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Dear friends of the N.F.-Board,

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The N.F.-Board sets out to be an institution which is apolitical and “open” to all. For its members, whatever their political or religious affiliation, football must be an instrument of union, distribution and transmission of dreams to the peoples, nations and populations of isolated territories.

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NF-Board constitution

In accordance with the Belgian Law of 27 June 1921, a non-profit making association has been incorporated with the following Constitution:

I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1 – Name & headquarters

1) The name of the Association is N.F.-Board (New Football Federations-Board) (NFB).
2) NFB headquarters are located in Liège (Belgium), 19, Place Delcour, and may be moved to any another location within the judicial district of Liège by simple resolution by the Executive Committee, to be published in the Appendices of the “Moniteur Belge”.

Article 2 – Objectives

The NFB wants to use Football as a springboard to the knowledge of Peoples, Nations, Minorities and Isolated Territories populations’ culture.

The objectives of NFB are:
1) to federate Football Associations issued of Peoples, Nations, Minorities and Isolated Territories populations, which are not affiliated to FIFA, in order to organize international football games, regardless of political or religious factors.
2) to prepare its Football Associations members for international competitions and for arranging administrative structures and matches, particularly in order to fill up with the conditions of the FIFA Admission rules.
3) to organize friendly matches, tournaments and international competitions, including the « NF-Board VIVA World Cup »
4) to organize more generally anything which will promote its own development and that of its Football Associations members.

The NFB shall be apolitical and non denominational.
The NFB wants to be complementary with FIFA and respectful of existing state control institutions.
The NFB can realize its objectives by any means possible and in particular may carry out any secondary activity necessary or useful for the achievement of its objectives. In particular, it may acquire free of charge or at cost all goods and real estate, manage, administrate and dispose of these assets, enter into contracts, and go into partnership with other legal persons.
The NFB shall be authorized to collect all donations and bequests, and may carry out any type of activity enabling to gather funds which shall be used to achieve its objectives.

Article 3 – Duration

The NFB is incorporated for an unlimited period.

Article 4 - Non-discrimination and stance against racism

Discrimination of any kind against a country, private person or groups of people on account of ethnic origin, gender, language, religion, politics or any other reason is strictly prohibited and punishable by suspension or expulsion

Article 5 – Promoting friendly relations

NFB promote friendly relations between its members. Any member has to observe the Constitution, Internal Regulations, regulations and the principles of fair play.

Article 6 – Players

The Internal Regulations shall regulate the status of players.

Article 7 – Laws of the Game

Each member of NFB shall play Association Football in compliance with the Laws of the Game issued by IFAB.

Article 8 - Conduct of bodies and officials

The bodies and officials must observe the Constitution, Internal Regulations, regulations and decisions of NFB in their activities.

Article 9 – Official languages

French is the official language for minutes, correspondence and announcements. English and Spanish are the other official languages of NFB.
Members are responsible for translations into the languages of their country.
The Constitution, the Internal Regulations, the decisions and announcements of NFB shall be published, as far as possible, in the three official languages. If there is any divergence in the wording, the French text is authoritative.

II. MEMBERSHIP

Article 10 – Members qualification

The association consist of Effective members (Affiliated, Individuals and Founders), Honorary members and Sympathiser members.

1) Effective members :
The Effective members are the Affiliated members, the Individual members and the Founder members.

a) The Affiliated members are the FA members, as defined in the Article 2 above. They pay an annual membership subscription whose amount is fixed by a resolution of the Executive Committee.
The NFB acknowledges only one representative FA at the international level per People, Nation, Minority and Isolated Territory population.
The status of Affiliated member involves a will of participation in the events organized by the NFB.
b) The Individual members are the members accepted by an individual way whose candidature is accepted by the Executive Committee. They pay an annual membership subscription whose amount is decided by a resolution of the Executive Committee.
The status of Individual member shall imply a real will to have a constructive activity and to invest in the achievement of the association object of business.
c) The qualification of Founder member is granted to the cosignatories of the NFB founders statutes
A Founder member is a member of the Executive Committee for life. He pays an annual membership subscription whose amount is decided by a decision of the Executive Committee. In order to guarantee that the philosophy of the NFB founders is protected the longer possible, a Founder member shall own a power of veto upon any decision of the Executive Committee, submitting in this way the adoption of the resolution to a vote of the General Meeting. A Founder member who doesn’t pay his membership subscription in the delay decided by the Executive Committee is suspended of his power of voting and of his power of veto.

