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(f) A Provisional Suspension or such other interim relief or conservatory measures as
it sees fit pending its final determination of the matter.

159.3 Appeals to the FEI Tribunal must be accompanied by a deposit to the FEI of the equivalent
of CHF 500.

159.4 Decisions of the FEI Tribunal may also impose costs on unsuccessful parties taking into
account the FEI Guidelines for Fines and Contributions towards Legal Costs.

159.5 Any person who has not paid any costs or fines as imposed by the FEI Tribunal or FEI
Headquarters, and/or amounts due to the FEI (such as the costs of a judicial procedure
before the FEI Tribunal and/or the CAS, B sample analysis fees, etc.) or has not complied
with a requirement to repay/return prize money/prizes to an OC within thirty (30) days of
receiving a demand for payment/repayment/return will be automatically suspended until the
relevant amount is paid/repaid/returned in full.

Article 160 - Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)
160.1 The CAS has the power to impose the same scale of sanctions as the FEI Tribunal.

160.2. The CAS may impose more severe sanctions than those imposed in the first instance,
provided they are within the limits of the penalty jurisdiction of the body from which the
Appeal to the CAS is brought.

Article 161 - Protests
General Principles
161.1 Protests may be lodged against any person or body involved in any capacity in an
International Event or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the FEI including for failure to
observe the Statutes, GRs or Sport Rules or violation of the common principles of behaviour,
fairness, or accepted standards of sportsmanship, whether occurring during or in connection
with an International Event or, in the case of Abuse of Horse, at any other time.

Decisions not subject to Protest
161.2 There is no Protest against:

(a) Decisions of the Ground Jury arising from the field of play, which are final and
binding, such as, but not limited to:
(i) where the Decision is based on a factual observation of performance during a
Competition or the awarding of marks for performance;
(ii) whether an obstacle was knocked down; whether a Horse was disobedient;
whether a Horse refused at an obstacle or knocked it down while jumping;
(iii) whether an Athlete or Horse has fallen;
(iv) whether a Horse circled in a combination or refused or ran out;
(v) the time taken for the round;
(vi) whether an obstacle was jumped within the time; and/or
(vii) whether, the particular track followed by an Athlete caused him/her to incur
a penalty under the applicable Sport Rules.

(b) The Elimination or Disqualification of a Horse for veterinary reasons, including non-
acceptance of a Horse at a Horse Inspection unless otherwise specified;

(c) The Elimination or Disqualification of an Athlete for medical reasons/fitness to
compete;

(d) The imposition of a Warning without additional sanctions or of a Yellow Warning
Card, an Eventing Recorded Warning or an Incorrect Behaviour Card.

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