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[email protected] Case No. 2013-03 February 1, 2014 Decision of the ISU Disciplinary Commission Panel: - Volker Waldeck, Chair - Dr. Egbert Schmid - Susan Petricevic. In the matter of International Skating Union, Chemin de Primrose 2, 1007 Lausanne, Switzerland, represented by its Legal Advisor, Dr. Béatrice Pfister, - Complainant - against Ms. Sandra Ristivojević, - Alleged Offender- and Serbian Skating Association, Deligradska 27, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia, -Interested ISU Member- Concerning alleged violation of the ISU Anti-Doping Rules 1 I. History of the procedure On December 16, 2013, the ISU filed a complaint against the Alleged Offender, together with four exhibits. On December 18, 2013, the Alleged Offender and the Interested Member were invited by the ISU Disciplinary Commission to file a statement of reply within 21 days upon receipt of the complaint. The Alleged Offender filed a brief on December 29, 2013, the Interested Member on January 4, 2014. The President of the Serbian Skating Association moved to dismiss the complaint, because the statement of complaint was filed from the ISU Legal Advisor to the Disciplinary Commission 80 days after the alleged incident and not within the time limit of 30 days. On January 3, 2014, the DC posed some additional questions for the parties which were answered by the Sport Director of the ISU on January 9, 2014 and by the Alleged Offender on January 13, 2014.