2027 International Standard for Results Management (ISRM) - In Force on 1 January 2027

2027 International Standard for Therapeutic Use Exemptions (ISTUE) - In Force on 1 January 2027

2027 International Standard for Code Compliance by Signatories (ISCCS) - In Force on 1 January 2027

<p class="reg-lead">The current edition of the International Standard for Education, adopted by the Sixth World Conference on Doping in Sport in Busan on 5 December 2025 and in force from 1 January 2027.</p>
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<tr><td>Adopted</td><td><b>5 December 2025</b> — Executive Committee of the World Anti-Doping Agency, Busan Conference</td></tr>
<tr><td>In force from</td><td><b>1 January 2027</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td>International Standard for Education, 2027 edition</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td><strong>Current edition</strong> — in force from 1 January 2027</td></tr>
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<h2>What is the International Standard for Education?</h2>
<p>The International Standard for Education (ISE) is one of the <strong>mandatory International Standards</strong> of the global anti-doping system. The Standards set out the technical detail of implementing the Code, and compliance with them is mandatory for all Signatories to the Code. This Standard sets out Signatories' obligations in the field of <strong>education and prevention</strong>: education planning, priority audiences and the measurement of effectiveness.</p>
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<h2>About the January 2027 edition<span class="reg-tag">Changes from 2021</span></h2>
<h3>Key changes from the previous edition</h3>
<ol class="reg-tl">
<li><b class="t">Busan Conference revision</b>The first revision of this Standard was adopted at the <strong>Sixth World Conference on Doping in Sport in Busan</strong> on 5 December 2025.</li>
<li><b class="t">Alignment with the 2027 Code</b>It takes effect alongside the <strong>2027 edition of the Code</strong>, in which the place of education within the global programme has been markedly strengthened.</li>
<li><b class="t">Drafted in consultation with stakeholders</b>The text was prepared in consultation with <strong>Signatories, public authorities, athletes and other stakeholders</strong>.</li>
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<div class="reg-sec">
<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>For national anti-doping organisations and national federations, this document is binding: the absence of a compliant education programme can itself give rise to a compliance case. The text makes clear that <strong>education is a right of the athlete</strong>, not merely a duty of the organisation.</p><p>Each case is governed by the edition of this Standard that was in force at the time of the relevant event; for that reason, earlier editions remain available on this page. The official text is published in English and French, and in the event of a divergence <strong>the English text prevails</strong>.</p>
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2027 International Standard for Education (ISE) - In Force on 1 January 2027

<p class="reg-lead">The 2027 edition of the World Anti-Doping Code, in force from 1 January 2027; it created the office of the Independent Review Expert, placed the consequences of Signatory non-compliance within the Code itself, and appreciably expanded the scope of protection for Protected Persons.</p>
<table class="reg-facts">
<tr><td>In force from</td><td><b>1 January 2027</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Published by</td><td>World Anti-Doping Agency — 2027 edition</td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td>Code, 2027 edition</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td><strong>Current version</strong> — in force from 1 January 2027</td></tr>
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<h2>What is the World Anti-Doping Code?</h2>
<p>The World Anti-Doping Code (WADA Code) is the foundational document of the global anti-doping system: it defines doping violations, sets the burden and standard of proof, enumerates the sanctions and the conditions for their reduction and aggravation, and organises the procedure for results management, hearings and appeals. All international federations, National Olympic Committees and national anti-doping organisations that have accepted it are required to bring their own rules into conformity with it; the International Standards — from the Prohibited List to sample collection, therapeutic use exemptions, results management, education and privacy — set the technical detail of its implementation.</p>
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<h2>About the January 2027 edition<span class="reg-tag">Changes from 2021</span></h2>
<h3>The most important changes from the previous edition</h3>
<ol class="reg-tl">
<li><b class="t">Independent Review Expert</b>A new office, the <strong>Independent Review Expert</strong>, was created, and a category of cases is referred to it for review before proceeding further. This office did not exist in the 2021 edition.</li>
<li><b class="t">Consequences of Signatory non-compliance</b>The <strong>Signatory Consequences</strong> provisions appear in detail in the Code itself for the first time; previously that detail was found only in the International Standard for Code Compliance by Signatories.</li>
<li><b class="t">Expanded protection for Protected Persons</b>References to the <strong>Protected Person</strong> more than doubled compared with the 2021 edition, and the concept spread from the sanctions provisions across the entire text — from sample collection to results management and notification.</li>
<li><b class="t">Strengthened education and whereabouts rules</b>Education, with far more references, became one of the explicit pillars of the global programme, and the rules on athlete <strong>whereabouts</strong> information were also considerably elaborated.</li>
<li><b class="t">Legal foundations made explicit</b>The text emphasises that the Code was drafted <strong>with regard to human rights and the principle of proportionality</strong>, and lists the <strong>rule of law</strong> among the objectives of the global programme.</li>
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<div class="reg-sec">
<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>Every athlete doping case, in any sport, ultimately comes back to this text; the anti-doping regulations of the international federations are nothing other than the implementation of this Code in that sport. Three points are decisive in the defence: liability in doping is <strong>strict</strong>, and proof of intent or fault is not required; the burden and standard of proof are defined in the Code itself and are not the same as criminal standards; and each case is governed by the edition that was <strong>in force at the time of the violation</strong>, unless a later edition is more favourable to the person charged.</p>
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2027 World Anti-Doping Code - In Force on 1 January 2027

