9 persons in total, had been installed and accepted by the relevant authorities. Hussein Sahid (member of the AFC Executive Committee) is in interim control of the association.
FIFA Marketing AG
The executive was also informed about the meeting of the FIFA Marketing Board of Directors, held in Paris on 17 June 2003. The committee also welcomed the new strategy, whereby FIFA Marketing will be incorporated as a division within the overall FIFA organisation, ensuring that FIFA and FIFA Marketing AG will in future have the same values and work towards common targets. The specific activities of the Business Division will not be affected in any way. From 1 September 2003, Jérôme Valcke (FRA) will be the new director of FIFA Marketing AG. The executive committee was also delighted to hear about the final appointments to the remaining open positions on the FIFA Management Board, which will now comprise 12 people.
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