In the exercise of the powers conferred by Article 10.2.b of Law 10/1990 of 15 October of the Sport, the Commission of the Council of the High Sports Council has definitively adopted the Statutes of the Federation Spanish of Petança and authorized its registration in the Register of Sports Associations.

In compliance with the provisions of Article 31.7 of the Law of Sport and Article 12.3 of Royal Decree 1835/1991 of 20 December 1991 on Spanish Sports Federations, the publication in the Official Journal of the Spanish Status > of the Statutes of the same and their modifications.

In its virtue of the above, this Secretary of State agrees:

To have the publication of the Statutes of the Spanish Federation of Petança contained in the Annex to this Resolution.

Madrid, October 26, 1993.-The Secretary of State-President of the Superior Council of Sports, Rafael Cortes Elvira.

ANNEX

STATUTES OF THE SPANISH PETANQUE FEDERATION

CHAPTER FIRST

From the Federation in general

Article 1. Denomination. -The Federation is known as the Spanish Federation of Petança (hereinafter FED), and will be governed by the following provisions:

Law 10/1990, of October 15, of the Sport.

Royal Decree 1835/1991, of 20 December, on Spanish Sports Federations.

Royal Decree 1591/1992, of 23 December, on Sports Discipline.

By these Statutes.

The other provisions that apply.

Art. 2. Legal nature. -EFF is an associative entity of a legal, private, non-profit nature. It has full legal and working capacity, and its own and independent assets.

The EFF, as a Spanish Sports Federation, is a declared entity of public utility, which entails the recognition of the benefits that the legal system gives to such entities and in particular the They are recognized in Law 10/1990, of 15 October, of the Sport.

Art. 3. Purpose and duration. The EFF aims to protect, promote, regulate and organize the sport of the petanque and the boats throughout the Spanish territory. Its duration will be indefinite.

Art. 4. The EFF will have its registered office in the Calle Rodríguez San Pedro, 2, 28015 Madrid. By agreement adopted by the Delegation of the General Assembly, the EFF will be able to establish social premises in other cities, as well as to move its domicile to any other point within the municipality. The change of domicile to another municipality must be agreed by the General Assembly.

The address changes will be communicated, in any case, to the Superior Sports Council.

Art. 5. Composition and sports modalities. -FEP is composed of all the athletes, petanque clubs, technicians, referees, Federations of Petança of regional autonomy as regards the provisions of Chapter III of the present Statutes and, in general, by all natural or legal persons, the object of which is the promotion, practice, organization and development of the sport of the petanque.

Within the EFF, the sports modality of Bochas is integrated, regardless of how many are practiced within the Spanish territory.

The above mentioned modality will be structured and regulated in your particular regulations, but always under the technical authority of the EFF.

The EFF performed with respect to its associates, the functions of guardianship, control and supervision that the sports legal system recognizes.

Art. 6. The EFF is affiliated as a full member of the International Federation of Petança, and the International Federation of Bochas, to which it represents in Spain and whose Statutes it accepts and is obliged to comply.

The EFF may be federated with other Federations of an international character, in the terms and conditions agreed upon by the General Assembly and upon the express authorization of the Board of Directors of the Superior Council of Sports.

Art. 7. Official competitions. -FEP is the only competent entity within the Spanish State for the organization, protection and control of official and international competitions.

Will be considered international, regardless of the provisions of Royal Decree 2075/1982, of International Activities and Representations, those competitions:

Which are developed or organized under the tutelage of an International Federation.

That the arbitrators be qualified and appointed by an International Federation.

To be qualified as such by the EFF Board of Directors.

A state-wide competition is understood to involve at least 12 teams for each category and, at least, athletes or petanque clubs of three Autonomous Communities.

For the qualification of official state-level competitions, the EFF shall take into account, inter alia, the following criteria:

Technical level of the competition.

Importance of the same in the state sports context.

The promoter's organizational capacity and experience.

Tradition of the competition.

Transcendence of results for participation in international competitions.

Official competitions at the state level must be open to the athletes and petanque clubs of the Autonomous Communities, without any discrimination, with the exception of those derived from the technical norms and conditions of sports character.

For participation in official sports activities or competitions, it will be necessary to be in possession of a valid license issued or validated by the EFF.

Art. 8. Principle of non-discrimination. The EFF does not accept any form of discrimination on grounds of birth, race, sex, religion, opinion or any other personal or social conditions or circumstances.

