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Referring to the FEI General Regulations, Art 113, as per below:

Article 113 - Registration of Athletes and Horses

1. All Athletes and Horses must be registered with the FEI, unless otherwise specified by the Sport Rules and with their own or, where appropriate, their host NF before they can be permitted to take part in an International Event. (See also Article 119 - Sport Nationality Status of Athletes and Chapter V Horses).

2. National Federations are responsible for registering all Athletes and Horses and shall ensure that such Athletes have the appropriate corresponding sport nationality.

3. Any Athlete and/or any Horse who is not registered with the FEI shall be automatically disqualified.

The registration system is today linked to the results publications and noting that a large number of NFs have still not registered Horses and Athletes for 2009, the FEI is proposing the following procedure to meet the requirements for Athletes/Horses who have competed in FEI Competitions not registered with the FEI in compliance with Art 113 of the FEI General Regulations.

2009

· In respect of new Athletes or Horses who have never been registered to date with the FEI prior to competing in 2009, such registration must be fully completed prior to the 31st March 2010 in order for their 2009 results to be validated. Any Athletes/Horses who cannot be clearly identified by that date will be disqualified from the event in question as per the above article.

· For Athletes/Horses whose registrations were not renewed for the 2009 year, the FEI has decided not to impose Art 113.3 with respect to 2009 only. The relevant results will now be finalised based upon the registration details the FEI has on file.

Note: NFs will receive lists of results with incomplete information per discipline and have the possibility to register unknown Athletes and Horses retrospectively up to 31st March 2010.

Based on the above, the FEI will invoice NFs for non-registered Athletes and Horses having participated in International events in 2009 by 31 March 2010 accordingly.

2010

Article 113 will be strictly applied and all Athletes/Horses must be registered prior to taking part in an FEI event. If such registration is not completed, the Athlete/Horse will be disqualified in accordance with the applicable article.

THE PROCESS STEP BY STEP

Unregistered Athletes & Horses in 2009

1. FEI to send to NFs a list of unregistered Athletes and Horses from the results list
2. NFs have the opportunity to give their feedback
3. FEI to register all of those Athletes and Horses for 2009
4. FEI to invoice NFs

Unknown Athletes & Horses in 2009

1. FEI to send to NFs a list of unknown Athletes and Horses from the results list
2. NFs to create the records into “FEI Family” and/or give feedback
3. FEI to register all of the created record for Athletes and Horses for 2009 and leave the others out of the system
4. FEI to invoice NFs

Unknown/unregistered Athletes & Horses in 2010

1. FEI to disqualify Athletes/Horses per GR Article 113.3.