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CHAMPIONSHIPS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
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PROTOCOL FOR THE EXECUTION OF THE CHAMPIONSHIPS OF THE "EUROPEAN UNION"
1. The titles of the European Union would be under the jurisdiction of the European Boxing Union (EBU), with its own competition rules and under the supervision of the Executive Committee and its President.
2. The Executive Committee will designate, from its own members, a Commission formed by three persons who will, together with the General Secretary and the President of the EBU, comprise the permanent monitoring and control Commission for the titles of the European Union. All the members will have full voting rights including the Secretary General, and the President will have the deciding vote in case of equality of votes.
3. The National Championships in the European Union Countries will have right and just refusal in disputing the titles of the European Union.
4. The bouts of the European Union will be disputed on the distance of 12 Rounds.
5. To be eligible to take part in a European Union bouts the boxers must be a citizen of one of the EU member Countries and also be in possession of a licence issued by the corresponding Federation.
6. The Supervisor will be appointed by the EBU General Secretary among its members as it is the procedure for the EBU bouts.
When a title of the European Union is held in a Nation where there is a member of the EBU Executive Committee, he will be the Supervisor for said bout, thus reducing the cost for the promoter
7. Those boxers proclaimed European Union Champions will be eligible for inclusion in the (EBU) European Boxing Union ratings.
8. The European Union title bouts will be officiated by three Judges and one non-scoring Referee nominated by the European Boxing Union (EBU) President from the EBU list of the Officials.
9. The Supervisor will be appointed by the EBU President among its members as it is the procedure for the EBU bouts. When a title of the European Union is held in a non-European Union Member State in which there is a member of the Executive Committee, he will be the Supervisor for said bout, thus reducing the cost for the promoter
10. The titles of the European Union will come into force on 1st January 2002
11. The promoter will pay the European Boxing Union (EBU) the following fees: 2.000 Euro for the Championship bout 500 Euro for the belt. The promoter will pay the Officials and the Supervisor, in addition to the travel, meals and accommodation expenses as it is for the EBU titles, the following amounts: 400 Euro for the Referee & for the three Judges (each) 400 Euro for the Supervisor .
12. The European Union Champion Belt will be given to the European Union Champion in the ring and will be paid for by the promoter.
13. The titles of the European Union, which have been approved by the General Assembly held on 15th June 2002 in Gubbio (Italy), will be conducted for the time being according to these regulations, and after this time the details of the titles will be revised so as to make those changes deemed appropriate in the light of the experience acquired as to enhance the organisation of these titles.
The championships for the European Union titles could be disputed also by boxers residing at least 10 years (uninterruptedly) in a Country of the European Union but not in possession of the Nationality. The Federation of the Country of the European Union, from which the boxer has the licence, will be responsible to confirm the position of such a boxer.
Of course the authorisation to dispute the fight will be always to the discretion of the Special Commission.