2) Honorary members :
The Honorary Presidents and the Honorary Members are appointed by the General Meeting. This distinction is awarded to the persons who have been considered worthy of it, either by their function, and either by the good turns that they have done or they do to the association.
The Honorary members are dispensed from the membership subscription payment but they can take part to the General Meetings with a consultative advice.

3) Sympathiser members :
The qualification of Sympathiser member can be awarded to the persons and companies who will have merited it by their donations and legacy.

Article 11 – Members’ roll

The members’ roll is kept in a register at the NFB’s registered office.
All the members can consult the register as well as all the reports and resolutions of the General Meeting, of the Executive Committee or of the persons whose a mandate was given by the NFB, and all the accounting files. The detailed roll will be filled up each year after the General Meeting.

AFFILIATED MEMBERS

Article 12 - Admission, suspension and expulsion

The General Meeting decides whether to admit, suspend or expel a member.

Article 13 - Admission

Any Football Association which represents a People, a Nation, a Minority or an Isolated Territory population may become an Affiliated member of NFB.
A Football Association is able to be accepted with the qualification of provisory member. The status of provisory member doesn’t give the right of participation in the debates. The provisory members are not allowed to participate to the NFB final events.
Any Football Association wishing to become an Affiliated member of NFB shall apply for by writing to the NFB general secretariat.
The Football Association’s legally valid statutes shall be enclosed with the application for membership. They shall be written in one of the NFB official languages: French, English and Spanish.
The Internal Regulations regulates the details of the procedure for admission. It decides the preliminary conditions of admission for the Football Association candidates to the status of Affiliated member, according to precise criterions and in order to respect the original NFB philosophy, especially concerning the non interference of political or religious spheres within those Football Association which must guarantee their democratic functioning.
This article shall not affect the status of existing members.

Article 14 - Request and procedure for application

The Executive Committee shall request the General Meeting either to admit or not to admit a Football Association. The Football Association may state the reasons for its application to the General Meeting.
The new Affiliated member shall acquire membership rights and duties as soon as it has been admitted. Its delegates are eligible to vote and be elected with immediate effect.

Article 15 – Affiliated members’ rights

The Affiliated members have the following rights:
a) to take part in the General Meeting;
b) to draw up proposals for inclusion in the agenda of the General Meeting;
c) to nominate candidates for the NFB presidency;
d) to propose candidates for the Executive Committee and for the different NFB bodies;
e) to take part in competitions organised by NFB;
f) to exercise all other rights arising from these Constitution and other regulations.
The exercise of these rights is subject to other provisions in this Constitution and the applicable regulations.

Article 16 - Affiliated members’ obligations

The Affiliated members have the following obligations:
a) to comply fully with the Constitution, Internal Regulations, regulations, directives and decisions of NFB bodies at any time
b) to pay their membership subscriptions;
c) to ensure that their own members comply with the Constitution, Internal Regulations, regulations, directives and decisions of NFB bodies;
d) to respect the Laws of the Game;
e) to comply fully with all other duties arising from this Constitution and other regulations.
Violation of the above-mentioned obligations by any Affiliated member may lead to sanctions provided for in this Constitution.

Article 17 - Suspension

The General Meeting is responsible for suspending an Affiliated member. The Executive Committee may, however, suspend an Affiliated member that seriously and repeatedly violates its obligations as a member with immediate effect. The suspension shall last until the next General Meeting, unless the Executive Committee has lifted it in the meantime.
A suspension shall be confirmed at the next General Meeting by a three-quarter majority of the votes taken. If it is not confirmed, the suspension is automatically lifted.
A suspended Affiliated member shall be suspended of voting at the General Meeting. The Disciplinary Committee may impose further sanctions.
Affiliated members which do not participate in at least one international game over a period of two consecutive years shall be suspended from voting at the General Meeting until they have fulfilled their obligations in this respect.

Article 18 - Expulsion

The General Meeting may expel an Affiliated member:
a) if it fails to fulfil its financial obligations towards NFB; or
b) if it seriously violates the Constitution, Internal Regulations, regulations and decisions of NFB; or
c) if it loses the status of a Football Association representing football for its People, Nation, Minority or Isolated Territory population.
The Affiliated member must be officially informed and invited at the General Meeting which will have to decide about its destiny.
The presence of an absolute majority of Effective members entitled to vote at the General Meeting is necessary for an expulsion to be valid, and the motion for expulsion must be adopted by a three-quarter majority of the votes taken.
The decision shall be notified to the party concerned by the Executive Committee within eight days.

