DE LA CIUDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BUENOS AIRES RESUELVE:

ISU Event Coordinator and Regional Event Coordination Assistants Amend as follows:

1. Event Coordinator, Assistant Event Coordinator and Regional Event Coordination Assistants (RECAs) in Figure Skating:

The ISU Council shall appoint an ISU Event Coordinator for Figure Skating and if necessary and possible an Assistant Event Coordinator as well as a pool of Regional Event Coordination Assistants according to Article 37 of the Constitution. who both report to the Sports Directorate. The Event Coordinator and Assistant Event Coordinator shall be remunerated by the ISU. They shall monitor in cooperation with the ISU Secretariat the preparations, organization and conduct of ISU Figure Skating Events. For ISU Championships and other ISU Events for which an ISU Representative is appointed, they shall closely cooperate on-site of the Event with the appointed ISU Representative who remains the responsible ISU Office Holder during the Event.

2. Regional Event Coordination Assistants in Figure Skating:

The Sports Directorate is responsible to maintain a pool of Regional Event Coordination Assistants composed of individuals knowledgeable in Figure Skating, but also having good people, organizational and computer skills. The Regional Event Coordination Assistants identified by the Sports Directorate and available to act in such function, shall be trained by the Sports Directorate and/or the Event Coordinator and/or Assistant Event Coordinator and subsequently assist the ISU Event Coordinator and/or Assistant Event Coordinator in the organization and conduct of ISU Figure Skating Events in their region. The remuneration for such Regional Event Coordination Assistants shall be proposed by the Sports Directorate within a yearly budget and shall be decided annually by the ISU Council.

3. Consultation and inspection visit for ISU Figure Skating Championships and ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final:

For each Figure Skating Championships the Sport Manager Figure Skating and/or the Event Coordinator and/or Assistant Event Coordinator shall attend at least one consultation and inspection visit at the site of the Championships, including meetings with the television and advertising companies during the two (2) years before the Championships/Final.

4. On site monitoring of ISU Figure Skating Championships:

For each Figure Skating Championships and the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final the Sport Manager Figure Skating and/or the Event Coordinator and/or the Assistant Event Coordinator plus one (1) or two (2) Regional Event Coordination Assistants shall be present at the Championships/Final. At least one of them must be present from the beginning of the official training of the Championships/Final and may not serve in another capacity except in an emergency. They shall represent the ISU in all technical matters concerning the condition, adequacy and scheduling for use of all skating facilities and services used in connection with the Championships/Final. In addition, as necessary, they will act as a liaison between the Referee and other Officials and the Organizers. The composition of each ISU Event Coordination team (Sport Manager Figure Skating, Event Coordinator, Assistant Event Coordinator, Regional Event Coordination Assistants) shall be proposed by the Vice President through its annual budget and shall be decided by the ISU Council.

5. Monitoring and on-site attendance of other ISU Figure Skating Events:

For other ISU Figure Skating Events, an ISU Event Coordination team shall monitor and possibly be present on site of the Event as necessary and as proposed by the Vice President within an annual budget and as decided by the ISU Council.

Reason: The basic role of the Event Coordination functions has been integrated into Art. 19 of the Constitution. 221. SINGLE & PAIR SKATING AND ICE DANCE TECHNICAL COMMITTEES

Rule 381

Move paragraphs 1, 2 and 5 into new Rule 337, paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 and renumber paragraphs 3 and 4 as 1 and 2. Amend new Rule 337 paragraph 3:

Monitoring and on-site attendance of ISU Events in Figure Skating:

Amend remaining Rule 381:

Monitoring of ISU Championships 3. 1. [unchanged]

4. 2. On site monitoring of ISU Figure Skating Championships and ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final: [rest unchanged]

Reasons:

- provisions of paragraphs 1, 2 and 5 are not specific to ISU Championships but include other ISU Events. Therefore they should be placed under the general part of the Regulations for competitions;

- drafting. The text mentions that an Event Coordination team is present at the Grand Prix Final. 222. ISU COUNCIL

Rule 396

Amend as follows:

At ISU Championships, no advertising of ice shows are allowed inside or outside the ice rinks or in the program sold or given to the public. If such advertisements exist, the ISU Event Coordinator Referee and/or the ISU Representative Organizing Committee must intervene immediately.

