FIFA - Cirular 1919 de 2025

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TO THE MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS OF FIFA Circular no. 1918

Zurich, 13 January 2025

Amendments to the FIFA Clearing House Regulations and the FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players

Dear Sir or Madam, We are pleased to inform you of various amendments to the FIFA Clearing House Regulations (FCHR) and the Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (RSTP), which were approved by the FIFA Council at its meeting on 10 December 2024. Background The FCHR were initially approved by the FIFA Council on 22 October 2022 and came into force on 16 November 2022. These Regulations were introduced with the objective of protecting the integrity of the football transfer system and preventing fraudulent conduct, as well as processing certain payments related to the transfer of players between clubs. The focus of the initiative is the a utomatic distribution of training rewards after the electronic player passport (EPP) of a player has determined the entitlements of the training clubs. Since the FIFA Clearing House went live on 16 November 2022, more than 3 7,000 EPPs have been generated, resulting in over USD 350 million being sent to the FIFA Clearing House entity (an independent and regulat ed financial institution based in France) to perform compliance assessments on the clubs involved and to process the payments. Building on the success of the FIFA Clearing House’s first two years of operations, various amendments to the FIFA Clearing House Regulations have been made with the objective of further developing the EPP system, improving the distribution of training rewards to training clubs and ensuring the consistency of FIFA’s regulatory framework. Amendments to the FCHR • In order to grant a more reasonable time frame for clubs and member associations to provide relevant documentation and information during the EPP review process, the2

further developing the EPP system, improving the distribution of training rewards to training clubs and ensuring the consistency of FIFA’s regulatory framework. Amendments to the FCHR • In order to grant a more reasonable time frame for clubs and member associations to provide relevant documentation and information during the EPP review process, the2 duration of the review phase has been increased from ten to 15 days (article 9 paragraph 2). • In addition, to clarify the scope of application of certain provisions and guarantee consistency with FIFA’s regulatory framework , amendments have also been made to article 13 paragraph 1 b) and article 17 paragraphs 5 and 7 a) and b). Amendments to the RSTP Minor technical amendments have been made to article 3 paragraphs 1 and 2 of Annexe 4 to the RSTP to restrict the application of these provisions to cases not governed by the FCHR, and to ensure continued alignment within the RSTP. Entry into force of the amendments All of the aforementioned amendments entered into force on 1 January 2025, as established in article 26 of the FCHR and article 29 of the RSTP. The revised editions of the RSTP and FCHR are available here. We thank you for taking note of the above and informing your affiliated clubs accordingly. Please do not hesitate to contact Jan Kleiner, Director of Football Regulatory, at regulatory@fifa.org if you have any questions in this regard. Yours faithfully,

FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE

DE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION

Mattias Grafström Secretary General

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