<p class="reg-lead">Olympic Charter, in force as from 24 June 2026 — the fundamental instrument of the Olympic Movement and the source of the authority of the International Olympic Committee.</p>
<table class="reg-facts">
<tr><td>In force as from</td><td><b>24 June 2026</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Length</td><td>112 pages</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td>Current edition</td></tr>
<tr><td>Editions available</td><td><b>42</b> editions, from 1978 to the present</td></tr>
</table>
<div class="reg-sec">
<h2>The standing of this document</h2>
<p>Within the Olympic system the Charter serves as a constitution. It opens with the Fundamental Principles of Olympism and then sets out rules governing four things: the International Olympic Committee itself, the International Federations, the National Olympic Committees, and the celebration of the Games. Every other set of regulations in this system derives its validity from the Charter, and for that reason any challenge to the competence or authority of an Olympic body begins with this text.</p>
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<h2>The most frequently cited rules</h2>
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<li><b class="t">Rule 41 — Nationality of competitors</b> determines the country for which an athlete may compete and the conditions applying to a change of sporting nationality.</li>
<li><b class="t">Rule 42 — Age limit</b> leaves the age question to the International Federation for each sport.</li>
<li><b class="t">Rule 50 — Advertising, demonstrations, propaganda</b> is the basis of cases concerning the display of political messages at Games venues and restrictions on advertising on athletes' clothing.</li>
<li><b class="t">Rule 61 — Dispute resolution</b> places disputes arising in connection with the Games within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Arbitration for Sport.</li>
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<div class="reg-sec">
<h2>Why the dated edition matters</h2>
<p>The Charter is not a document revised once a year; more than one edition is sometimes issued within a single year — two editions in 2026. The text governing any given case is the edition in force at the time of the events, not the edition of the day.</p>
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<p class="reg-note">Earlier editions, from 1978 to February 2026, are available in this collection.</p>

Olympic Charter – in force as from 24 June 2026

<p class="reg-lead">The current edition, incorporating the revisions approved in December 2025 and in force from 1 April 2026; this is the ninth time the standard has been revised.</p>
<table class="reg-facts">
<tr><td>Approved</td><td><b>1 December 2025</b> — Executive Committee of the World Anti-Doping Agency</td></tr>
<tr><td>In force from</td><td><b>1 April 2026</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td>Standard for Testing and Investigations, 2026 edition</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td><strong>Current edition</strong> — in force from 1 April 2026</td></tr>
</table>
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<h2>What is the International Standard for Testing and Investigations?</h2>
<p>The International Standard for Testing and Investigations (ISTI) is one of the <strong>mandatory International Standards</strong> of the global anti-doping system. The International Standards set out the technical detail of implementing the Code, and compliance with them is mandatory for all Signatories to the Code. This standard governs the procedure for test distribution planning, notification of the athlete, sample collection, storage and transport of samples, and the gathering of intelligence and the conduct of investigations.</p>
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<h2>About the 2026 edition<span class="reg-tag">Changes from 2023</span></h2>
<h3>Principal changes from the previous edition</h3>
<ol class="reg-tl">
<li><b class="t">December 2025 revisions</b>This edition incorporates the revisions approved in <strong>December 2025</strong> and takes effect from <strong>1 April 2026</strong>.</li>
<li><b class="t">Ninth revision</b>The text itself states that this is the <strong>ninth</strong> revision of the standard since its first adoption in 2003.</li>
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<div class="reg-sec">
<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>Procedural challenges to the sample-collection process are among the most common lines of defence in doping cases, and this text is their basis: from the manner of notification and chaperoning of the athlete to the chain of custody of the sample. The rules on <strong>whereabouts information</strong> are also set out in detail in this document.</p><p>Each case is governed by the edition of this standard that was in force at the time of the relevant event; for that reason, earlier editions are kept available on this page. The official text is published in English and French and, in the event of divergence, <strong>the English text prevails</strong>.</p>
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International Standard for Testing and Investigations (ISTI) 2026 (in force)

