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When to Contact an Official 38. Withdrawing from a match or tournament...................................................................50 39. Stalling............................................................................................................................50 40. Requesting an official ....................................................................................................50 Ball Issues 41. Retrieving stray balls .....................................................................................................50 42. Catching a ball................................................................................................................50 43. New balls for a third set.................................................................................................51 Miscellaneous 44. Clothing and equipment malfunction ..........................................................................51 45. Placement of towels .......................................................................................................51 PART 3 USTA REGULATIONS (INCLUDING FAC COMMENTS) I. Pre-Tournament Regulations................................................................................................52 A. Applicability of USTA Regulations...............................................................................52 B. Application for Sanction and Appointment of Tournament Committee ...................53 C. Tournament Committee..................................................................................................53 D. Tournament Appeals Committee...................................................................................57 E. Match Formats and Scoring...........................................................................................57 F. Balls and Ball Change Pattern .......................................................................................59 G. Player Eligibility.............................................................................................................60 H. Entry Process...................................................................................................................67 II. Draw Regulations....................................................................................................................71 A. Seeding............................................................................................................................71 B. Making the Draw............................................................................................................73 C. Changes in the Draw......................................................................................................90 D. Scheduling Matches .......................................................................................................97 III. Conducting the Tournament...............................................................................................102 A. Tournament Committee Responsibilities Once Tournament Starts.........................102 B. Referee Responsibilities After Draw Has Been Made...............................................102 C. Rest Periods...................................................................................................................107 D. Suspension of Play .......................................................................................................107 E. Medical Timeout, Bleeding Timeout...........................................................................110 F. Toilet/Change of Attire Break......................................................................................115 G Shortening Tournaments..............................................................................................115 H Ball Change Errors, Ball Replacement, and Practice Balls........................................116 IV. Player Responsibilities and Conduct.................................................................................117 A. Checking in at the Tournament ...................................................................................117 B. Player Responsibilities under The Code .......................................................................117 C. Standards of Conduct...................................................................................................117 D. Point Penalty System....................................................................................................121 E. Defaults and Disqualifications ....................................................................................130 V. Post-Tournament Regulations............................................................................................132 A. Responsibilities of Tournament Committee and Referee After Completion of Tournament ................................................................................132 B. Grievances .....................................................................................................................132 C. Suspensions by Sectional Associations ......................................................................132 VI. QuickStart Tennis Formats..................................................................................................134 A. Purpose..........................................................................................................................134 B. Boys’ and Girls’ 8 Divisions ........................................................................................134 VII. Officiating Regulations.........................................................................................................138 A. Referee...........................................................................................................................138 B. Chief Umpire.................................................................................................................139 C. Chair Umpire.................................................................................................................139 D. Roving Umpire..............................................................................................................151 viii CONTENTS
E. Net Umpire....................................................................................................................152 F. Line Umpire ..................................................................................................................153 G. Considerations for All Officials...................................................................................156 H. Officials Council ...........................................................................................................157 I. USTA Officials Committee...........................................................................................157 J. Sectional and District Officials Committees...............................................................157 K. Definitions for Certification.........................................................................................157 L. Certification...................................................................................................................158 M. General Certification Requirements ...........................................................................158 N. Specific Certification Requirements............................................................................159 O. Denial