Article 19 - Resignation

An Affiliated member may resign from NFB with effect from the end of a calendar year. Notice of resignation must reach the general secretariat no later than six months before the end of the calendar year and be sent by registered letter.
The resignation is not valid until the Affiliated member wishing to resign has fulfilled its financial obligations towards NFB and its other members.

Article 20 - Bodies

An Affiliated member’s bodies shall be either elected or appointed in that Football Association. A member’s statutes shall provide for a procedure that guarantees the complete independence of the election or appointment.
Any Affiliated member’s bodies that have not been elected or appointed in compliance with the provisions of par. 1, even on an interim basis, shall not be recognised by NFB
Decisions passed by bodies that have not been elected or appointed in compliance with par. 1 shall not be recognised by NFB.

INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS

Article 21 – Individual members

Any person wishing to become a member of NFB shall apply for by writing to the Executive Committee specifying his motivation. The Executive Committee decides within one month since the reception of the candidature. The Executive Committee owns a complete liberty of appreciation and has not, in any circumstances, to justify its resolution.
The Individual members shall not have the right to remuneration, except when one of them is appointed by the Executive Committee to carry out one or more specific tasks, in which case the remuneration awarded shall not exceed the amount usually accepted for this type of service.
The NFB’s profits shall not be distributed among the members, but shall remain the property of the NFB and shall be used exclusively for its objectives.
This article shall be without prejudice to the rights of a member who has become a creditor of the NFB following a sale, loan or other transaction. A member who is a creditor of the NFB shall have the same rights against it as all other creditors.

Article 22 - Resignation

An Individual member may resign from NFB at any moment. Notice of resignation must reach the President and be sent by registered letter.
An Individual member who doesn’t pay his membership subscription in the delay decided by the Executive Committee is suspended of his power of voting, then declared resigning after an unavailing back pay.
The resigning member can not ask for the refund of the paid membership subscriptions.

Article 23 - Expulsion

The General Meeting may expel any Individual member:
a) if he fails to fulfil his financial obligations towards NFB; or
b) if he seriously violates the Constitution, Internal Regulations, regulations and decisions of NFB; or
The Individual member shall be officially informed and invited to the General Meeting which will have to decide about its destiny.
The presence of an absolute majority of members entitled to vote at the General Meeting is necessary for an expulsion to be valid, and the motion for expulsion must be adopted by a three-quarter majority of the votes taken.
The decision shall be notified to the Individual member concerned by the Executive Committee within eight days.
The expelled Individual member can not ask for the refund of the paid membership subscriptions.

III. CONFEDERATIONS

Article 24 - Confederations

Affiliated members that belong to the same continent can be grouped into a confederation accepted by NFB.
NFB may, in exceptional circumstances, authorise a confederation to grant membership to a Football Association that belongs geographically to another continent and is not affiliated to the confederation on that continent. The opinion of the confederation concerned geographically shall be obtained.
Each confederation shall have the following rights and obligations:
a) to comply with and enforce compliance with the Constitution, Internal Regulations, regulations and decisions of NFB;
b) to work closely with NFB in every domain so as to achieve the objectives stipulated in art. 2 and to organise competitions;
c) to organise its own competitions, in compliance with the NFB calendar;
d) to appoint to the Executive Committee members to which they are entitled in compliance with this Constitution;e) to nurture relations and cooperation with NFB actively and constructively for the Good of the Game through consultative meetings and to discuss and resolve any problems relating to its interests and to the interests of NFB;
f) to ensure that the representatives appointed to NFB bodies or the Executive Committee carry out their activities on these bodies with mutual respect, solidarity, recognition and fair play;
g) to allow exceptionally, with NFB’s consent, a Football Association from another confederation to participate in a competition that it is organising ;
h) with the mutual cooperation of NFB, to take any action considered necessary to develop the game of football between the Peoples, the Nations, the Minorities and the Isolated Territories populations;
i) to set up the bodies necessary to fulfil the duties incumbent upon it that will work closely together with the corresponding committees at NFB;
j) to procure the funds necessary to fulfil its duties.
The Executive Committee may delegate other duties or powers to the confederations. To this end, NFB may conclude an appropriate agreement with each of the confederations concerned.
The confederations’ statutes and regulations shall be submitted to NFB for approval.

IV. ORGANISATION

Article 25 - Bodies

The General Meeting is the supreme and legislative body.
The Board of Directors, called Executive Committee, is the executive body.
The general secretariat is the administrative body.
Standing and ad-hoc committees shall advise and assist the Executive Committee in fulfilling its duties. Their primary duties are defined in this Constitution and their composition, function and additional duties are defined in special regulations.