<p class="reg-lead">The 2026 Prohibited List of substances and methods, in force from 1 January 2026; the document that determines which substances and which methods were prohibited for athletes during this period.</p>
<table class="reg-facts">
<tr><td>In force from</td><td><b>1 January 2026</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Publication</td><td>World Anti-Doping Agency — 2026 List</td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td>International Standard for the Prohibited List, 2026 edition</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td><strong>Current version</strong> — the List governing from 1 January 2026</td></tr>
</table>
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<h2>What is the Prohibited List of substances and methods?</h2>
<p>The Prohibited List of substances and methods is one of the <strong>binding International Standards</strong> of the world anti-doping system and determines which substances and which methods are prohibited. Its structure has three parts: substances prohibited <strong>at all times</strong> (the S categories, together with the M methods), substances prohibited <strong>in-competition only</strong>, and substances prohibited <strong>in particular sports</strong> (category P). Alongside the List sits the <strong>Monitoring Programme</strong>: substances that are under surveillance but are not treated as prohibited. The World Anti-Doping Agency reviews and publishes this List <strong>at least once a year</strong>.</p>
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<h2>About the 2026 edition<span class="reg-tag">Changes from the 2025 edition</span></h2>
<h3>Key changes from the previous edition</h3>
<ol class="reg-tl">
<li><b class="t">Scope and structure</b>This List separates three categories: substances and methods prohibited <strong>at all times</strong>, substances prohibited <strong>in-competition only</strong>, and substances prohibited in <strong>particular sports</strong>. Alongside them sits the <strong>Monitoring Programme</strong>, which covers substances under surveillance without their being prohibited.</li>
<li><b class="t">Relationship with the Code</b>This List is published pursuant to the World Anti-Doping Code, and the criteria for a substance's inclusion in it are likewise determined in the Code itself. Use of a substance appearing in this List is an anti-doping rule violation even without an intention to enhance performance, unless a valid <strong>Therapeutic Use Exemption</strong> exists.</li>
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<div class="reg-note"><strong>Note:</strong> For the differences between this List and the previous year's List, the "Summary of Modifications" document that the World Anti-Doping Agency publishes with each List is the reference.</div>
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<div class="reg-sec">
<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>In any doping case, the first question is whether the substance detected was prohibited under the List in force <strong>on the date of sample collection</strong> — and because this List changes every year, the answer depends on the version that governed on that day; for that reason previous versions are retained on this page. For the team physician, distinguishing "prohibited at all times" from "prohibited in-competition" and checking the Monitoring Programme is likewise essential before prescribing any medication. The official text is published in English and French, and in the event of any conflict, <strong>the English text prevails</strong>.</p>
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Prohibited List 2026 (in force)

