INTERNATIONAL SKATING UNION CONSTITUTION and GENERAL REGULATIONS 2014 as accepted by the 55th Ordinary Congress June 2014 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 55th Dublin 2014 2 ISU Constitution 2014 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 Objectives 12 paragraph 2 Events 12 paragraph 3 Interference 12 Article 4 paragraph 1 Methods & Activities 13 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 15 paragraph 6 Limitations to commit or legally bind the ISU 15 II. Membership Article 6 paragraph 1 General Requirements 16 paragraph 2 Provisional Membership 16 paragraph 3 Minimum Requirements 17 paragraph 4 Member Separation of Branches 19 paragraph 5 Number of votes 19 paragraph 6 Applications for Membership 19 Paragraph 7 Verification of applicants 19 paragraph 8 Member documentation changes 20 paragraph 9 Acceptance or rejection 20 paragraph 10 Appeals 20 Article 7 paragraph 1 Obligations of Members, their members and 20 participants paragraph 2 Participation 20 paragraph 3 Rights of Provisional Members 21 paragraph 4 Rights of Special Clubs 21 paragraph 5 Provisional Members in ISU Statutes 21 paragraph 6 Sponsorship of Clubs 21 paragraph 7 Obligations of Office Holders, Coordinators, 21 Advisors, Employees and Consultants III. Organization Article 8 Organization 23 A. Congress Article 9 paragraph 1 Meetings of Congress 24 paragraph 2 Congress is open only to Members 24 paragraph 3 Representatives of Members 24 3 paragraph 4 Agenda & Procedures Congress 24 paragraph 5 Congress decisions final 24 Article 10 paragraph 1 Place and date of Congress Meetings 25 paragraph 2 Quorum for Congress 25 paragraph 3 Cancellation or postponement 25 paragraph 4-5 Mail vote 25 Article 11 paragraph 1 Alterations in Constitution, Procedural Provisions 26 and General and Special Regulations paragraph 2 Majorities for alterations 26 Article 12 Languages - original text 26 Article 13 paragraph 1-2 Elections - Eligibility for election 27 paragraph 3 Maximum age 28 paragraph 4 Ineligible persons 28 paragraph 5 Special elections to fill vacancies 28 paragraph 6-8 Precedence 28 Article 14 paragraph 1-4 Vacancies 29 paragraph 5 Retirement 29 Article 15 paragraph 1-4 Honorary Members and ISU Awards 30 paragraph 5 ISU Gold Award of Merit 31 paragraph 6 ISU Diploma of Service 31 paragraph 7 Other Awards 32 paragraph 8 Withdrawal of Honorary Awards 32 B. Council Article 16 paragraph 1 Composition 33 paragraph 2 President 33 paragraph 3 Vice Presidents 34 paragraph 4 Advisors to the Council 35 Article 17 paragraph 1 Functions of Council 36 paragraph 2 Council Decisions final 39 paragraph 3 Assistance to the Council 39 C. Director General Article 18 Director General 40 D. Sports Directors/Sport Manager Figure Skating Article 19 paragraph 1 General Role Sports Directors/Sport Manager 42 Figure Skating paragraph 2 Functions of the Sports Directors 42 paragraph 3 Conditions applicable to Sports Directors/Sport 43 Manager Figure Skating E. Technical Committees Article 20 paragraph 1 Number of Technical Committees 44 paragraph 2 Eligibility and Composition 44 paragraph 3 Functions of the Technical Committees 44 F. The Medical Commission Article 21 paragraph 1 Eligibility and Composition 46 paragraph 2 Functions of the Medical Commission 46 G. Officials Assessment Commission Article 22 Evaluation of judging and technical content 47 decisions, penalties for the Figure Skating Branch 4 H. Development Coordinator/Development Commission Article 23 paragraph 1 Appointment of Development Coordinator 48 paragraph 2 Development Coordinator reporting to Vice 48 Presidents paragraph 