INTERNATIONAL SKATING UNION CONSTITUTION and GENERAL REGULATIONS 2012 as accepted by the 54th Ordinary Congress June 2012 See also the Special Regulations/Technical Rules Single and Pair Skating / Ice Dance, Synchronized Skating and Speed Skating / Short Track Speed Skating Note: In the Constitution and Regulations, the masculine gender used in relation to any physical person (for example Skater/Competitor, Official, member of a Member etc or pronouns such as he, they, them) shall, unless there is a specific provision to the contrary, be understood as including the feminine gender 1 INTERNATIONAL SKATING UNION Regulations laid down by the following Congresses: 1st Scheveningen 1892 28th Tours 1959 2nd Copenhagen 1895 29th Bergen 1961 3rd Stockholm 1897 30th Helsinki 1963 4th London 1899 31st Vienna 1965 5th Berlin 1901 32nd Amsterdam 1967 6th Budapest 1903 33rd Maidenhead 1969 7th Copenhagen 1905 34th Venice 1971 8th Stockholm 1907 35th Copenhagen 1973 9th Amsterdam 1909 36th Munich 1975 10th Vienna 1911 37th Paris 1977 11th Budapest 1913 38th Davos 1980 12th Amsterdam 1921 39th Stavanger 1982 13th Copenhagen 1923 40th Colorado Springs 1984 14th Davos 1925 41st Velden 1986 15th Luchon 1927 42nd Davos 1988 16th Oslo 1929 43rd Christchurch 1990 17th Vienna 1931 44th Davos 1992 18th Prague 1933 45th Boston 1994 19th Stockholm 1935 46th Davos 1996 20th St. Moritz 1937 47th Stockholm 1998 21st Amsterdam 1939 48th Québec 2000 22nd Oslo 1947 49th Kyoto 2002 23rd Paris 1949 50th Scheveningen 2004 24th Copenhagen 1951 51st Budapest 2006 25th Stresa 1953 52nd Monaco 2008 26th Lausanne 1955 53 rd Barcelona 2010 27th Salzburg 1957 54th Kuala Lumpur 2012 2 ISU Constitution 2012 INDEX I. General pages Article 1 paragraph 1 Name, Constitution and Legal Status 11 paragraph 2 Validity of Constitution 11 paragraph 3 Members 11 paragraph 4 Provisional Members 11 paragraph 5 Affiliated Clubs 11 paragraph 6 Legal Identity 11 Article 2 paragraph 1 ISU Jurisdiction 12 paragraph 2 Headquarters 12 Article 3 paragraph 1 Objects 12 paragraph 2 Events 12 paragraph 3 Interference 12 Article 4 paragraph 1 Methods & Activities 12 paragraph 2 Development Program 13 Article 5 paragraph 1 Financial Year 14 paragraph 2 Financial Liabilities 14 paragraph 3 Auditors 14 paragraph 4 Indemnification 14 paragraph 5 Authority 14 paragraph 6 Limitations to commit or legally bind the ISU 14 II. Membership Article 6 paragraph 1 General Requirements 15 paragraph 2 Provisional Membership 15 paragraph 3 Minimum Requirements 16 paragraph 4 Member Separation of Branches 17 paragraph 5 Number of votes 18 paragraph 6 Applications for Membership 18 paragraph 8 Member documentation changes 18 paragraph 9 Acceptance or rejection 18 paragraph 10 Appeals 19 Article 7 paragraph 1 Obligations of Members, their members and 19 participants paragraph 2 Participation 19 paragraph 3 Rights of Provisional Members 19 paragraph 4 Rights of Special Clubs 19 paragraph 5 Provisional Members in ISU Statutes 20 paragraph 6 Sponsorship of Clubs 20 paragraph 7 Obligations of Office Holders, advisors, employees 20 and consultants III. Organization Article 8 Organization 21 A. Congress Article 9 paragraph 1 Meetings of Congress 21 paragraph 2 Congress is open only to Members 21 paragraph 3 Representatives of Members 22 paragraph 4 Agenda & Procedures Congress 22 3 paragraph 5 Congress decisions final 22 Article 10 paragraph 1 Place and date of Congress Meetings 22 