PREMIER LEAGUE

APPENDIX 11
REGULATIONS OF THE PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
Definitions
1. In these Regulations:
1.1 “Club” means a football club in membership of the Premier League or the Football League;
1.2 “Compensation Fee” means any sum of money (exclusive of Value Added Tax) payable by
a Transferee Club to a Transferor Club upon the transfer of the registration of a Player;
1.3 “the Football League” means The Football League Limited
1.4 “PFNCC” means the Professional Football Negotiating and Consultative Committee;
1.5 “Player” means a player who is the subject of an application to the Professional Football
Compensation Committee (“the Committee”) pursuant to Regulation 2 of these Regulations;
1.6 “the Premier League” means The Football Association Premier League Limited;
1.7 “Secretary” means the person or body appointed by the PFNCC to administer
these Regulations;
1.8 “Transferee Club” means a Club to which the registration of a Player has been transferred;
1.9 “Transferor Club” means a Club from which the registration of a Player has been transferred.
Jurisdiction
2. The Committee shall determine applications made pursuant to:
2.1 Premier League Rules T.36, V.27.2 and Youth Development Rules 278 and 292.2;
2.2 Football League Regulations 60.20, 60.21, 60.22, 64.5 and Football League Youth Development
Rule s 278 and 292.2;
2.3 appeals from a decision of the Board of the Football League made pursuant to Football
League Regulation 63.1.
3. In making a determination as aforesaid, the Committee shall take into account the costs set out in
Regulation 4 and any of the following criteria:
3.1 the status of each of the Transferor Club and the Transferee Club;
3.2 the age of the Player;
3.3 the amount of any fee paid by the Transferor Club upon acquiring the registration of the Player;
3.4 the length of time during which the Transferor Club held the registration of the Player;
3.5 the terms of the new contract offered to him by both the Transferor Club and the Transferee Club;
3.6 his playing record including any international appearances;
3.7 substantiated interest shown by other clubs in acquiring the registration of the Player.
4. The costs to be taken into account under Regulation 3 shall be:
4.1 any cost incurred by either Club in operating an Academy, a Football Academy or Centre of
Excellence including (without limitation) the cost of providing for players attending thereat:
4.1.1 living accommodation
4.1.2 training and playing facilities;
4.1.3 scouting, coaching, administrative and other staff;
4.1.4 education and welfare requirements;
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