of Certification and Decertification.................................................................162 P. Appeal Procedure .........................................................................................................162 Q. Honorary Officials ........................................................................................................162 R. Records on Officials......................................................................................................163 S. Notification to Members of Officials Council ............................................................163 VIII. General Ranking Regulations............................................................................................164 A. Definition of Ranking Period ......................................................................................164 B. USTA Membership Required ......................................................................................164 C. Ranking Systems ..........................................................................................................164 D. Results Considered for Rankings................................................................................164 E. Ranking Considerations ..............................................................................................165 IX. Junior National Tournaments and National Ranking...................................................166 A. Junior National Tournament Regulations ..................................................................166 B. Junior National Suspension System...........................................................................182 C. Junior National Rankings....................................................................................................185 D. Junior National Ranking Committees ........................................................................187 E. Junior National Ranking Review Board ....................................................................188 F. Confidentiality of Ranking Information.....................................................................188 X. Adult, Senior and Family National Tournaments and Rankings.................................189 A. Adult, Senior, and Damily National Tournament Regulations.................................189 B. Divisions and Categories Ranked ...............................................................................192 C. Eligibility for National Ranking.........................................................................................192 D. Adult National Open Rankings...................................................................................193 E. Professional/Adult National Open Rankings ............................................................193 F. Adult, Senior, and Family National Rankings...........................................................195 G. Matches That Count In More Than One Ranking Division Or Category................198 H. National Adult/Senior and Family Ranking Committees ........................................198 I. Adult/Senior and Family National Ranking Review Board.....................................199 J. Confidentiality of Ranking Information.....................................................................199 XI. Professional Rankings ..........................................................................................................200 A. Men’s Division..............................................................................................................200 B. Women’s Division.........................................................................................................200 C. Eligibility for National Ranking .................................................................................200 D. Review...........................................................................................................................200 XII. Collegiate and Scholastic Tournaments and Collegiate Rankings..............................201 A. A Method for Making the Draw .................................................................................201 B. Scoring...........................................................................................................................201 C. Eligibility for National Ranking .................................................................................201 D. Collegiate Rankings .....................................................................................................202 XIII. Wheelchair National Tournaments and Ranking ..........................................................203 A. Wheelchair National Tournament Regulations..........................................................203 B. Wheelchair National Rankings....................................................................................206 C. Wheelchair National Ranking Committees................................................................209 XIV. Medals and Prizes.................................................................................................................210 A. Gold, Silver, and Bronze Balls.....................................................................................210 CONTENTS ix
Page 1 and 2: FRIEND AT COURT 2010
Page 3 and 4: FRIEND AT COURT THE USTA HANDBOOK o
Page 5 and 6: Foreword The most significant chang
Page 7 and 8: USTA Regulations There was a substa
Page 9: Contents Foreword..................
Page 13 and 14: II. Discrimination Complaint and Re
Page 15 and 16: FOREWORD The International Tennis F
Page 17 and 18: i. After an agreed odd number of ga
Page 19 and 20: Additional approved alternative sco
Page 21 and 22: USTA Comment 9.1: When should the t
Page 23 and 24: USTA Comment 15.1: Do the partners
Page 25 and 26: USTA Comment 18.6: When may the rec
Page 27 and 28: USTA Comment 23.1: What happens whe
Page 29 and 30: USTA Comment 24.4: What happens if
Page 31 and 32: lob in doubles and loudly shouts
Page 33 and 34: finish that game in the “new” p
Page 35 and 36: • If the error is discovered when
Page 37 and 38: USTA Comment 29.10: A best-of-five
Page 39 and 40: AMENDMENT TO THE RULES OF TENNIS Th
Page 41 and 42: of court surface types which confor
Page 43 and 44: SCORE IN A SET (Rules 6 and 7): 1.
Page 45 and 46: coaching in respect of any Code of
Page 47 and 48: 5. The Chair Umpire’s final decis
Page 49 and 50: 6.3 The Chairperson shall be entitl
Page 51 and 52: 12.3 Such interim Rulings may inclu
Page 53 and 54: 78'0" 23.77m) PLAN OF THE COURT Not
Page 55 and 56: c, d, but the court can be measured
Page 57 and 58: PART 2—THE CODE THE PLAYERS’ GU
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30. Delays during service. When the
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43. New balls for a third set. When
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FAC Comment I.A-3: The term “Dist
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USTA Reg. I.C.4. I.H.3. I.H.4. IV.C
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a. Presence of Referee or Deputy Re
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3. Short Sets. A tournament electin
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ii. NTRP Division if the player’s
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Tournaments starting in 11/10: 18s
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January 1 Criteria and Procedure. T
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H. Entry Process 1. Means of entry.