<p class="reg-lead">The current edition of the Code of Sports-related Arbitration, in force as from 1 July 2025; the facsimile was removed from the Code, the time limit for issuing an appeal award was changed from "three months after the transfer of the file" to "no later than four months after the closing of the evidentiary proceedings", and the amount in dispute was added to the criteria for the appointment of a Sole Arbitrator.</p>
<table class="reg-facts">
<tr><td>In force as from</td><td><b>1 July 2025</b> — under Article R67</td></tr>
<tr><td>Adopting body</td><td>International Council of Arbitration for Sport (ICAS) — under Article S6</td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td>26 Statutes articles (S1 to S26) + 44 Procedural Rules articles (R27 to R70)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td><strong>Current edition</strong> — governing proceedings commenced as from 1 July 2025</td></tr>
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<div class="reg-sec">
<h2>What is the Code of Sports-related Arbitration?</h2>
<p>The Code of Sports-related Arbitration of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) brings two instruments together in a single text: the <strong>Statutes of the Bodies Working for the Settlement of Sports-related Disputes</strong> (Articles S1 to S26), which establish and organise the International Council of Arbitration for Sport and the Court itself, and the <strong>Procedural Rules</strong> (Articles R27 to R70), which govern the ordinary arbitration procedure, the appeal arbitration procedure and mediation. The Court is seated in Lausanne, Switzerland, and its awards may be challenged, subject to the conditions laid down in Swiss law, within thirty days before the Swiss Federal Tribunal only.</p>
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<h2>About the July 2025 edition<span class="reg-tag">Changes from the February 2023 edition</span></h2>
<h3>Key changes from the previous edition</h3>
<ol class="reg-tl">
<li><b class="t">Time limit for issuing the operative part of an appeal award</b>The most significant practical change for clients. Previously, the operative part of the award had to be communicated <strong>within three months of the transfer of the file to the Panel</strong>, and the President of the Appeals Division could extend that time limit upon a reasoned request from the President of the Panel to four months after the closing of the evidentiary proceedings. The rule is now simple and uniform: the operative part of the award must be communicated to the parties <strong>no later than four months after the closing of the evidentiary proceedings</strong>. The difference lies in the starting point of the calculation; the time limit no longer runs from the moment the file is transferred, but from the end of the evidentiary phase.</li>
<li><b class="t">Removal of the facsimile from the Code</b>References to <strong>facsimile (fax)</strong> have been removed throughout the text. Awards, orders and other decisions are now notified <strong>by courier and/or electronic mail</strong>, correspondence to the Court Office is likewise sent by those same two means, and in the list of contact details of the parties' representatives, "telephone and facsimile numbers" has been reduced to <strong>"telephone number"</strong> alone.</li>
<li><b class="t">Internal clerk alongside the ad hoc clerk</b>The expression "ad hoc clerk" has been changed to <strong>"internal or ad hoc clerk"</strong>; that is, the Court may also appoint a clerk from among its own staff to assist the Panel. The clerk's fees are, as before, included in the arbitration costs.</li>
<li><b class="t">Amount in dispute in the appointment of a Sole Arbitrator</b>In determining whether an appeal case is to be submitted to a three-member Panel or to a Sole Arbitrator, the President of the Division previously assessed only the circumstances of the case, including whether or not the Respondent had paid its share of the costs. The <strong>"amount in dispute"</strong> is now expressly one of the criteria as well.</li>
<li><b class="t">Express duty to expedite the proceedings</b>A new sentence has been added to the Code: <strong>"The Panel shall ensure that the proceedings are conducted expeditiously and efficiently."</strong> This duty is repeated in both the ordinary arbitration procedure and the appeal arbitration procedure.</li>
<li><b class="t">Enforceability of the award from the date of communication of the operative part</b>It is now expressly stated that the award is enforceable <strong>from the date of communication of the operative part</strong> by courier and/or electronic mail; that is, enforcement does not require waiting for the full reasoned text of the award.</li>
<li><b class="t">Binding effect of the procedural calendar agreed by the parties</b>In expedited proceedings, <strong>the time limits and the procedural calendar agreed by the parties are binding on the Court</strong>, provided they have been approved beforehand by the President of the Division or by the Panel.</li>
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<div class="reg-note"><strong>Scope of the amendments:</strong> the amendments in this edition are limited to Articles R30, R31, R40.3, R44.4, R46, R50, R54, R59, R64.4 and R67.</div>
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<div class="reg-sec">
<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>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 <strong>on the date the proceeding was commenced</strong>, not by the edition published today. Pending cases likewise remain subject to the previous Code, unless both parties request the application of the new one. For that reason, access to the text of previous editions has practical importance.</p>
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Download the Code 2025, in force as from 1 July 2025

