<p class="reg-lead">Duties of the permanent commissions of the International Handball Federation, in force from 2 March 2026.</p>
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<tr><td>Adoption</td><td><b>2 March 2026</b> — International Handball Federation</td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td>Chapter XXVI of the International Handball Federation's body of regulations</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td><strong>Current version</strong> — supersedes the edition of 8 February 2016</td></tr>
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<h2>What this document determines</h2>
<p>This document is <strong>Chapter XXVI</strong> of the IHF body of regulations and sets out the duties of the permanent commissions: the Commission of Organising and Competition (COC), the Playing Rules and Referees Commission (PRC), the Commission of Coaching and Methods (CCM), the Medical Commission (MC), the Commission of Development (CD) and the Athletes' Commission (AC).</p>
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<h2>Key changes in this edition<span class="reg-tag">compared with the edition of 8 February 2016</span></h2>
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<li><b class="t">Addition of an introductory article of general provisions</b>This edition opens with a new article that governs the five commissions COC, PRC, CCM, MC and CD and did not exist in the previous edition.</li>
<li><b class="t">Rhythm of meetings</b>Virtual meetings of each commission are held <strong>once every three months</strong>, and at least <strong>one in-person meeting per year</strong> is required.</li>
<li><b class="t">Link to the strategic plan</b>Each commission must review the IHF strategic plan approved by the Congress and present its activity plan within the framework of that strategic plan.</li>
<li><b class="t">Duties of continental representatives</b>The continental representatives of each commission must take an active part in the activities of their continent, hold regular meetings with their counterparts in the national federations and report on their continent's activities to the commission's chairperson <strong>every three months</strong>.</li>
<li><b class="t">Reporting to the Council</b>The chairperson of each commission presents an overall activity report at the meeting of the IHF Council.</li>
<li><b class="t">Description of the commissions' duties</b>The list of each commission's duties has been carried over from the previous edition without substantive change; only the reference to the "Anti-Doping Regulations" among the Medical Commission's duties has been aligned with that document's new title.</li>
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<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>Until this edition, the document was merely a list of duties and contained no provisions on how the commissions operate. The new general provisions make binding the frequency of meetings, the link between activities and the strategic plan, and the chain of reporting from the continental representative up to the Council — a point of practical importance for national federations pursuing their requests through their continental representative.</p>
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