CHAPTER II

Of competencies

Art. 9. The EFF, in addition to its own activities of government, administration, management, organization and regulation, exercises under the coordination and tutelage of the Superior Council of Sports, the following administrative functions of an administrative nature:

1. To qualify and organise, where appropriate, official activities and competitions at the State level.

2. To act in coordination with the Federal Federations for the general promotion of its sports modality throughout the national territory.

3. To design, develop and execute, in collaboration, with the autonomic Federations, the plans of preparation of the high level athletes, as well as to participate in the elaboration of the annual lists of the same.

4. Collaborate with the State Administration and the Autonomous Communities in the prevention, control and repression of the use of prohibited substances and pharmacological groups and non-regulatory methods in sport.

5. Form, holder and qualify the arbitrators in the field of their competences.

6. Grant degrees and qualifications in a state-level petanque of any kind, by the procedure and in the form that is established.

7. Organise or protect official competitions of an international nature to be held in national territory.

8. To show the representation of Spain in the official sports activities and competitions of an international character held outside and within the Spanish territory. The EFF shall also be competent for the designation of the sportspersons to be included in the national teams.

It is the obligation of the federated athletes to attend the calls and tests of the Spanish Sports Selections, for participation in competitions at international or state level, as well as their attendance at the previous stage preparation of the same.

9. To exercise the disciplinary authority of sport, in the terms established in the Law of Sport, Regulations of Sports Discipline and in its Statutes and Regulations.

10. LLevar the control of the grants that you assign to the Associations and Sports Entities under the conditions that are established.

11. Execute, if necessary, the resolutions of the Spanish Committee for Sports Discipline.

12. Carry out the activities of government, administration, management, organization and regulation.

The acts performed by the EFF in the exercise of the administrative functions of an administrative nature referred to in this Article may be subject to appeal to the Superior Council of Sports, whose resolutions deplete the administrative route.

CHAPTER III

From the territorial organization

Art. 10 Territorial scope.-The scope of the EFF in the development of its competences, which are its own to defend and promote the general state of the state of the petanque, comprises the whole of the Spanish State, with the exception of of the powers that correspond to the Autonomous Communities.

Art. 11 Autonomous Federations. -1. The territorial organisation of the EFF shall be adjusted to that of the State in Autonomous Communities. The regional sports federations (hereinafter FDAA) which formalise their integration into the EFF, will be represented by the respective Autonomous Communities, and their presidents will be part of the General Assembly of the EFF. In any case, there shall be one representative in the General Assembly for each FDAA.

2. The above integration assumes:

The formal compliance by the FDAA of these Statutes and other applicable provisions.

The obligation to adjust its statutory rules, as far as is necessary, to these Statutes.

The duty to contribute to the economic sustainability of the EFF, with the quota allocated to them in the terms set by the General Assembly.

The maintenance of a minimum of three clubs attached to the FDAA.

The need for membership, at least, of a national referee.

Participation during the sports season in a minimum of two competitions organized by the EFF.

The transfer by indication of the EFF of the own facilities or of its affiliated clubs, as well as that of its athletes for their participation in the national teams.

The maintenance of a minimum of 125 national payment licenses (excluding children, managers and referees).

The FDAA integrated into the EFF must provide all the necessary information to know, at all times, the programming and development of the competitions and sports activities. They will also give notice to the EFF of the ups and downs of its members: Sportsmen, clubs and referees.

The EFF shall be empowered to carry out monitoring and control tasks in relation to the grants that FDAA receive directly or indirectly from them.

Once the integration has been produced, the FDAA will retain their legal personality, their own and differentiated assets, their budget and their particular legal regime, in whatever their competence. The sports disciplinary regime applicable in the official competitions shall be governed by the present Statutes and the FEP Disciplinary Regulation, irrespective of the disciplinary provisions applicable in the competitions of the each of the Autonomous Communities.

Art. 12. Territorial Unit or Delegation. -Where in an Autonomous Community there is no FDAA, or where there has been no formal integration into the EFF, the latter in coordination with the sports administration of the Autonomous Community may establish a unit o Territorial Delegation, respecting, in any case, the autonomous organization of the State.

Art. 13. Participation in official competitions. -FDAA must be intergrated in the EFF so that its members can participate in activities or official sports competitions of the EFF.

