The Council of the International Federation of Football Association (FIFA) has approved certain amendments to the Regulations for the Status and Transfer of Players, following two sessions of 15 March 2019 and 3 June 2019.
A first amendment concerns the definition of "third property" (TPO)
The purpose of this amendment, according to FIFA, is "to make it clear that players should not be considered as third parties under their own transfer agreement".
This change is in line with the jurisprudence of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee which decided that "players are not considered a "third party property" in the sense of the 14 definition and 18 ter of the Player Status and Transfer Regulation (RSTJ)".
This amendment entered into force on 1er June 2019.
An amendment changes the threshold value for disputes that can be submitted to the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber (CRL)
The maximum amount of this value is changed from CHF 1000 000 to CHF 200 000. FIFA states that the objective pursued is "speed up proceedings by handling more cases by CRL judge".
This amendment will come into force on October 1, 2019.
Some amendments make changes concerning the mandatory implementation of certain technologies
The systems involved are:
- the Electronic Player Registration System;
- the National Transfer Regulation System;
- the FIFA Connect system.
The aim of FIFA is "ensure that complete and reliable player registration data is available as an ePassport".
These amendments will come into force on October 1, 2019.