Reason: This is a task of the ISU Event Coordinator and the ISU Representative and not the Referees. 223. SINGLE & PAIR SKATING AND ICE DANCE TECHNICAL COMMITTEES

Rule 397

Renumber as 345 and read:

Communications during ISU Championships competitions

All official communications during ISU Championships, the Olympic Winter Games, Winter Youth Olympic Games and International Competitions and Qualifying Competition for the Olympic Winter Games must be published in English.

Reason: English is the official language not only of ISU Championships but also of International Competitions. Therefore this Rule should be placed in the general part of Regulations for Competitions.

224. SINGLE & PAIR SKATING AND ICE DANCE TECHNICAL COMMITTEES Rule 400, paragraphs A and B

Merge paragraphs A and B, as follows, and renumber paragraph C as paragraph B. A. Entries Single & Pair Skating of Competitors

1. The maximum number of entries for the Olympic Winter Games is thirty (30) for Ladies and Men, twenty (20) for Pairs and twenty-four (24) for Ice Dance. In Single Skating the best placed twenty-four (24) Competitors in the Short Program will qualify for the final Free Skating. In Pair Skating the best placed sixteen (16) Pairs in the Short Program will qualify for the final Free Skating. In Ice Dance, the best placed twenty (20) Couples in the Short Dance will qualify for the final Free Dance.

2. Members who have participated in the immediately preceding year’s World Senior Championships accumulate points according to Rule 378, paragraph 2.b) and c).

3. Twenty-four (24) entries in the Ladies event and the Men event, sixteen (16) entries in the Pairs event and nineteen (19) entries in the Ice Dance event will be determined according to the classification outlined in paragraph 2 above. For this purpose Members who have earned the right for 2 or 3 entries at the immediately preceding year’s World Senior Championships earn the same right for the Olympic Winter Games and remaining Members are listed in order of their best placed Skater in the same World Senior Championships. If the application of the above procedure results in more than twenty-four (24) Ladies or Men, sixteen (16) Pairs, or nineteen (19) Ice Dance Couples being eligible for direct entry, the last Member to reach the qualifying limit would not be permitted to enter a Skater/Pair/Couple that would cause the limit to be exceeded.

4. [unchanged]

5. To be entered into and participate in the Olympic Winter Games a Skater/Pair/Couple must have reached in an ISU recognized International Competition (as per Article 38, paragraph 7 and Rule 107, paragraphs 1 to 9) during the ongoing or immediately preceding season the applicable minimum Total Technical Score (points) established for the ISU European and Four Continents Championships (see Rule 378, paragraph 3).

6. Members who earned entries under the provisions of the paragraphs 2 and 3 above, should if possible inform the ISU Secretariat not later than September 15th after the respective Senior World Championships if they intend to use their full quota of entries. In case some of the Members do not intend to use their full quotas of entries, the remaining open entries until number of twenty-four (24) entries in Single Skating, sixteen (16) entries in Pair Skating and nineteen (19) entries in Ice Dance will be filled by increasing the number of entries according to paragraph 4 above.

7. [unchanged] 8. [unchanged]

225. SINGLE & PAIR SKATING AND ICE DANCE TECHNICAL COMMITTEES DRAFTING MATTER Regulations for Officials in Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance - Title A

Read:

Nomination and appointment of Event Officials Reason: drafting

226. SINGLE & PAIR SKATING AND ICE DANCE TECHNICAL COMMITTEES DRAFTING MATTER

Rule 410, paragraph 2 Read:

Nominations must be submitted, and appointments by the ISU must be made, separately for the different groups qualifications and the different disciplines as follows: [rest unchanged]

Reason: drafting

227. SINGLE & PAIR SKATING AND ICE DANCE TECHNICAL COMMITTEES Rule 411, paragraph 6

Read:

6. a) Any ISU Official, not fulfilling the service and/or seminar attendance requirements at July 31st for re- appointment to the respective qualification shall be transferred to the list of International Officials of the respective qualification. To be eligible for reinstatement to the position formerly held, the concerned Official then must fulfill the lacking requirement(s) prior to the following July 31st the following year. If these requirements are not fulfilled, the concerned Official remains on the list of International Officials, provided the requirements for this qualification be fulfilled.