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FAC Comment I.H-1: Tournaments post
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II. DRAW REGULATIONS A. Seeding Whi
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• Player in the draw was not seed
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c. Using byes to fill out draw. Whe
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draw starting from the bottom up; d
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quarters, the specific one of these
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conditions as main-draw matches, in
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. To lines opposite seeds if four p
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Modified Curtis Feed-In Championshi
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• The player with the highest per
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FAC Comment II.B-9: The Referee’s
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ii. remake the draw; iii. relocate
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Players Omitted from Draw Fig. 8 US
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18, is drawn. Edwards’ name is re
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FAC Comment II.C-7: In some cases t
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TABLE 7 Scheduling Guidelines for A
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FAC Comment II.D-3: Tables 6 and 7
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FAC Comment III.B-1: The playing ar
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B. After Entries Close But Before D
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C. Rest Periods 1. Rest between mat
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Wheelchair Family & NTRP Senior Adu
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FAC Comment III.E-3: If a player ha
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TABLE 11 Medical Timeouts, Bleeding
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F. Toilet/Change of Attire Break A
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IV. PLAYER RESPONSIBILITIES AND CON
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Coaching is permitted during an aut
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18. Player shall not engage in gamb
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Code Violations Delay • Not resum
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B. Lateness for Resumption of Suspe
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Verbal or Physical Abuse( Cont’d)
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FAC Comment IV.D-9: Player A is pen
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Referee who issued the default, in
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eport the suspension to the USTA Na
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6. Results not considered for ranki
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mesh so that a ball cannot pass thr
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FAC Comment VII.A-4: May the Refere
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determined. Examples include determ
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of the opponent, then the name of t
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7. Four characteristics mark the de
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The tiebreak score is reported as 7
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as much of the scorecard as possibl
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FAC Comment VII.C-13: Player A hits
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sight along the top of the band. Th
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all. Maintain ready position throug
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4. Call foot faults, remembering th
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4. Number of tournaments. Every yea
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. National Chair Umpire: i. Shall h
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1. Life Umpire: An official who has
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Regulation VI.B.3. (QuickStart Tenn
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d. ITF tournaments on National Juni
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TABLE 16 Seeding Criteria for USTA
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Entry into USTA National Championsh
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ecord calculated as of the effectiv
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or is otherwise removed from the dr
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eason from the player’s final sch
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TABLE 18 2010 USTA International To
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FAC Comment IX.A-9: The standard by
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Defaults* Code Violations Improper
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any appeal shall be barred unless i
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• Code violations under the Point
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X. ADULT, SENIOR AND FAMILY NATIONA
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d. Match formats. All matches playe
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• Aliens with Asylee Status. Alie
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i. The order in which their names a
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7. Calculating rankings in Adult an
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the Adult/Senior and Family Ranking
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XII. COLLEGIATE AND SCHOLASTIC TOUR
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XIII. WHEELCHAIR NATIONAL TOURNAMEN
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Computerized List Method described
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• Category I USTA National Wheelc
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FAC Comment XIII.B.2: If the Men’
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XV. USTA LEAGUE A. Description The
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XVII. SANCTIONING A. General Inform
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although for clarity, the word “O
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c. Submission to appropriate compet
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Championships, as set forth in USTA
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3. Tennis camp and school scholarsh
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3. Lost income. Lost opportunities
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3. Consequences of violating USTA R
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XIX. AMENDMENTS AND REQUESTS FOR WA
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• State the period over which the
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• Gloves: Verify that exam gloves
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sport drinks (e.g., Gatorade). Thes
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PART 5—UMPIRE ASSIGNMENT, SELECTI
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6. The USTA maintains records of th
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PART 6—UMPIRE AWARDS John T. McGo
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Nicholas E. Powel Award Recipients
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SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT ITA CHANGES FO
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I. INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION—SINGLES
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19. Player who has been overruled t
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5. ITA Carry-Over Rules. The follow
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13. Spitting. Spitting at or in the
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I. Rest Periods, Continuous Play, a
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all. The Referee shall make this de
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3. Matches between schools from dif
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defaults for ranking purposes. 15.
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services of a qualified trainer, pr
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different time is agreed upon by bo
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line-up as presented is unfair, he
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coaches are current ITA members, an
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PART 8—GLOSSARY 7-Point Set Tiebr
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Compass Draw. This is a non-elimina
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ITF Tournaments on the National Jun
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Permanent Fixtures. Permanent fixtu
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Senior Divisions. The Men’s and W
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USTA Regional Tournaments. The Yout
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Back Draw .........................
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Category I USTA National Championsh
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Combined Ranking ..................
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Omitted players....................
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Inclement Weather..................
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National Championship Regulations A
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Points Played in good faith .......
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Collegiate Rankings................
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Presence Required..................
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Seed...............................
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Stalling ..........................
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Tournament Amateur.................
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USTA National Opens (Juniors) .....
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The Official’s Code of Conduct A
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