A. GENERAL MEETING

Article 26 – General meeting

A General Meeting may be an Ordinary or an Extraordinary General Meeting.
The Ordinary General Meeting shall be held every year. The Executive Committee shall fix the place and date. The members shall be notified in writing at least three months in advance. The formal convocation shall be made in writing at least one month before the date of the General Meeting. This convocation shall contain the agenda, the President’s report and the financial statements.
The Executive Committee may convene an Extraordinary General Meeting at any time.
The Executive Committee shall convene an Extraordinary General Meeting if one-fifth of the members make such a request in writing. The request shall specify the items for the agenda. An Extraordinary General Meeting shall be held within three months of receipt of the request.
The members shall be notified of the place, date and agenda at least two months before the date of an Extraordinary General Meeting. The agenda of an Extraordinary General Meeting may not be altered.

Article 27 – Obligatory resolutions

A resolution by the General Meeting shall be necessary for the following items:
1) Amendments to the Constitution;
2) Appointment or dismissal of members of the Executive Committee;
3) Approval of budgets and accounts;
4) Dissolution of the NFB;
5) Exclusion of a member.

Article 28 - Vote, delegates

1) Each Effective member has one vote in the General Meeting. Only the Effective members present or represented are entitled to vote. An Affiliated member is represented by its delegate.
2) Each Effective member can be represented by another Effective member, bearer of a written proxy which is delivered to the President of the Executive Committee. Only one proxy is authorized per member.
3) Delegates must belong to the Affiliated member that they represent and be appointed by the appropriate body of that Football Association.
4) Confederation delegates may take part in the General Meeting as observers.
5) During their term of office, members of the Executive Committee may not be appointed as delegates for their Football Association.
6) The President shall conduct the General Meeting business in compliance with the Internal Regulations.

Article 29 - Candidates for the Presidency of NFB

1) The Affiliated members may propose candidates for the presidency of NFB. Members shall notify the NFB general secretariat in writing of the name of the candidate for the NFB presidency and his list (cf. art. 37) at least two months before the date of the General Meeting.
2) The general secretariat shall notify all the members of the names and lists of proposed candidates at least one month before the date of the General Meeting.

Article 30 - Ordinary General Meeting Agenda

1) The General Secretary shall draw up the agenda based on proposals from the Executive Committee and the members. Any proposal that a member wishes to submit to the General Meeting shall be sent to the general secretariat in writing, with a brief explanation, at least two months before the date of the General Meeting.
2) The General Meeting agenda shall include the following mandatory items:
a) a declaration that the General Meeting has been convened and composed in compliance with the Constitution;
b) approval of the agenda;
c) an address by the President
d) suspension or expulsion of a member (if applicable);
e) approval of the minutes of the preceding General Meeting;
f) activity report (containing the activities since the last General Meeting);
g) approval of the financial statements;
h) approval of the budget;
i) admission for membership (if applicable);
j) votes on proposals for amendments to the Constitution and the Internal Regulations (if applicable);
k) discussion of proposals submitted by the members and the Executive Committee within the period stipulated under par. 1 (if applicable) ;
l) election of the President and installation of the Vice-president and members of the Executive Committee (if applicable).;
3) The agenda of an Ordinary General Meeting may be altered, provided three-quarters of the members present at the Ordinary General Meeting and eligible to vote agree to such a motion.

Article 31 - Amendments to the Constitution and the Internal Regulations

1) The General Meeting, at which a quorum is present, shall represent the universality of the members. It shall have the widest powers to have all the instruments concerning the NFB ratified. Resolutions shall be binding on all members, including those absent or dissenting.
2) The General Meeting is responsible for amending the Constitution and the Internal Regulations.
3) Any proposals for an amendment to the Constitution must be submitted in writing with a brief explanation to the general secretariat by a member or by the Executive Committee. A proposal submitted by a member is valid, provided it has been supported in writing by at least two other members.
4) Proposals for amending the Constitution or for an early dissolution shall be formally stated in the agenda.
5) For a vote on an amendment to the Constitution to be valid, an absolute majority (half of the members plus one member) of the members eligible to vote must be present.
6) A proposal for an amendment to the Constitution shall be adopted only if three-quarters of the members present and eligible to vote agree to it.
7) Any proposal to amend the Internal Regulations must be submitted in writing with a brief explanation to the general secretariat by a member or by the Executive Committee.
8) A proposal for an amendment to the Internal Regulations shall be adopted only if a simple majority of the members present and eligible to vote agree to it.