The formal integration agreement in the EFF should be adopted by the General Assembly of each FDAA. This agreement shall be formally communicated to the President of the EFF by means of certification issued by the Secretary of the FDAA.

CHAPTER IV

Of the licenses

Art. 14. Licences in general. -For participation in official state-wide sports activities or competitions, it will be necessary to be in possession of a licence in force issued by the EFF, according to the following minimum conditions:

1. The licences shall have uniform prices for all sports, the amount of which shall be fixed by the General Assembly, according to each class and category.

2. The content of the licences shall also be uniform for the various sporting categories within the same station.

The EFF shall issue the licences within 15 days from the day following that of the application, after verification of compliance with the requirements laid down in the Statutes and Regulations.

The format and dimensions of the license must be uniform for the entire Spanish State.

Art. 15. Autonomic scope licenses. -Licenses issued by the FDAA will enable the participation described in the previous article, provided that these Federations are integrated into the EFF, and also meet the following conditions:

To be issued within the minimum conditions of formal economic character to be set by the EFF.

Formal communication to the EFF of your expedition.

For these purposes, the rating will be produced once the FDAA pays the corresponding economic fee to the EFF within three months of its issuance.

The licences issued by the FDAA, which, in accordance with the provisions of this Article, enable participation in official activities or competitions, shall record the corresponding data, at least in the Spanish language official of the State.

Expedited licenses will reflect the following three economic concepts:

1. Compulsory insurance as referred to in Article 59.2 of Law 10/1990 of 15 October of the Sport.

2. The fee for the EFF.

3. The fee of the FDAA.

The quotas corresponding to the EFF will be of equal economic value for each of these categories and will be fixed by the General Assembly.

The processing of the licenses will be carried out through the Federation of corresponding autonomic scope.

CHAPTER V

Of the clubs

Art. 16. Private associations, composed of natural or legal persons, which aim to promote the sport of the petanque, the practice of the same by its members, and the participation in the field of the sport, will have the consideration of petanque clubs. sports activities and competitions.

The recognition for sporting effects of a club will be accredited by certification of its registration in the corresponding Register of Sports Associations.

For participation in official competitions, clubs must register in advance in the relevant Federation. Such registration shall be carried out through the FDAA, where these are integrated into the EFF, and shall be valid, provided that the clubs undertake to comply with and respect the present Statutes and the EFF Regulations, and to submit to the authority and discipline of the federative bodies, in relation to the matters of their competence.

These are the duties of the clubs registered in the EFF:

Satisfy the quotas that correspond to them.

Give up your players to the National Selections.

Facilitate your facilities to the EFF.

CHAPTER VI

Of the governing and representation bodies

Art. 17. Administration and government of the EDF. -They are government bodies and representation of the EFF:

The General Assembly and its Delegate Committee.

The President, assisted by:

The Board.

The Secretary-General.

The Manager.

Art. 18. Eligible and eligible members. -They may be eligible members and constituents of the FEP bodies, the following persons and Entities:

1. Athletes who meet the following requirements on the day the elections are held:

To be Spanish or to have nationality of a country belonging to the European Community.

Being older to be eligible and having completed sixteen years to be an elector.

Possess state license in force approved by the FED at the time of the election, and have had it during the previous sports season.

Having participated in official state-wide activities or competitions.

Not be deported by commission of serious misconduct.

2. the sports clubs registered in the EFF, in the same circumstances as mentioned in the previous point, it being understood that a club has participated in activities or championships of state level, when some of its athletes have participated.

The natural person who will hold the representation of each sports club will be its President and, failing that, a representative appointed by the club's collegiate body.

3. Technicians and arbitrators who fulfil the circumstances referred to in point 1 for sportspersons.

The electoral procedure to be followed for the election or renewal of the members of the General Assembly and the Delegate Committee will be regulated in the Electoral Regulation.

Art. 19. Duration of the charges. -Members of the federative bodies will be charged for a term of four years, coinciding with the period of office with that of the Summer Olympic Games and may, if necessary, be re-elected successively by periods of equal duration.

In the case of the members who do not end up in the position for which they were elected for the four-year term, those who fill the vacancy of the post will do so for the time that they are running until the end of that period.