paragraph 2 Quorum for Congress 22 paragraph 3 Cancellation or postponement 22 paragraph 4-5 Mail vote 22 Article 11 paragraph 1 Alterations in Constitution, Procedural Provisions 23 and General and Special Regulations paragraph 2 Majorities for alterations 23 Article 12 Languages - original text 23 Article 13 paragraph 1-2 Eligibility for election 24 paragraph 3 Maximum age 25 paragraph 4 Ineligible persons 25 paragraph 5 Special elections to fill vacancies 25 paragraph 6-8 Precedence 25 Article 14 paragraph 1-4 Vacancies 26 paragraph 5 Retirement 26 Article 15 paragraph 1-4 Honorary Members and ISU Awards 27 paragraph 5 ISU Gold Award of Merit 28 paragraph 6 ISU Diploma of Service 28 paragraph 7 Other Awards 29 paragraph 8 Withdrawal of Honorary Awards 29 B. Council Article 16 paragraph 1 Composition 30 paragraph 2 President 30 paragraph 3 Vice Presidents 31 paragraph 4 Advisors to the Council 31 Article 17 paragraph 1 Functions of Council 32 paragraph 2 Council Decisions final 34 paragraph 3 Assistance to the Council 35 C. Director General Article 18 Director General 36 D. Sports Directorate Article 19 paragraph 1 Composition 38 paragraph 2 Chair of the Sports Directorate 38 paragraph 3 Directors 39 paragraph 4 Assistance to the Sports Directorate 39 paragraph 5 Functions of the Sports Directorate 39 E. Technical Committees Article 20 paragraph 1 Number of Technical Committees 41 paragraph 2 Eligibility and Composition 41 paragraph 3 Functions of the Technical Committees 42 F. The Medical Commission Article 21 paragraph 1 Eligibility and composition 44 paragraph 2 Functions of the Medical Commission 44 G. Officials Assessment Commission Article 22 Evaluation of judging and technical content 45 decisions, penalties for the Figure Skating Branch 4 H. Development Coordinator/Development Commission Article 23 paragraph 1 Appointment of Development Coordinator 46 paragraph 2 Development Coordinator reporting to Vice 46 Presidents paragraph 3 Development Coordinator cooperation 46 paragraph 4 Development Coordinator duties 46 IV. Judicial Bodies Article 24 paragraph 1 Disciplinary Commission 48 paragraph 2 Composition 48 paragraph 3 Independence 48 paragraph 4 Minimum Number of Members – Vacancies 48 paragraph 5 Decisions 49 paragraph 6 Filing of Complaints 49 paragraph 7 Rules of Procedure 49 paragraph 8 Jurisdiction 49 paragraph 9 Sanctions 50 paragraph 10 Doping Case Sanctions 51 paragraph 11 Charges against DC Members 51 paragraph 12 Appeals 51 paragraph 13 V. Arbitration Article 25 Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) – Appeals Arbitration paragraph 1 Appeals 52 paragraph 2-6 CAS Jurisdiction 52 Article 26 Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) – Ordinary Arbitration paragraph 1 CAS Jurisdiction 53 paragraph 2-4 Requests for Arbitration 53 VI. Communication and Liquidation Article 27 paragraph 1 Communications 54 paragraph 2 Publication of Decisions 54 paragraph 3 Validity of decisions issued in Communications 54 Article 28 paragraph 1-2 Liquidation of ISU 54 VII. Procedural Provisions to the Constitution A. Congress– Organization Article 29 paragraph 1 Invitations 55 paragraph 2 Proposals to Congress 55 paragraph 3-4 Drafting matters 56 paragraph 5 Urgent matters 56 paragraph 6 Forums 56 paragraph 7 Call to Order 56 paragraph 8 Attendance of Office Holders 57 paragraph 9 Attendance of Honorary Members 57 paragraph 10 Members Right to vote 57 paragraph 11 Voting