Article 32 – Early dissolution

1) For a vote on an early dissolution of the NFB, the two-thirds of the members eligible to vote must be present.
2) A proposal for an early dissolution of the NFB shall be adopted only if three-quarters of the members present and eligible to vote agree to it.

Article 33 - Elections, other decisions, requisite majority

1) Elections shall be conducted by secret ballot.
2) Any other decision that requires a vote shall be reached by a show of hands or by secret ballot. If a show of hands does not result in a clear majority in favour of a motion, the vote by secret ballot shall be taken by calling the roll, members being called in French alphabetical order.
3) For the election of the President, two-thirds of the votes recorded and valid are necessary in the first ballot. In the second and any other requisite ballot, an absolute majority of the votes recorded is sufficient. If there are more than two candidates, whoever obtains the lowest number of votes is eliminated as from the second ballot until only two candidates are left.
4) Unless otherwise stipulated in the Constitution, a simple majority is sufficient for a vote to be valid. The number of valid votes counted shall decide the simple majority. Abstentions are disregarded in calculating the majority.

Article 34 - Minutes

1) The General Secretary shall be responsible for recording the minutes at the General Meeting.
2) The decisions of the General Meeting shall be recorded in minutes contained in a special register and signed by the President and the General Secretary. The decisions concerning third parties and, in any case, any amendments to the Constitution, as well as any appointment, resignation or dismissal of a Director (member of the Executive Committee)), shall be published in the Appendices of the “Moniteur Belge” within the month of their dates of occurrence.
Copies or extracts shall be signed by the President or two Directors.

Article 35 - Effective dates of decisions

Decisions passed by the General Meeting shall come into effect for the members the day after the close of the General Meeting, unless the General Meeting fixes another date for a decision to take effect.

B. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Article 36 - Composition,

The Executive Committee consists of fifteen (15) members:
- three (3) Founder members;
- six (6) Individual members, elected by the General Meeting;
- six (6) members appointed by the confederations or the Federations (FA).

Article 37 - Election of President and Executive Committee

1) Any candidate to the function of President shall submit to the vote of the General Meeting a listing of nine Effective members (three Founders + six Individual members) in which he must be nominated.
2) The President shall be elected by the General Meeting for a period of two years. His mandate shall begin after the end of the General Meeting which has elected him. A President may be re-elected.
3) The mandates of the members of the Executive Committee shall last for two years, starting upon their installation by the General Meeting. They may be re-elected.
4) Not more than one member from the same Football Association may serve on the Executive Committee simultaneously.

Article 38 – Continental representatives

1) All confederations shall appoint one member to the Executive Committee. They shall pass a single decision as to when they wish to appoint or elect this member. The subsequent General Meetings of the confederations shall take this decision within one year of this Constitution coming into force.
2) In the case that no continental confederation exists, the Affiliated members belonging to a same continent shall choose or elect their representative to the Executive Committee before the NFB General Meeting. This nomination or election shall happen within one year after the enforcement of this Constitution.

Article 39 – Members substitution

1) If the President is permanently or temporarily prevented from performing his official function, the Vice-president shall represent him until the next General Meeting. This General Meeting shall elect a new President, if necessary.
2) If a Founder member is permanently prevented from performing his official function, the President shall appoint a new Individual member in substitution for the remaining period of office.
3) If an Individual member of the Executive Committee is permanently or temporarily prevented from performing his official function, the President shall immediately appoint a new Individual member for the remaining period of office.
4) If a member of the Executive Committee appointed by the confederations or the Football Associations is permanently or temporarily prevented from performing his official function, he shall be immediately replaced by the confederation or Football Associations which appointed him for the remaining period of office.

Article 40 - Composition

The President nominates the following functions between the members of the Executive Committee:
1) A Deputy Vice-president.
3) A General Secretary.
4) A Treasurer.

Article 41 - Competences

1) The Executive Committee shall pass decisions on all cases that do not come within the sphere of responsibility of the General Meeting or are not reserved for other bodies by law or under this Constitution.
2) The Executive Committee shall appoint the managers and members of the standing committees.
3) The Executive Committee may decide to set up ad-hoc committees if necessary at any time.
4) The Executive Committee shall appoint the delegates from NFB to the different authorities.
5) The Executive Committee shall appoint the match Delegates.
6) The Executive Committee shall compile the regulations for the organisation of standing committees and ad-hoc committees.
7) The Executive Committee shall decide the place and dates of the competitions of NFB tournaments and the number of teams taking part from each confederation.