Art. 20. Rights and duties of members of the bodies of the EFF. -They are rights of members belonging to one of the bodies of the EFF:

(a) Take part in the deliberations, expressing their views on how many matters are dealt with or discussed within the body of which it is a member.

b) Exercise their right to vote in a personal and express manner, stating, where appropriate, the particular reason for the vote cast. In no case will the issue of vote by mail be valid.

c) To collaborate in the federal tasks of the office or to intervene in the function they have, cooperating in the management of the organ to which they belong.

d) Know the contents of the minutes of the sessions of the organ of which they are a part.

e) Other rights which, if any, are established, regulated or specifically in these Statutes.

These are obligations of EFF members:

a) Concurrir, when formally cited for it, to sessions or meetings, except for causes of force majeure.

b) To carry out with diligence and responsibility the works entrusted to them.

c) Collaborate effectively in federal management.

d) Save professional secrecy and not disclose those deliberations that influence the federative activity.

(e) Others that are expressly assigned to it or are provided for in these Statutes or in the Regulations that are applicable to them.

Art. 21. Causes of cessation of the members of the bodies of the EFF. -Members of the FEP bodies shall cease for the following reasons:

a) Expiration of the command period.

b) Dimission.

c) Overcoming inability, which prevents the normal performance of the charge.

(d) Incompatibilities of the legal or statutory provisions.

e) In the course of the President's motion of censure.

Art. 22. Responsibility of members belonging to the organs of the EFF.-The President and all members of the Board of Directors will perform their duties with the utmost diligence, and will respond to the General Assembly of the EFF and to third parties, by the agreements adopted in the course of their duties.

The responsibility will not reach those members of the Board who have saved their vote in an express way in the agreements.

Members of the General Assembly and the Delegate Committee shall perform their duties with the utmost diligence, and shall respond to the General Assembly itself in the manner and for the causes indicated above.

Also, the members of the General Assembly and the Delegate Committee who have saved their vote in the agreement causing the injury shall be exempt from liability.

Art. 23. Call for bodies.-The President shall be convened by the President by means of telegram, telex, fax or mail with acknowledgement, as deemed appropriate. The notice shall be notified to the persons concerned, together with the order of the day, at least 15 days prior to the date of the conclusion, except in cases of extraordinary urgency or need, duly justified, in which the may be made at a minimum of three days ' notice.

However, the convocation of the Board of Directors and the Federative Committees constituted may be carried out directly by its President or by person delegated by telephone call to the interested party with forty-eight hours of notice.

However, the collegiate governing bodies and the representation of the EFF will be validly constituted, even if the requirements of convocation have not been met, when all of its members are present, and so agree unanimously.

FIRST SECTION: OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Art. 24. Composition of the General Assembly.-The General Assembly duly convened and constituted, is the supreme body of the EFF and its decisions will be obligatory in the own affairs of its competence, even for the dissenters and not assistants. The agreements shall be adopted by a simple majority of the members present, unless another is established in these Statutes, deciding in the event of a tie the President's vote of quality.

Members of the Assembly shall be elected by free and secret suffrage, equal and direct, between and by the components of each station within their constituency. Each member shall have one vote, this being inselectable.

The General Assembly consists of 90 members distributed as follows:

15 Presidents of the Autonomous Federal Federations, equating to Ceuta and Melilla as one of them.

75 (100 per 100), representatives of sports clubs, athletes and referees in the following proportion:

41 (55 per 100), representatives of sports clubs.

30 (40 per 100), representatives of the athletes.

4 (5 per 100), representatives of the referees.

In the aforementioned number of 90 assemblymen, the President of the EFF will not be counted, if he does not have the capacity of a member of the General Assembly.

The variation of the total number of members of the General Assembly does not imply a statutory modification, provided that the percentages of representation of each of the estates are not changed.

The outgoing Presidents of the last term will be able to attend the sessions of the General Assembly, with a voice but without a vote.

The vacancies produced in the General Assembly may be covered on a proposal from the President in accordance with the provisions of the current Electoral Regulation.

Art. 25. Powers of the General Assembly.-The General Assembly may be convened in plenary or in a delegated committee. It is for the General Assembly in plenary and with a necessary character:

a) The approval of the annual budget and its liquidation.

b) The approval of the sports calendar.

c) The approval and modification of the Statutes.

d) The setting of the limits for the approval and amendment of the General Regulations of the EFF.

e) The election and the end of the President.

f) The election of the Commission Delegate in the form provided for in these Statutes.

g) The fixing of the quotas to be satisfied by the License.

