<p class="reg-lead">Part 12 of the Union Cycliste Internationale Regulations — Discipline and Procedures, in force from 1 July 2026.</p>
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<tr><td>In force</td><td><b>1 July 2026</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td>Part 12 of the UCI Regulations — seven chapters</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td><strong>Current version</strong></td></tr>
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<h2>What Part 12 governs</h2>
<p>The Regulations of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) are divided into <strong>seventeen numbered parts</strong>, which sit alongside the Constitution and the Code of Ethics. Every article carries its own three-element number — such as 12.1.001 — whose first element is the number of the part concerned. This document is <strong>Part 12</strong> of that body of rules.</p><p>This part is the cornerstone of disciplinary proceedings in international cycling: what conduct constitutes an offence, what sanction it carries, which body hears it, and what procedure that hearing follows.</p>
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<h2>Key points</h2>
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<li><b class="t">Catalogue of sanctions</b>Chapter 3 defines ten categories of disciplinary measure: warning, reprimand, disqualification, fine, <strong>return of prizes</strong>, suspension, <strong>a ban on engaging in any cycling-related activity</strong>, educational measures, other measures, and <strong>provisional measures</strong>.</li>
<li><b class="t">Classification of offences</b>Chapter 4 divides offences into five categories: offences relating to incidents during competition, specific offences, discipline-specific offences, offences specific to organisers, and other offences.</li>
<li><b class="t">Adjudicating bodies</b>Chapter 5 distinguishes four bodies: the <strong>Commissaires' Panel</strong>, the <strong>Disciplinary Commission</strong>, the national federations, and the <strong>Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)</strong>.</li>
<li><b class="t">Procedure before the Disciplinary Commission</b>Chapter 6 has ten sections: referral of the case, <strong>impartiality and recusal of the adjudicator</strong>, procedure, evidence, notification, time limits and when the decision takes effect, costs of the proceedings, <strong>acceptance of consequences</strong>, official languages, and the Road Sub-Committee.</li>
<li><b class="t">UCI Arbitral Board</b>Chapter 7 is devoted to the procedure of the <strong>UCI Arbitral Board</strong> — the body which Part 1 also designates for appeals against the refusal to issue a licence.</li>
<li><b class="t">Successive amendments</b>This part has been amended three times within a short span — October 2025, November 2025 and July 2026 — which shows that the UCI's disciplinary structure is being reorganised.</li>
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<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>For any disciplinary case in international cycling, this document is the first point of reference: it determines which body has jurisdiction, how long the period for appeal is, who bears the costs of the proceedings, and under what conditions the consequences may be accepted and the case closed. The absence of this part from the site until now was the most serious gap in the cycling collection.</p>
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UCI Cycling Regulations Part 12 — Discipline and Procedures 2026