at Congress 57 paragraph 12 Notification of participation 57 paragraph 13 Number of representatives 58 paragraph 14 Right to vote for National Associations 58 paragraph 15 Rights of National Associations 58 paragraph 16 Resolutions 58 paragraph 17 Majorities 59 5 paragraph 18 Chair of Congress meetings 59 paragraph 19 Branch meetings 59 paragraph 20 Chairs of Branch meetings 59 paragraph 21 Decision power Congress/Council/Director 59 General/Sports Directorate paragraph 22 Proceedings and Minutes 59 paragraph 23 Elections 59 paragraph 24 Elections in case of restricted number of candidates 60 paragraph 25 Valid ballots 60 paragraph 26 First ballot - subsequent ballots 60 paragraph 27 Tie breaking ballot 60 paragraph 28 Order of precedence 60 paragraph 29 Technical operation of elections 60 paragraph 30 Scrutineers 61 B. Congress Agenda Article 30 Congress Agenda 62 C. Speed Skating Branch Agenda Article 31 Speed Skating Branch Agenda 65 D. Figure Skating Branch Agenda Article 32 Figure Skating Branch Agenda 67 E. Council Article 33 Paragraph 1 Minimum number of annual Council meetings 70 Paragraph 2-4 Council meetings and decisions 70 Paragraph 5 Quorum for Council meetings 70 Paragraph 6 Council meeting Agenda 70 Paragraph 7-8 Proposals – Answers through correspondence 70 Paragraph 9 Decisions on Member disputes 71 Paragraph 10 Budget additions 71 Paragraph 11 Confidentiality 71 F. Sports Directorate Article 34 Paragraph 1 Frequency and type of Sports Directorate meetings 72 Paragraph 2 Sports Directorate meetings and decisions 72 Paragraph 5 Quorum for Sports Directorate meetings 72 Paragraph 6 Sports Directorate meeting Agenda 72 Paragraph 7 Proposals 72 Paragraph 8 Answers 72 Paragraph 9 Confidentiality 73 paragraph 10 Submission of proposals requiring Council decision 73 G. Technical Committees Article 35 paragraph 1 Plan of work 74 paragraph 2-5 Technical Committee meetings and decisions 74 paragraph 6 Information to Technical Committees 74 H. The Medical Commission Article 36 paragraph 1 Plan of work 75 paragraph 2-4 Commission meetings and decisions 75 6 I. Office Holders and Officials Definition and Functions Article 37 paragraph 1 ISU Office Holders 76 paragraph 2 Officials 76 paragraph 3 Functions of the ISU Representative 76 paragraph 4 Functions of the ISU Event Coordinator/ISU 77 Assistant Event Coordinator, the Regional Event Coordination Assistants in Figure Skating as well as the Technical Delegates for the Olympic Winter Games Other Definitions Article 38 paragraph 1 ISU Statutes 77 paragraph 2 Regulations 77 paragraph 3 Branches and Disciplines 77 paragraph 4 ISU Events 78 paragraph 5 Events 78 paragraph 6 Individual Series events 79 paragraph 7 International Competitions/Local Competitions 79 paragraph 8 Competitions 79 paragraph 9 Segments 79 paragraph 10 Distances/Races 79 paragraph 11 Qualifying Rounds (pre-preliminaries, preliminaries, 80 heats, Eight-Finals, Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals) & Finals paragraph 12 Age Categories 80 paragraph 13 Skater – Competitor 80 7 ISU General Regulations 2012 INDEX A. General Page Rule No. 100 Definition 81 Affiliated Clubs 81 ISU Events 81 Rights 82 101 Regulations 82 B. Eligibility Rule No. 102 Eligibility Status 83 Definition of an ineligible person 84 Participation of eligible persons 84 Restricted eligibility 85 Payments 85 Trademarks 86 Loss of eligibility 88 103 Reinstatement as an eligible person 88 C.