General·International Regulations·Court of Arbitration for Sports
Download the Code 2013 edition (in force on 01.03.13)
- In force from
- 2013/03/01
The March 2013 edition of the Code of Sports-related Arbitration; a largely restructured edition which added an express reference to the "CAS Mediation Rules" to the text.
| In force from | 1 March 2013 — under Article R67 |
| Adopting authority | International Council of Arbitration for Sport (ICAS) — under Article S6 |
| Structure | 26 Statute articles (S1 to S26) + 44 Procedural Rules articles (R27 to R70) |
| Status | Superseded — replaced by the January 2016 edition |
What is the Code of Sports-related Arbitration?
The Code of Sports-related Arbitration of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) brings two documents together in a single text: the Statutes of the Bodies Working for the Settlement of Sports-related Disputes (Articles S1 to S26), which establish and organise the International Council of Arbitration for Sport and the Court itself, and the Procedural Rules (Articles R27 to R70), which govern the ordinary arbitration procedure, the appeal arbitration procedure and mediation. The Court has its seat in Lausanne, Switzerland, and its awards may be challenged, subject to the conditions laid down in Swiss law, only before the Swiss Federal Tribunal within thirty days.
About the March 2013 editionChanges from the 2010 edition
Key changes from the previous edition
- Express reference to the Mediation RulesThe text made clear that the mediation procedure is governed by the CAS Mediation Rules, a document separate from this Code. Previously, mediation was named in the text without the instrument governing it being identified.
Who this document matters to
Every case that reaches international arbitration from international federations, national Olympic committees or anti-doping organisations ultimately arrives at this text: clubs and federations in transfer disputes and financial claims, athletes facing a disciplinary decision or a doping suspension, and clients and sports lawyers drafting appeal briefs and observing time limits. The point that is decisive in practice: under Article R67, each proceeding is governed by the edition that was in force on the date the proceeding was commenced, not the edition published today. Pending cases likewise remain subject to the earlier Code, unless both parties request the application of the new one. For that reason, access to the text of earlier editions is of practical importance.