Media Release Date: 11/12/03 Communiqué aux médias No. 171 Medien-Mitteilung

UEFA Executive Committee completes last meeting of 2003

Smoking ban in technical area agreed

The UEFA Executive Committee, chaired by Senes Erzik, UEFA First Vice-President, today completed its final two-day meeting of 2003 at UEFA Headquarters, Nyon, Switzerland.

At the meeting the Executive Committee agreed: · to introduce from the start of season 2004/05 a ban on smoking in the technical area at all UEFA competitions · to appoint the German FA as the host of the Final Tournament of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2004 · to appoint the Polish FA as the host of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship in 2006 · to nominate the supporters of Celtic FC for the 2003 FIFA Fair Play award · to set up a new Referees Consultative Body to strengthen UEFA’s consultation with the refereeing community; and · to start preparations for the tendering process to choose a marketing agency for the sale of UEFA Champions League television and sponsorship rights for 2006-2009.

In addition the Executive Committee: · received a very positive report on the preparations for UEFA EURO 2004 ™ · took note of the ongoing evaluation of the development of a new UEFA referees exchange programme to allow the possibility of exchange between national association areas · received a report on the current discussions taking place in the EU on a new Treaty Article on Sport; and · agreed the agenda and programme for the XXVIII UEFA Congress to be held 22nd/23rd April 2004 in Cyprus.

The Executive Committee also approved the appointments of William Gaillard as Director of Communications and Public Affairs, Giorgio Marchetti as Director of Professional Football and Marketing and as Director of Legal Services.

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