b) Any International Official, not fulfilling the service and/or seminar attendance requirements at July 31st for re- appointment to the respective qualification shall be deleted from the list of International Officials of the respective qualification. To be eligible for reinstatement to the position formerly held, the concerned Official then must fulfill the lacking requirement(s) prior to the following July 31st the following year. If these requirements are not fulfilled (or cannot be fulfilled), the concerned Official must again fulfill the requirements for first appointment as an International Official and be nominated accordingly.

c) [unchanged]

Reason: drafting to make new paragraph 7.b) (i) effective (see proposal 229)

228. SINGLE & PAIR SKATING AND ICE DANCE TECHNICAL COMMITTEES Rule 411, paragraph 7

Read:

ISU Examinations:

a) The criteria to pass successfully the ISU Examinations to become an Official are published in ISU Communications.

b) Each ISU Examination to become an Official cannot be taken more than three times by a candidate. In case of two failures, there must be an interval of at least 24 months between the second and the third final attempt.

Reason: repeated failures at the same ISU Examination clearly show the inability of a candidate to reach the necessary standard.

229. SINGLE & PAIR SKATING AND ICE DANCE TECHNICAL COMMITTEES Rule 411

Add new paragraph 7 and renumber subsequent paragraphs (existing 7 as 8, etc.) 7. Reinstatement of Officials after suspension for misconduct

a) The suspension for misconduct of an Official by the Disciplinary Commission shall apply to all the ISU/International qualifications and disciplines for which the Official was qualified.

b) An Official suspended for misconduct by the Disciplinary Commission for a specified period of time shall be eligible for reinstatement at the end of that time, as follows, unless a request to the contrary is received from the Member of the Official:

(i) an Official suspended for misconduct for up to 36 months shall be reinstated in the position formerly held if he fulfills the age, service and seminar attendance requirements for re-appointment to this qualification as of July 31st preceding the reinstatement. Service in National Competitions during the period of suspension shall not be taken into consideration. If these requirements were not fulfilled (or could not be fulfilled), provisions of paragraph 6 above shall apply;

(ii) to be reinstated, an Official suspended for misconduct for more than 36 months must fulfill the requirements for first appointment as an International Official and be nominated accordingly.

Reasons: provisions on reinstatement after suspension for misconduct are currently included, inappropriately, in Rule 440 related to evaluation of service. The issue of such reinstatement is related to nomination and therefore it is proposed to transfer those provisions into Rule 411. The content has been clarified and made consistent for all qualifications of Officials. Provisions repeated from other parts of the ISU Statutes have been deleted.

230. SINGLE & PAIR SKATING AND ICE DANCE TECHNICAL COMMITTEES Rule 411, paragraph 8.a)

Read:

National Competition: means Senior or Junior national, sectional or divisional championships or competition, with: - for Single Skating: six (6) or more entries,

- for Pair Skating and Ice Dance: four (4) or more entries.

Reason: for consistency with provision regarding International Competitions in subparagraph b). 231. SINGLE & PAIR SKATING AND ICE DANCE TECHNICAL COMMITTEES Rule 411, paragraph 8

Add new subparagraph d)

The number of National or International Competitions considered for service requirements is the number of different Competitions. Different categories of a Competition are not considered as different Competition.

Reason: For consistency and to clarify what "different" means and to avoid the risk of forgetting "different" in some parts of Rules 412 to 416.

232. SINGLE & PAIR SKATING AND ICE DANCE TECHNICAL COMMITTEES DRAFTING MATTER

Rule 412, paragraph 1.c) (ii) first bullet

Delete: for Single & Pair Skating, respectively Ice Dance: Reason: drafting. The provision is identical for both disciplines. 233. BELARUS

Rule 412, paragraph 2.a) Amend as follows:

a) Age: have not reached the age of seventy five (75) in the calendar year of the nomination.

Reason: in the modern world people live and are active much longer; many Officials can spend more time on their service only after they reach or are close to the pension age or have established a secure position in their full time job; while for the first appointment of International Referees the upper age of 70 stays, it can be raised for their re- appointment.

The possible increase of the upper age of raises an issue of Officials who were deleted because of age requirements in the recent years. The proposal is to include in the lists only ISU Officials who were deleted in 2011 or later and had activity in the last season they were in the list. In case of no necessary seminar in the 4 seasons period, the Officials must participate in the seminar necessary for the corresponding service before being appointed.

234. BELARUS