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CHAPTER II - PARTICIPATION OF ATHLETES AND HORSES

Article 113 - Registration and Eligibility of Athletes and Horses

1. All Athletes and Horses must be registered with the FEI, and their own NF, or where
appropriate with their host NF, before they can be entered and permitted to take part in an
International Event, unless otherwise specified by the Sport Rules. (See also Article 119-
Sport Nationality Status of Athletes and Chapter V Horses).
2. NFs are responsible for registering all Athletes and Horses and shall ensure that such
Athletes have the appropriate corresponding sport nationality pursuant to Article 119. NFs
are also responsible for unregistering any Athlete and/or Horse that are not competing
anymore for any reason.
3. Any Athlete and/or any Horse not registered with the FEI and/or not fulfilling an eligibility
requirement shall be automatically disqualified, unless compelling circumstances warrant
otherwise.
4. An Athlete and/or Horse, even if registered with the FEI, is not eligible to participate in an
International Event or National Event (and so may not be invited by an OC to such Event or
entered by an NF in such Event) if that Athlete and/or Horse has participated, in the six (6)
months prior to the first day of the International Event or National Event in question, in an
Unsanctioned Event.
5. For purposes of Article 113.4, an ‘Unsanctioned Event’ is an event and/or a competition that
is neither published in the official Calendar nor authorised by an NF and/or a National Event
authorised or organised by a NF that is suspended by the FEI. Please also refer to the
Appendix J for the rationale for the Unsanctioned Event Provisions.
6. The FEI may only apply Article 113.4, if the FEI has either (i) informed the Athletes and
Owners, via the NF(s) with whom the Athlete/Horse is registered/administered by, of the
competition(s) or event(s) that are considered as Unsanctioned Event(s) and/or (ii)
published the list of such Unsanctioned Event(s) on FEI website so that Athletes, Chefs
d’Equipe, Owners, or NFs are on notice, such notification/publication to occur no later than
seven (7) days prior to the relevant competition(s) or event(s).
7. Where it is then alleged by the FEI that a person participated in an Unsanctioned Event, the
FEI shall notify the relevant person(s) of the alleged participation in an Unsanctioned Event
and shall give such person(s) an opportunity to be heard in either written or oral form.
8. Any Decision of the FEI Secretary General to apply Article 113.4 may be appealed to the FEI
Tribunal in accordance with Article 162.5 of the FEI General Regulations and the Internal
Regulations of the FEI Tribunal.
9. Instead of applying the sanctions provided for in Article 113.4 the FEI may issue:

(i) a “no fault” finding where:

(a) the Athlete and/or Horse participated in an event that would clearly have been
sanctioned by the FEI or the NF but for administrative error by the organiser of the
Unsanctioned Event; or

(b) exceptional circumstances exist; or

(ii) a “Warning” in circumstances where the Athlete or Owner was reasonably aware that
the event was not sanctioned (and there is no suggestion of an administrative error by the
organiser) but has demonstrated that the event otherwise adhered to the objectives of the
FEI as stated in the Appendix J.

Article 114 - Horse Identification

1. The OC shall give an identification number to each of the participating Horses.
2. The identification number must be worn during the whole Event at all times when the Horse
is out of the Event stables.

Article 115 - Invitations

1. The FEI may impose a specific online system to manage invitations, provided the Secretary
General has duly informed the OCs and NFs of such requirement with sufficient prior written
notice. Invitations for individual Athletes to take part in CIs must be sent to the NFs of the
Athletes concerned. Invitations from OCs must be sent to the NFs of the Athletes concerned.

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