<p class="reg-lead">Executive regulation on paragraph (T) of Article 78 of the Seventh Development Plan Act, adopted by the Council of Ministers on 6 April 2025 — the mechanism for developing the sport economy and attracting non-governmental sponsors.</p>

<table class="reg-facts">
<tr><td>Adoption</td><td><b>6 April 2025</b> — Council of Ministers</td></tr>
<tr><td>Notification</td><td>13 April 2025 — No. 7731/T63825H</td></tr>
<tr><td>Legal basis</td><td>Paragraph (T) of Article <b>78</b> of the Seventh Five-Year Development Plan Act — adopted 2024</td></tr>
<tr><td>Implementing authorities</td><td>Ministry of Sport and Youth, Ministry of Economy, Plan and Budget Organisation</td></tr>
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<h2>What these regulations determine</h2>
<p>Paragraph (T) of Article 78 of the Seventh Development Plan Act mandates the development of the sport economy and the encouragement of non-governmental sponsors; these regulations are the mechanism for implementing that paragraph. Their subject matter is to determine the route and the conditions under which the private sector may benefit from the support measures provided for in sport.</p>
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<div class="reg-sec hi">
<h2>The most recent document in this field</h2>
<p>Among the regulations on the sport economy, this is the most recent document, and for that reason it takes priority in determining the current status of support measures. Earlier regulations — including the regulations on support for knowledge-based production in the field of sport adopted in 2022 — continue to be read, but what governs today's contracts and applications are the regulations made under the Seventh Development Plan.</p>
<p>For sponsors of sport, the provisions on incentives are of direct importance: how the sponsorship is calculated, which authority confirms it, and the conditions whose non-fulfilment may cause the incentive to lapse.</p>
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<div class="reg-sec">
<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>Clubs and companies sponsoring sport, financial directors of federations, and lawyers working on sports sponsorship contracts.</p>
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<h2 class="law-heading">Full text of the regulations</h2>

<p class="law-p">Adopting authority: Council of Ministers, Sunday 6 April 2025</p>
<p class="law-p">Special issue no.: 1972, year eighty-one, no. 23326</p>
<p class="law-p">Executive regulation on paragraph (T) of Article (78) of the Seventh Five-Year Development Plan Act of the Islamic Republic of Iran (concerning the development of the sport economy and the attraction and encouragement of non-governmental sponsors to operate in the country's sport sector)</p>
<p class="law-p">No. 7731/T63825H, 13 April 2025</p>
<p class="law-p">Ministry of Sport and Youth — Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance</p>
<p class="law-p">Plan and Budget Organisation of the country</p>
<p class="law-p">At its session of 6 April 2025, on the proposal of the Ministry of Sport and Youth and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance and pursuant to paragraph (T) of Article (78) of the Seventh Five-Year Development Plan Act of the Islamic Republic of Iran, adopted in 2024, the Council of Ministers adopted the executive regulation on that paragraph as follows:</p>
<p class="law-p">Executive regulation on paragraph (T) of Article (78) of the Seventh Five-Year Development Plan Act of the Islamic Republic of Iran</p>
<p class="law-p">(concerning the development of the sport economy and the attraction and encouragement of non-governmental sponsors to operate in the country's sport sector)</p>
<p class="law-p">Article 1 — In these regulations, the following terms have the meanings set out below:</p>
<p class="law-p">1 — The Act: the Seventh Five-Year Development Plan Act of the Islamic Republic of Iran, adopted in 2024.</p>
<p class="law-p">2 — The Organisation: the Plan and Budget Organisation of the country.</p>
<p class="law-p">3 — Covered persons: non-governmental natural or legal persons.</p>
<p class="law-p">4 — Tax credit: the amount deductible from the finally assessed performance tax of covered persons, in respect of the year in which the expenditure is made or subsequent years.</p>
<p class="law-p">Article 2 — One hundred per cent (100%) of the cash and non-cash expenditure of persons covered by these regulations for the purpose of assisting in the realisation of the programmes of the Ministry of Sport and Youth, the National Olympic and Paralympic Committees and the sports federations, with a view to the quantitative and qualitative development of construction infrastructure and the holding of and participation in national and international sporting events, solely in respect of current appropriations (with the exception of chapters 1 and 6) and appropriations for the acquisition of capital assets set out in the annual budget acts, shall, upon notification by the Ministry of Sport and Youth and confirmation by the Organisation and in compliance with the provisions of these regulations, be treated as a tax credit of the said persons.</p>
<p class="law-p">Article 3 — The Ministry of Sport and Youth is required to publish on its official information portal, by the end of Farvardin each year, the list of expenditure headings and capital-asset acquisition projects covered by these regulations that have been confirmed by the Organisation.</p>
<p class="law-p">Article 4 — The tax credit is deductible each year up to a ceiling of one per cent (1%) of the finally assessed income tax of the said persons, on a collective-expenditure basis and after being entered into account with the Treasury General of the country.</p>
<p class="law-p">Article 5 — The tax credit shall not be subject to the prompt-payment award under Article (190) or to the compensation and refund under Article (242) of the Direct Taxation Act adopted in 1987 as subsequently amended, nor to set-off against debts of years prior to the entry into force of the Act.</p>
<p class="law-p">Article 6 — Expenditure which, in implementation of these regulations, is deducted as a tax credit from the finally assessed tax of the year in which the expenditure is made or of subsequent years (at the latest until the end of the period of implementation of the Act), shall not again be accepted as tax-deductible expenditure.</p>
<p class="law-p">Article 7 — The Organisation is required to provide the Iranian National Tax Administration with the total confirmed expenditure of covered persons in each financial year, at the latest two months after the end of each year. The said administration is required to verify the expenditure declared by covered persons by examining valid expenditure documents within the framework of the relevant regulations, and to treat the final amount of expenditure as a tax credit in compliance with the provisions of these regulations. In the event of a false declaration regarding the expenditure incurred (as determined by the Iranian National Tax Administration), the covered persons shall be deprived of the tax credit, and the said administration is obliged to claim the tax credit granted together with the applicable legal penalties.</p>
<p class="law-p">Article 8 — The Organisation is required to provide for the collective-expenditure budget line covered by these regulations and to determine its ceiling within the annual budget, and to record an amount equal to the tax credit granted under these regulations in each year as performance of the Iranian National Tax Administration.</p>
<p class="law-p">First Vice-President — Mohammad Reza Aref</p>
<p class="law-p">There is no attached file.</p>