3 Development Coordinator cooperation 48 paragraph 4 Development Coordinator duties 48 IV. Judicial Bodies Article 24 paragraph 1 Disciplinary Commission 50 paragraph 2 Composition 50 paragraph 3 Independence 50 paragraph 4 Minimum Number of Members – Vacancies 50 paragraph 5 Decisions 51 paragraph 6 Filing of Complaints 51 paragraph 7 Rules of Procedure 51 paragraph 8 Jurisdiction 51 paragraph 9 Sanctions 52 paragraph 10 Doping Case Sanctions 53 paragraph 11 Charges against DC Members 53 paragraph 12 Appeals 53 paragraph 13 Effectiveness of appealed decisions 53 V. Arbitration Article 25 Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) – Appeals Arbitration paragraph 1 Appeals 54 paragraph 2-6 CAS Jurisdiction 54 Article 26 Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) – Ordinary Arbitration paragraph 1 CAS Jurisdiction 55 paragraph 2-4 Requests for Arbitration 55 VI. Communication and Liquidation Article 27 paragraph 1 Communications 56 paragraph 2 Publications of Decisions 56 paragraph 3 Validity of decisions issued in Communications 56 Article 28 paragraph 1-2 Liquidation of ISU 56 VII. Procedural Provisions to the Constitution A. Congress– Organization Article 29 paragraph 1 Invitations 57 paragraph 2 Proposals to Congress 57 paragraph 3-4 Drafting Matters 58 paragraph 5 Urgent Matters 58 paragraph 6 Forums on topics 58 paragraph 7 Call to Order 58 paragraph 8 Attendance of Office Holders 59 paragraph 9 Attendance of Honorary Members 59 paragraph 10 Members Right to vote 59 paragraph 11 Voting at Congress 59 paragraph 12 Notification of participation 59 paragraph 13 Number of representatives 60 paragraph 14 Right to vote for National Associations 60 paragraph 15 Rights of National Associations 60 paragraph 16 Resolutions 60 paragraph 17 Majorities 61 5 paragraph 18 Chair of Congress meetings 61 paragraph 19 Branch meetings 61 paragraph 20 Chairs of Branch meetings 61 paragraph 21 Decision power Congress/Council/Director 61 General/Sports Directors / Sport Manager Figure Skating paragraph 22 Proceedings and Minutes 61 paragraph 23 Elections 61 paragraph 24 Elections in case of restricted number of candidates 62 paragraph 25 Valid ballots 62 paragraph 26 First ballot - subsequent ballots 62 paragraph 27 Tie breaking ballot 62 paragraph 28 Order of precedence 62 paragraph 29 Technical operation of elections 62 paragraph 30 Scrutineers 63 B. Congress Agenda Article 30 Congress Agenda 64 C. Speed Skating Branch Agenda Article 31 Speed Skating Branch Agenda 67 D. Figure Skating Branch Agenda Article 32 Figure Skating Branch Agenda 69 E. Council Article 33 Paragraph 1 Minimum number of annual Council meetings 72 Paragraph 2-4 Council meetings and decisions 72 Paragraph 5 Quorum for Council meetings 72 Paragraph 6 Council meeting Agenda 72 Paragraph 7-8 Proposals – Answers through correspondence 72 Paragraph 9 Decisions on Member disputes 73 Paragraph 10 Budget additions 73 Paragraph 11 Confidentiality 73 F. Article 34 Reserved 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 Coordinators/ISU 77 Assistant Event Coordinators paragraph 5 Regional Event Coordination Assistants (RECAs - 77 Figure Skating Branch only) paragraph 6 ISU Technical Delegates for the Olympic Winter 78 Games Other Definitions Article 38 paragraph 1 ISU Statutes 79 paragraph 2 Regulations 79 paragraph 3 Branches and Disciplines 79 paragraph 4 ISU Events 80 paragraph 5 Events 80 paragraph 6 Individual Series events 80 paragraph 7 International Competitions/Local Competitions 80 paragraph 8 Competitions 81 paragraph 9 Segments 81 paragraph 10 Distances/Races 81 paragraph 11 Qualifying