It is also the competence of the General Assembly:

(a) The authorisation of the disposal or mortgage of immovable property, where the transaction is equal to or greater than 10 per 100 of its budget or 20,000,000 pesetas. In the case of immovable property which has been financed, in whole or in part, with public funds from the State, the authorization of the High Council of Sports shall be required for its lien or disposal.

b) The approval of the remuneration of the Chair of the EFF.

(c) The resolution of the proposals submitted to it by the Board of Directors of the EFF, or the assembly members representing at least 10 per 100 of the General Assembly.

Art. 26. General Assemblies classes. -General Assemblies can be Ordinary or Extraordinary:

1. It has the character of General Ordinary which will necessarily be held once a year within the first semester of each financial year to approve the general plan of action of the Federation, to know the accounts of the financial year, to approve, where appropriate, the Balance sheet and annual budgets for revenue and expenditure, the sporting calendar, and fix the ordinary quotas to be met by the licences.

Any Assembly other than that provided for in the preceding paragraph shall have the consideration of an Extraordinary Assembly.

2. The General Assembly shall meet in extraordinary session when it is agreed by the Commission delegated by a majority, at the initiative of the President or at the request of at least 35 per 100 of its members.

Art. 27. Convocation and constitution of the General Assemblies. -Calls for the General Assemblies, both ordinary and extraordinary, will be made in writing, with the signature of the President, expressing the place, date and time of the meeting, thus as the order of the day proposed for the same.

Between the call and the day indicated for the celebration of the General Assembly, there shall be at least 15 days of mediation, and the date on which, if appropriate, the General Assembly shall meet in Second call for tenders, without the possibility of a deadline of less than one hour between one and another meeting.

When the call of the General Assembly is made at the request of the number of members provided for in the previous article, the President is obliged to convene it within the period of the twenty days from which he received the application.

The General Assemblies, both ordinary and extraordinary, will be validly constituted on first call when they are present, the majority of the members present and, in second convocation, whatever the number of concurrent.

Art. 28. Designation of the posts in the General Assembly. -The General Assemblies shall be chaired by the Chair of the EFF, failing that, by the First Vice President of the Board of Directors, and in the absence of them by any member of the Board Directive. As Secretary he will act as the Board of Directors, and in his absence, any member of the Board of Directors.

SECOND SECTION: OF THE DELEGATED COMMISSION

Art. 29. Composition of the Delegate Committee. The Delegate Commission will be elected by the General Assembly, and will be composed of nine members plus the President, of which one third will be responsible for the Presidents of the Federal Federations, another third to the sports clubs and the remaining third to the athletes 'and referees' station. For this reason:

The three members who correspond to Presidents of Federations of the Autonomous Community will be chosen by and among them.

The three members that correspond to the clubs will be designated by and among them, without those belonging to the same Autonomous Community exceeding more than 50 per 100 representation.

The three members who are two to the athletes and one to the referees, will be appointed by and between each of their bodies.

The members of the Delegation, who shall be members of the General Assembly, shall be elected every four years by vote, and their mandate shall, in any event, coincide with that of the General Assembly, with the annual replacement of the existing vacancies, in accordance with the current electoral regulation.

Art. 30. Responsibilities of the Delegate Committee. -Corresponds to the Delegation of the General Assembly:

a) The modification of the sports calendar.

b) The modification of the budgets.

(c) The approval and modification of the Sports Regulations, without prejudice to the provisions of Article 25 (d) of these Statutes.

The modifications made by the Commission Delegated to the performance of its functions may not exceed the limits and criteria established by the General Assembly. The proposal for amendment shall be the sole responsibility of the President or the Commission Delegated, when the latter is agreed by a majority of two-thirds of its members.

Also, the Delegate Commission is competent to:

a) The preparation of a report prior to the approval of the budgets.

b) The monitoring of the sport and economic management of the EFF through the preparation of an annual report to the General Assembly, on the memory of activities and the settlement of the budget.

Art. 31. Operation of the Delegate Commission. The Delegate Commission will meet at least once every four months, on a proposal from the Chair of the EFF, who will have to make the call ten days in advance. The agreements shall be adopted by a simple majority of those present.