Executive regulation on sport economy under the Seventh Development Plan — 2025

<p class="reg-lead">Regulation on supporting knowledge-based production and employment generation in the field of sport and youth, adopted by the Council of Ministers on 5 March 2023 — the framework for state support of the sports economy, in 13 articles.</p>

<table class="reg-facts">
<tr><td>Adoption</td><td><b>5 March 2023</b> — Council of Ministers</td></tr>
<tr><td>Notification</td><td>11 March 2023 — No. 235109/T60786H</td></tr>
<tr><td>Constitutional basis</td><td>Article <b>138</b> of the Constitution</td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td><b>13 articles</b> — full text below on this page</td></tr>
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<div class="reg-sec">
<h2>What this regulation determines</h2>
<p>The instrument was drawn up in implementation of the slogan of the year and the policies supporting knowledge-based production, and determines the framework for cooperation between government bodies for the development of the sports economy. The range of its addressees shows that the subject matter is not purely sporting: the Ministry of Sport and Youth alongside the Ministries of Industry, Mine and Trade, of Economic Affairs and Finance, of Cooperatives, Labour and Social Welfare, of Culture and Islamic Guidance, of Education and of Foreign Affairs, the Plan and Budget Organisation, the Vice-Presidency for Science and Technology, the national broadcaster, the Central Bank, the Innovation and Prosperity Fund, and the Chamber of Commerce.</p>
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<h2>Why it matters to clubs and sports companies</h2>
<p>The forms of support envisaged in regulations of this kind — facilities, exemptions, priority in transfers of assets and export support — can in practice be claimed only upon satisfaction of the conditions and through the channels laid down in this text.</p>
<p>For companies manufacturing sports equipment and for start-ups in the sports sector, this instrument is the starting point of any assessment: which body is responsible, what conditions are required, and where an application begins.</p>
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<div class="reg-sec">
<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>Clubs, manufacturing and knowledge-based companies in the sports sector, and corporate lawyers working on the preparation of applications for support or on challenges to their rejection.</p>
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<h2 class="law-heading">Full text of the regulation</h2>

