Appeals and CAS

What to focus on while you read

FIFA Code of Ethics — appeal routes and Court of Arbitration for Sport

Later FCE articles (Arts 60–84) cover appeals against Ethics Committee decisions and the role of CAS. The pool is smaller but examinable: which decisions can be appealed, to whom, and when CAS is the end of the road.

Key points

• Appeal routes from Ethics Committee decisions are statutory — not optional courtesy reviews.
• CAS features where the Code provides for arbitration of ethics disputes.
• Do not confuse FCE appeal windows with FIFA Disciplinary Code appeal/inadmissibility rules.
• Finality language matters: some decisions become final and binding when appeal rights lapse.

Exam traps

• Filing an ethics appeal using Disciplinary Code Appeal Committee deadlines and grounds.
• Assuming every ethics first-instance decision is automatically CAS-bound without the Code’s route.
• Treating Art 41 first-instance procedure as the appeal stage.

Unit outline

1. Article 60

2. Article 61

3. Article 62

4. Article 63

5. Article 64

6. Article 65

7. Article 66

8. Article 67

9. Article 68

10. Article 69

11. Article 70

12. Article 71

13. Article 72

14. Article 73

15. Article 74

16. Article 75

17. Article 76

18. Article 77

19. Article 78

20. Article 79

21. Article 80: Grounds of decision

22. Article 81: Form and content of the decision

23. Article 82: Enforcement of decisions

24. Article 83: Appeal Committee

25. Article 84: Court of Arbitration for Sport