Article 42 - Meetings

1) The Executive Committee meets two times a year at least, and any time that the association’s interest requires it.
2) The President shall convene the Executive Committee meetings. If the fifth of its members request a meeting, the President shall convene the Executive Committee
3) The President shall compile the agenda. The agenda shall be mentioned in the convocations. Each member of the Executive Committee is entitled to propose items for inclusion in the agenda.
4) The agenda of an Executive Committee may be altered, provided half of the members present agree to such a motion.
5) A Member of the Executive Committee may be represented by another member of the Executive Committee, bearer of a written proxy. Only one proxy per member is authorized.
6) A proposal shall be adopted only if an absolute majority (half of the members plus one member) of the members of the Executive Committee agree to it. In the case of equality, a second ballot is organized. In the case of new equality, the President’s vote is casting. The vote shall be conducted by secret ballot if any member of the Executive Committee asks for.

Article 43 – Members responsibility

The members of the Executive Committee do not take any personal duty in relation to the commitments of the NFB. They are only responsible for the executive of their non benefit warrant, as well as the errors made in their management.

Article 44 – Lawsuits

Legal actions, whether as claimant or defendant, shall be brought and continued, on behalf of the NFB, by the Executive Committee, at the behest of the President or the Director (member of the Executive Committee) holding power of attorney.

Article 45 – Actions binding on the NFB

Unless the Executive Committee approves a special delegation, the actions binding on the NFB shall be signed by the President or, if not, by a Director (member of the Executive Committee) delegated for this purpose and by the General Secretary or, if not, by a Director delegated by the Executive Committee for this purpose, without there being any need to give proof to third parties of a resolution by the Executive Committee.

Article 46 – Day-to-day management

Day-to-day management of the NFB, as well as the use of the company signature assigned to said management (up to 1.500 euros), shall be conferred on the President of the Executive Committee or, if not, on a Director (member of the Executive Committee) delegated for this purpose. This day-to-day management shall include in particular the power to give discharge or receipt to any public administration, railway, post office, telephone company and private company. However, beyond 1.500 euros, the signatures of the General Secretary or, if not, of a Director delegated for this purpose, and the President shall be required, with the exception of protective measures.

Article 47 – Official register

The decisions made by the Executive Committee shall be recorded in an official register. All minutes shall be signed by all the members of the Executive Committee attending the meeting. Extracts to be submitted to courts or elsewhere shall be signed by the President or two Directors (members of the Executive Committee).

C. PRESIDENT

Article 48 - President

1) The President represents NFB legally.
2) He is primarily responsible for:
a) implementing the decisions passed by the General Meeting and the Executive Committee through the general secretariat;
b) supervising the work of the general secretariat;
c) relations between NFB and the confederations, members, political bodies and international organisations;
3) The President shall preside over the General Meeting, the Executive and Emergency Committee meetings and those committees of which he has been appointed chairman.
4) The President shall have an ordinary vote on the Executive Committee and, whenever votes are equal, shall have a casting vote.
5) If the President is absent or unavailable, the Vice-president shall deputise.
6) Any additional powers of the President shall be contained in the Internal Regulations.

D. GENERAL SECRETARY

Article 49 – General Secretary

1) The General Secretary carry out all the administrative work of NFB.
2) He shall be responsible for:
a) Implementing decisions passed by the General Meeting and Executive Committee in compliance with the President’s directives;
b) Compiling the minutes for the meetings of the Congress, Executive Committee, Emergency Committee and standing and ad-hoc committees;
c) NFB’s correspondence;
d) Relations with the confederations, members and committees;
e) Organising and coordinating the general secretariat;
f) Checking the communication tools.

E. TREASURER

Article 50 – Treasurer

The Treasurer shall monitor the annual budget and financial statements, and submit them to the Executive Committee.

F. EMERGENCY COMMITTEE

Article 51 – Emergency Committee

1) The Emergency Committee shall deal with all matters requiring immediate settlement between two meetings of the Executive Committee. The committee shall consist of the NFB President, the Vice-President, the General Secretary and two members of the Executive Committee chosen from among its members for a period of two years.
2) The President shall convene the Emergency Committee meetings. If a meeting cannot be convened within an appropriate period of time, decisions may be passed through other means of communication. Such decisions shall have immediate legal effect. The President shall notify the Executive Committee immediately of the decisions passed by the Emergency Committee.
3) All decisions taken by the Emergency Committee shall be ratified by the Executive Committee at its next meeting.
4) If the President is unable to attend a meeting, the vice-president shall deputise.
5) The President is entitled to designate a deputy for any member who is unable to attend or has a conflict of interests. The deputy shall belong to the Executive Committee.