<p class="law-p">No. 235109/T60786H, 11 March 2023</p>
<p class="law-p">Ministry of Sport and Youth — Ministry of Cooperatives, Labour and Social Welfare</p>
<p class="law-p">Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade — Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance</p>
<p class="law-p">Ministry of Cooperatives, Labour and Social Welfare — Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance — Ministry of Foreign Affairs</p>
<p class="law-p">Ministry of Education — Plan and Budget Organisation of the country</p>
<p class="law-p">Vice-Presidency for Science, Technology and the Knowledge-Based Economy of the President</p>
<p class="law-p">Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting — Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran</p>
<p class="law-p">Innovation and Prosperity Fund — Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture</p>
<p class="law-p">The Council of Ministers, at its session of 5 March 2023, on the proposal No. 100/1682/S/1401 dated 15 December 2022 of the Ministry of Sport and Youth, and pursuant to Article 138 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran, adopted the Regulation on supporting knowledge-based production and employment generation in the field of sport and youth as follows:</p>
<p class="law-p">Regulation on supporting knowledge-based production and employment generation in the field of sport and youth</p>
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<p class="law-p">In this Regulation, the following terms have the meanings set out below:</p>
<p class="law-p">1. Ministry: the Ministry of Sport and Youth.</p>
<p class="law-p">2. Vice-Presidency: the Vice-Presidency for Science, Technology and the Knowledge-Based Economy of the President.</p>
<p class="law-p">3. Knowledge-based companies: companies falling within the scope of the Law on Support for Knowledge-Based Companies and Institutions and the Commercialisation of Innovations and Inventions — adopted in 2010 — and its subsequent amendments.</p>
<p class="law-p">4. Technology units: research, technology, engineering and production units located in parks and incubators holding a permit from the relevant authorities.</p>
<p class="law-p">5. Knowledge-based products: goods and services listed in the list of knowledge-based goods and services under the Law on Support for Knowledge-Based Companies and Institutions and the Commercialisation of Innovations and Inventions — adopted in 2010 — and its subsequent amendments.</p>
<p class="law-p">6. Technology event: an event held for the purpose of presenting technological needs, identifying the relevant solutions and developing technological and commercial cooperation between organisations, institutions, knowledge-based companies and technology units connected with the field of sport and youth.</p>
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<p class="law-p">The Ministry is required, in cooperation with the Vice-Presidency and the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labour and Social Welfare, to design and implement capacity-building programmes for knowledge-based companies and technology units in the field of sport and youth, to hold skills-training and employability courses based on knowledge-based services and products, and to hold knowledge-enhancement workshops for non-governmental organisations active in the field of sport and youth and for other stakeholders in this field.</p>
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<p class="law-p">The Ministry is required, in cooperation with the Vice-Presidency and drawing on the capacity of the National Olympic and Paralympic Committee and the sports federations, to identify and present technological needs in the field of sport and youth, to support the production of related knowledge-based products and services by domestic knowledge-based companies and technology units, and to hold national, regional and provincial technology events.</p>
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<p class="law-p">The Ministry is required, in cooperation with the Ministries of Industry, Mine and Trade, of Economic Affairs and Finance and of Cooperatives, Labour and Social Welfare and with the Innovation and Prosperity Fund, and in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations, with the aim of reducing dependence on imports, to identify imported sports products and to support knowledge-based companies and technology units in producing those products.</p>
<p class="law-p">Note 1. The Ministry is required, with the aim of developing the sports industry, to procure annually at least ten percentage points (10%) of the imported knowledge-based sports products required by its subordinate and related units which have no domestic equivalent, in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations, through domestic knowledge-based companies and technology units.</p>
<p class="law-p">Note 2. For the purpose of implementing this Article, the Ministry shall, where necessary, amend the relevant instructions and propose amendments to the relevant regulations to the competent authorities.</p>
<p class="law-p">Note 3. The Ministry is required, in cooperation with the Vice-Presidency, to establish priorities for the manufacture of knowledge-based sports products and products incorporating new technologies.</p>
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<p class="law-p">With a view to fostering a culture of skills training and employability among young people, the Ministry is required, in cooperation with the Ministries of Culture and Islamic Guidance and of Cooperatives, Labour and Social Welfare and with Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, to support the production of content in the fields of skills training, employability, business, and familiarity with knowledge-based companies and technology units in the field of sport and youth.</p>
