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Competition in a manner contrary to sporting ethics. Any violations of the above will be
subject to Chapter VII and VIII of the General Regulations and Chapter X of the Statutes.
6. An Official is not eligible to participate in an International Event or National Event (and so
may not be invited or nominated to participate in such event) if he/she 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.
7. For purposes of Article 155.6, 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.
8. The FEI may only apply Article 155.6, if the FEI has either (i) informed the Officials and their
respective NFs of the competition(s) or event(s) that are considered as Unsanctioned
Event(s) and/or (ii) published on FEI website the list of such Unsanctioned Event(s) so that
Officials and their respective NFs are on notice such notification/publication to occur no later
than seven (7) days prior to the relevant competition(s) or event(s).
9. Where it is then alleged by the FEI that an Official has participated in an Unsanctioned Event
the FEI shall notify the relevant Official of the alleged participation in an Unsanctioned Event
and shall give such Official an opportunity to be heard in either written or oral form.
10. Any Decision of the FEI Secretary General to apply Article 155.6 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.
11. Instead of applying the sanctions provided for in Article 155.6 the FEI may issue:

(i) a “no fault” finding where:
(a) the Official 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 Official 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.
12. Officials are bound by all FEI Rules and Regulations while officiating and/or representing the
FEI, and in particular by the FEI Officials’ Code of Conduct, the FEI Code of Ethics and Conflict
of Interest Policy and the FEI Code of Conduct for the Welfare of the Horse.

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