G. STANDING COMMITTEES

Article 52 – Standing Committees

1) The standing committees are:
a) Associations Committee
b) Players’ Eligibility Committee
c) Organising Committee for the VIVA World Cup
d) Calendar Committee
e) Legal Committee
f) Media and Communication Committee
g) Marketing Committee
h) Disciplinary Committee
2) The managers of the standing committees shall be members of the Executive Committee.
3) The members of each standing committee shall be designated by the Executive Committee on the proposal of the members of NFB, the President of NFB or the confederations.
The managers and the members of the standing committees shall be designated for a term of office of two years.
4) The composition, specific duties and powers of the individual committees shall be stipulated in the Internal Regulations.
5) Each manager shall represent his committee and conduct business in compliance with the relevant organisation regulations.
6) Each committee may propose amendments to its regulations to the Executive Committee.

Article 53 – Associations Committee

The Associations Committee shall deal with relations between NFB and its Affiliated members and draw up proposals for optimum cooperation. The Committee prepares the applications for membership of the candidates Football Associations.

Article 54 - Players’ Eligibility Committee

The Players’ Status Committee shall set up and monitor compliance with the eligibility criterions during the friendly games, tournaments and various NFB competitions.

Article 55 - Organising Committee for the VIVA World Cup

The Organising Committee for the VIVA World Cup shall organise the VIVA World Cup in compliance with the provisions of the regulations applicable to this competition and the Organising Association Agreement.

Article 56 – Calendar Committee

The Calendar Committee shall elaborate the NFB world-wide calendar, coordinate and control the friendly games and tournaments played by the NFB members, and transmit the results in order to establish the World Ranking.

Article 57 – Legal Committee

The Legal Committee shall analyse basic legal issues relating to the evolution of the Constitution and regulations of NFB, confederations and members.

Article 58 - Media and Communication Committee

The Media Committee shall deal with the working conditions for the media at NFB events and maintain relations with international media organizations. The Committee shall elaborate the communication tools.

Article 59 – Marketing Committee

The Marketing Committee shall deal with the search for financial partners and the preparation for the contracts between NFB and its partners.

Article 60 - Disciplinary Committee

1) If possible, the manager of the Disciplinary Committee shall have legal qualifications.
2) The committee shall pass decisions only when at least two members are present. In certain cases, the manager may rule alone.
3) The committee may pronounce the sanctions on members, officials and players.
4) These provisions are subject to the disciplinary powers of the General Meeting and Executive Committee with regard to the suspension and expulsion of members.

Article 61 – Appeal Authority

The Executive Committee is the only appeal authority. It is responsible for hearing appeals against decisions from the standing committees. Decisions pronounced shall be irrevocable and binding on all the parties concerned.

V. SUBMISSION TO DECISIONS OF NFB

Article 62 - Principle

1) The confederations and members shall agree to comply fully with any decisions passed by the relevant NFB bodies which, according to this Constitution, are final and not subject to appeal.
2) They shall take every precaution necessary to ensure that their own members, players and officials comply with these decisions.

Article 63 - Sanctions

Any violation of the foregoing provisions will be punished.

VI. FINANCE

Article 64 – Business year

The business year shall start on 1 January and finish on 31 December.
Each year, at the end of the business year, the account books shall be closed. The Executive Committee shall give an account of the year and the budget for the following year and submit them for approval by the Ordinary General Meeting.
When preparing the annual budget, the Executive Committee shall decide on the use of the funds collected or to be collected, should there be a positive balance after the auditing of the administration and running costs.
The NFB reserves the right to claim the funds paid or obtain them through the courts, should their use not correspond to what had been planned by the NFB.

Article 65 – Annual subscription

1) Membership subscriptions are due on 1 January of each year. The annual subscription for new members for the year in question shall be paid within 30 days of the close of the General Meeting at which they were admitted.
2) The Executive Committee shall fix the amount of the annual subscription.

Article 66 - Settlement

NFB may debit any member’s account to settle claims.

VII. RIGHTS IN COMPETITIONS AND EVENTS

Article 67 - Rights

1) NFB and its members are the original owners of all of the rights emanating from competitions and other events coming under their respective jurisdiction, without any restrictions as to content, time, place and law. These rights include, among others, every kind of financial rights, audiovisual and radio recording, reproduction and broadcasting rights, multimedia rights, marketing and promotional rights and incorporeal rights such as emblems and rights arising under copyright law.
2) The Executive Committee shall decide how and to what extent these rights are utilised and draw up special regulations to this end. The Executive Committee shall alone decide whether these rights shall be utilised exclusively, or jointly with a third party or entirely through a third party.