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<p class="law-p">With the aim of securing a place in international chains, increasing the market volume of production and developing exports in the field of sport, the Ministry is required, in cooperation with the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade, the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Vice-Presidency, the Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture and other executive bodies as the case may be, to support, create the groundwork for and develop the export of knowledge-based sports products to neighbouring and target countries, and likewise to support private-sector investment in selected products and driver chains in those countries.</p>
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<p class="law-p">The Ministry is required to make use of the capacity of the services of knowledge-based companies and of youth non-governmental organisations and popular associations for the purpose of equipping and launching rural sports houses and training the specialist personnel required in the field of sport and physical activity.</p>
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<p class="law-p">The Ministry is required, before the end of the year, to send the following year's programmes together with a performance report for the past year concerning support for knowledge-based companies and technology units active in the field of sport and youth, in compliance with the executive regulation of paragraph (b) of Article (1) of the Law on the Leap in Knowledge-Based Production, being the subject of approval No. 160716/T60029H dated 23 November 2022, to the Steering Council for Knowledge-Based Technologies and Products for approval.</p>
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<p class="law-p">The Ministry is required, in compliance with paragraph (b) of Article (1) of the Law on the Leap in Knowledge-Based Production — adopted in 2022 — and with the aim of completing and developing the said value chains, facilitating investment and enhancing the technological and production capabilities for strategic items inside the country, to support the domestic production of installations, systems, networks and imported knowledge-based products related to the field of sport and youth, with priority for the various types of artificial turf, hall flooring, sports balls, bicycles, sports sticks and video assistant referee (VAR) technology.</p>
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<p class="law-p">The Ministry is required, in cooperation with the Vice-Presidency and with the participation and investment of the non-governmental sector, and with the aim of improving the quality of domestically produced knowledge-based products in the field of sport and youth, to take the following measures:</p>
<p class="law-p">1. Providing evaluation and testing services for domestically manufactured products and services and assisting in obtaining international standards for knowledge-based products and services in the field of sport and youth.</p>
<p class="law-p">2. Supporting the establishment and launch of at least three evaluation laboratories, with priority for doping testing, product certification and research and development.</p>
<p class="law-p">Note. The Vice-Presidency is obliged to treat the cost of launching the laboratories under this Article as a tax credit, in accordance with the Law on the Knowledge-Based Leap — adopted in 2022 — and the relevant laws and regulations.</p>
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<p class="law-p">The Ministry is required, in cooperation with the Vice-Presidency, to support businesses active in the field of soft technologies related to the Ministry's areas of activity, with priority for sports law, sports advertising and marketing, related cultural and social matters, and the enhancement of knowledge-based governance.</p>
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<p class="law-p">The Ministry of Education is required, in cooperation with the Ministry and the Vice-Presidency, to take the following measures:</p>
<p class="law-p">1. To design and put in place, within two years, a system for identifying sporting talent from kindergarten and primary school onwards.</p>
<p class="law-p">2. To support the establishment of schools and technical colleges connected with knowledge-based products and services in the field of sport and youth, on the basis of the spatial planning agreed between the aforementioned ministries and in compliance with the relevant laws and regulations.</p>
<p class="law-p">Note. The Ministry is required to nominate world medallists and sporting elites for admission to the relevant technical colleges and schools.</p>
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<p class="law-p">The Ministry is required, in cooperation with the Plan and Budget Organisation of the country, to provide for the credits required for implementation of the Regulation in the annual budget bills, in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations.</p>
<p class="law-p">First Vice-President — Mohammad Mokhber</p>

Sport Regulations General

International Standard for Results Management

International Standard for Therapeutic Use Exemptions

International Standard for Code Compliance by Signatories

International Standard for Education

World Anti-Doping Code

Olympic Charter

International Standard for Testing and Investigations 2026 (in force)

Prohibited List 2026 (in force)

Download the Code 2025, in force as from 1 July 2025

Executive regulation on sport economy under the Seventh Development Plan

Regulation supporting knowledge-based production and employment in sport

Statutes of the National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran