ROME (ITALPRESS) – Following several months of fruitful negotiations between FIFA, player representatives (FIFPRO), clubs (EFC), and leagues (WLA), and with the constructive participation of CONMEBOL and UEFA, the Council’s Office approved the new version of the FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (RSTP), along with amendments to the FIFA Disciplinary Code, the FIFA Governance Regulations, and the Rules of Procedure of the Football Tribunal. The main changes will enter into force on January 1, 2027. This new regulatory framework has been developed taking into account the emerging needs of the global transfer system, with a particular focus on ensuring an appropriate balance between player and club rights, in full compliance with the principles established by the Court of Justice of the European Union in the so-called “Diarra” ruling. The new rules provide an objective, transparent, non-discriminatory, and proportionate framework for the global transfer system and all its participants.
Among the various innovations introduced by the new FIFA RSTP, which are expected to have a highly positive impact on the working conditions of both players and clubs, a key change concerns the manner in which future amendments to the RSTP will be adopted. From now on, the regulatory framework governing employment relationships between players and clubs at the international level will, in any case, be determined exclusively by consensus among all social partners, with FIFA assuming the role of guarantor of the global system. In other words, the FIFA RSTP has evolved into a collective framework based on social dialogue between recognized employee and employer representatives, with the clear objective of becoming an international collective bargaining agreement, the first of its kind in the world of sport. A special online edition of the FIFA Football Law Annual Review will be held in October this year to present and discuss the new legal framework in more detail with the global football legal community.
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