Organisation and procedure

What to focus on while you read

FIFA Code of Ethics — Ethics Committee competence, investigation, and adjudication

FCE Articles 30–59 cover organisation and procedure — the densest ethics-bank cluster. Exam stems test chamber competence, how proceedings start, evidence handling, and dual cites that pair a substantive article with Art 41.

Key points

• The investigatory and adjudicatory chambers have separate functions within the Ethics Committee.
• Combined labels such as Articles 5 & 41 or 19 and 41 still belong in the procedure lesson for guided practice ownership.
• Procedure questions often turn on who may investigate, who decides, and what process rights apply.
• Keep procedure articles distinct from Appeal Committee / CAS routes in the next lesson.

Exam traps

• Assuming the Disciplinary Committee hears every FCE case.
• Collapsing investigation and adjudication into one undifferentiated ‘ethics hearing’.
• Using Art 41 as a free-standing offence rather than organisational/procedural competence.

Unit outline

1. Article 30

2. Article 31

3. Article 32

4. Article 33

5. Article 34

6. Article 35

7. Article 36

8. Article 37

9. Article 38: Parties

10. Article 39: Representation

11. Article 40: Legal aid

12. Article 41: Failure to cooperate

13. Article 42: Languages used in proceedings

14. Article 43

15. Article 44

16. Article 45

17. Article 46

18. Article 47

19. Article 48

20. Article 49

21. Article 50

22. Article 51

23. Article 52

24. Article 53

25. Article 54

26. Article 55

27. Article 56

28. Article 57

29. Article 58

30. Article 59