What to focus on while you read
FCHR — Compliance Assessment and consequences of failure
Articles 15–16 require the FIFA Clearing House to assess parties in the payment relationship and set consequences when a Compliance Assessment fails. Exam items distinguish AML-style compliance monitoring from Art 17 disciplinary sanctions.
Key points
- The Clearing House monitors business relationships and transactions for compliance purposes.
- A failed Compliance Assessment can block or alter how a party participates in FCHR processes.
- ‘Non-Compliant Party’ status is a defined consequence track under Arts 15–16.
- Compliance failure is not automatically identical to an Art 17 sanction, though later steps may escalate.
Exam traps
- Treating every Compliance Assessment failure as an automatic Art 17 registration ban.
- Ignoring that the Clearing House — not the club alone — runs the assessment framework.
- Mapping Arts 14 & 16 composites to payment-only and missing the compliance band.
Unit outline
Article 15: COMPLIANCE ASSESSMENT
Article 16: CONSEQUENCES OF A COMPLIANCE ASSESSMENT FAILURE