Article 68 - Authorisation

NFB and its members are exclusively responsible for authorising the distribution of image and sound and other data carriers of football matches and events coming under their respective jurisdiction, without any restrictions as to content, time, place and technical and legal aspects.

Article 69 - Venue

The Executive Committee shall decide the venue for all the competitions organised by NFB. The Executive Committee shall issue guidelines in this connection.

VIII. COMPETITIONS

Article 70 - International match calendar

The Executive Committee shall compile an international match calendar to which the confederations and Affiliated members are invited to conform with.

Article 71 - International matches and competitions

1) The Executive Committee shall be responsible for issuing provisions for organising international matches and competitions between national representative teams.
2) The Executive Committee may draw up further technical provisions.

Article 72 - Contacts

Matches may be played or sporting contacts be made between an Affiliated member and a Football Associations which is not member of NFB, providing that this Football Association owns a legal judicial existence and is recognized as the only football representative of its People, Nation, Minority or Isolated Territory population

IX. FINAL DISPOSITIONS

Article 73 – Internal Regulations

The Executive Committee shall draw up Internal Regulations which shall be submitted to the General Meeting for approval. After this, the Executive Committee may propose, during the Ordinary General Meeting, the amendments it deems useful for these regulations.

Article 74 - Officials writs

All instruments, invoices, declarations, publications and other records issued by the NFB shall include the association name immediately preceded or followed by the terms « association sans but lucratif » or A.S.B.L (non-profit making association).

Article 75 – Administrative control

The NFB shall register at the trade court a copy of the Constitution, of the writs relative to the appointment, the end of functions of the representatives and agents of the NFB, as well as a copy of the members’ register and of the annual accounts.
In case of modification, the members’ register shall be deposited at the trade court within the month of the birthday of the Constitution’s deposit.

Article 76 - Modifications to the statutes

The present statutes may be amended in accordance with the provisions of Articles 8 and 9 of the Belgian Law of 27 June 1921.

Article 77 – Dissolution

The members agree that, should the NFB cease to have legal personality for any cause whatsoever, it shall be dissolved ipso jure.
The General Meeting may pronounce the dissolution of the association only in the conditions provided for in Article 20 of the Belgian Law of 27 June 1921 and in accordance with these presents.
Any decision regarding the dissolution of the NFB made by a General Meeting at which the two-thirds of the members of the NFB are not present, shall be submitted for the approval of the civil court.
The General Meeting pronouncing the liquidation shall appoint two liquidators.
Once the liabilities have been discharged, the positive surplus shall be paid to an association with a similar object of business or to a charity working with physically or mentally handicapped children, the choice of which shall be submitted for approval by the General Meeting, each member of the NFB being able to put forward an association or charity of his/her choice.

Article 78 - Non planned and overpowering circumstances

Decisions pronounced by the Executive Committee shall be irrevocable for all the non planned and overpowering circumstances.

Article 79 – Founder members

The following members which have created the NFB on 12 December 2003 are the Founder Members:
MICHELIS Christian, French,
MISSON Luc, Belgian,
KIT Jean-Luc, French.
The following Founder Member has resigned to his status on 30 September 2006:
MARCADE Thierry, French.

Article 80 – Enforcement

This Constitution was adopted by the Extraordinary General Meeting in Geneva on 29 September 2007 and will come into force on 1 October 2007.

Geneva, 29 September 2007

FOR THE NFB EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

The NF-Board Président The General Secretary
Christian Michelis Jean-Luc Kit

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(Français) Règlement intérieur du NF-Board

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Constitution of the N.F.-Board Report

The 12th of December of the year Two Thousand Two at Twelve o’clock, The Founder Members of the called association « N.F.-Board », met in Brussels in the Pub ” La Mort Subite ” situated Rue Montagne aux Herbes Potagères, 7, forming Constitutive Assembly. After discussion and exchanges of views they adopted the enclosed Statutes.
The aforementioned association with international vocation is so constituted and declared in Belgium, in accordance with the Belgian Law of June 27th, 1921.
The head office of the association ” N.F.-Board ” being established at 19, Place Delcour, B-4020 Liège - Belgium.
The Founder Members become at the same time Members of the Directorate according to the Statutes of the association.

Made in Brussels, the 12.12.2003.
The Founder members: (names, First names, Functions): (Signatures):

Christian Michelis
President

Jean-Luc Kit
Vice President

Me Luc Misson
General Secretary

Thierry Marcadé
Treasurer

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