Invitation to enter
1 European Police Championships Volleyball Women
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The France Police Sports Federation was entrusted with the organization of the 1st European
Police Championships Volleyball Women by the Union Sportive des Polices d'Europe (USPE).
The following invitation to enter is issued for the preliminary rounds and final round EPC
Volleyball Women 2009.
1. General organizer
Union Sportive des Polices d'Europe
2. Organizer
Fédération Sportive de la Police Française
3. Date Final round
Arrival:
Departure:
12.10.2009
19.10.2009
4. Venue
Rodez
5. Accommodation
Hotel accommodation for all participants will be provided.
6. Competition rules
The USPE Competition Rules (4.4) shall apply.
Each team may enter up to 12 players and 3 attendants for the preliminary round and up to 12
players and 4 attendants for the final round.
Apart from France as the host country the finals will comprise the seven teams qualified during
the preliminary rounds. The individual groups for the preliminaries are made up by the following
teams:
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Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Germany
Greece
Netherlands
Romania
Slovakia
Norway
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Denmark
Czech
Republic
United
Kingdom
Russia
Finland
Hungary
Slovenia
04.-08.05.2009
Blumenberg/
Brandenburg
April 2009
Ioanina
19.-22.12.2008
Apeldoorn
April/May
2009
15.-17.12.2008
Levice
Dominique
Demoen
Peter Zsigmond
Vadym
Tyschenko
Ivar Thoresen
Observer USPE
Marius CataChitiga
The country mentioned first will host the respective preliminary round.
The hosts are requested to invite the other teams and the observer of the USPE in time. Please
make sure that the matches are refereed by referees with the highest national level.
The winner of each group and the two best-second will be qualified for the final round.
This best will be ascertained by first referring to the number of sets won and, in the event of a
draw, by taking into account the number of points scored.
Each host country shall invite the countries of their respective preliminary round in due time.
The forms 2, 3 and 4 for the preliminary rounds you will also find on our homepage
www.uspe.org. The hosts are kindly requested to add the necessary dates and venue of the
event and to send this information also to the Secretary General.
The results of the preliminaries are to be communicated to the Secretary General without delay.
7. Jury of appeal for the final round
1. Chairman
2. Technical Commissioners
3. Technical Commissioners
4. Dominique Demoen
5. Dietmar Schönhoff
see R 19 Rules and Regulations
see R 19 in connection with R 15 Rules and Regulations
see R 19 in connection with R 15 Rules and Regulations
Member of the Technical Commission
Secretary General
Any protest must be filed in writing in one of the three official languages of the USPE within one
hour after the respective competition is over. The protest fee will total 100 Euros.
8. Eligibility to start
The provisions laid down in the Statutes, the Rules and Regulations, the Competition Rules as
well as the Anti-Doping Regulations of the USPE shall apply. Doping tests will be conducted
during the Championship, with the current WADA list of prohibited substances being applicable.
(www.wada-ama.org).
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Article 23 Statutes: The Competitors
(1) Participation in Championships is restricted to athletes who:
1. meet the starting requirements of their International Union,
2. belong to a National Sports Organisation that is a member of USPE,
3. are Police Officers or
4. are Police Students at a Police Academy,
5. have reached the age of 18 years at the of the Championship
6. and have signed the Anti-Doping Declaration.
Article R 12/2 of the Rules and Regulations: Competitors
(1) In order to be able to take part in a European Championship organised by the USPE, the
members of the member unions have to fulfil the following conditions:
1. They have to satisfy the provisions set out in Article 23 of the Statutes.
2. They have to be police officers or students at a public Police Academy. The Police are
a set of all bodies and institutions in charge of maintenance of public law and order.
(Administrative Police and Crime Investigation Departments).
(2) Military police, members of the military, members of fire brigades and civil servants are
excluded from European Police Championships.
Sub-paragraph 1.5 of the Competition Rules
Sportsmen and women having participated in military championships are not eligible to enter
European Police Championships for 12 months following these military championships.
Sub-paragraph 1.6 of the Competition Rules
Competitors suspended from sports contests by the respective sports association due to having
violated the relevant doping regulations are not eligible to enter.
Sub-paragraph 1.7 of the Competition Rules
All teams shall wear uniform sportswear displaying the emblems of their individual member
union.
9. Verification of eligibility to enter
For verifying a contestant’s eligibility to start, the production of his/her police ID as well as
his/her passport/personal identity card and the signed Anti-Doping Declaration will be required.
This verification in the final round will be effected by the representative of the Technical
Commission, Mr. Dominique Demoen. In the preliminary rounds this verification will be effected
by the observers of the USPE.
10. Expenses/fees
Travelling expenses
Each member union will defray its own travelling expenses
Board and lodging
Delegate
The expensive incurred by the delegate (Article R 11 of the Rules and Regulations) of the
respective member union will be paid by the organizer.
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Team
2008
The organizer of the event will defray the expenses incurred by half of the participants per
member union. For all other participants, 40 Euro per person per night are to be paid to the
organizer (Article R 14 / 3 of the Rules and Regulations).
Should a member union intend to take guests along with them to an EPM and should the
organizer be able to provide the respective accommodation, each guest shall pay the actual
costs incurred by them.
2009
For all preliminary rounds in 2009 and the final round 30 Euro for every person are to be
paid to the organizer.
11. Registration fee
Article R 14/2 of the Rules and Regulations:
(1) Prior to a championship each participating nation is to pay a registration fee to the General
Treasurer of the USPE.
(2) These fees have to be paid before the opening of the championship.
Registration fees:
Team:
300 Euro
The invoices has been sent to all participating nations.
12. Registration
You are requested to send enclosed forms for the final round to the
Fédération Sportive de la Police Française
Fax: 00 33 1 417 116 40
e-mail: [email protected]
Secretary general
Fax: 00 49 211 870 75 54
e-mail: [email protected]
Please meet the following datelines for the final round:
Form 2
number of participants
10.07.2009
Form 3:
participants’ names
28.08.2009
Form 4:
journey
25.09.2009
13. Nota bene
One competitor per team is to wear the police uniform of their respective country at the opening
ceremony.
As to the final event, you are requested to attend adequately dressed to suit the occasion.
The participating countries are responsible that their athletes are insured.
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