In any case, the Delegate Committee will meet before the General Assembly, if possible during the month of January, in order to discuss and approve the agenda and to prepare the corresponding report thereafter. From 1 January and until the conclusion of this meeting of the Commission Delegated, the President of the EFF may take decisions on matters falling within the competence of the Commission Delegated, provided that the Commission has not approved them in advance.

THIRD SECTION: OF THE PRESIDENT

Art. 32. Competence of the President of the EFF.-The President is the executive body of the EFF. It holds its legal representation, convenes and presides over the governing and representation bodies and executes the agreements thereof.

Therefore, it exercises the economic, administrative and sports direction of the EFF, in accordance with the provisions of these Statutes.

The President will have the following powers:

1. Represent the EFF in any kind of act, and in front of all authorities and persons without any exception.

2. Decide, with their vote of quality, in the event of a tie, in the deliberations of the General Assembly, the Delegate Committee and the Board of Directors.

3. Convene, chair and lift the sessions of the General Assembly, the Delegate Committee and the Board of Directors and direct the deliberations of one and the other.

4. Attend the sessions held by any of the federative bodies.

5. The powers and powers delegated to it by the General Assembly and the Delegate Committee.

6. The appointment of the Chairs of the committees concerned, which are necessary for the exercise of the federative activity, including those which serve the functioning of the collective and the EFF, including those of a nature sports.

Art. 33. Election of the President.-The President will be elected every four years, coinciding with the mandate with the Summer Olympic Games, by free, direct, equal and secret suffrage by the members of the General Assembly. The candidates, who may not be members of the General Assembly, must be presented

at least 15 per 100 of the Assembly members and their election will be carried out by the double-lap system, in the event that in the first round no candidate reaches the absolute majority of the votes cast.

It shall not be President who has held such a condition without interruption during the three periods immediately preceding, whatever the effective duration of the periods.

The performance of the office of President will be the cause of incompatibility to occupy positions in another Spanish sports federation of state or regional, club or sports association.

Art. 34. Remuneration of the President.-The position of the Chair of the EFF may be remunerated, provided that such an agreement, as well as the amount of the remuneration, is approved by half plus one of the members present in the General Assembly. Gross remuneration, including legally established social expenditure, may not be satisfied by the public subsidies received by the EFF.

In the case of being paid the position of President, the President must have exclusive dedication. The remuneration of the President shall end with the end of his term of office, and no such remuneration may be extended beyond the duration of the term of office.

Art. 35. Motion of censure. -The motion of censure of the President shall be proposed at the request of one third of the members of the General Assembly. The President shall be required to submit a written statement on the basis of reasoned and reasoned reasons for the reasons for the motion. The President shall convene the General Assembly on an extraordinary basis within 15 days of receipt of the letter.

If the President does not convene the General Assembly within the prescribed period, it may be requested in writing to the Superior Council of Sports to convene the General Assembly in accordance with the provisions of Article 43 of Law 10/1990, of Sport.

The General Assembly session at which the motion of censure is debated will be chaired by the senior assistant member. For the approval of the motion of censure, a vote of two-thirds of the members present in the Assembly is necessary.

Between a motion of censure and the next one will have to mediate a minimum term of one year.

SECTION 4: OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTIVE

Art. 36. Composition of the Board of Directors. -The Board of Directors is the collegiate body complementary to those of government and representation, which assists the President and who corresponds to the option to constitute it.

It will consist of a minimum of eight members freely elected by the President of the EFF, and it is also the responsibility of the President to remove the members of the Board of Directors.

The Board of Directors will consist of:

The President.

Vice-presidents.

Vocals.

The Manager.

The Secretary.

The Vice President must first be a member of the General Assembly and in case of absence or temporary incapacity of the President will replace him.

The second vice president, in case of absence or temporary incapacity of the president and the first vice president, will replace them, with the agreement of the Board of Directors.

They may not belong to the Board of Directors of those persons who, in spite of some legal incompatibility, are entitled to work or public employment, political or for any other reason.

Members of the Board of Directors who are not members of the General Assembly shall have access to the sessions of the General Assembly with a voice but no vote.

Art. 37. Powers of the Board of Directors. -They are Board of Directors ' competencies:

(a) Prepare the papers and documents that serve as the basis for the General Assembly and the Commission Delegated for the exercise of their functions.

b) Set the dates and order of the day of the General Assembly and the Delegate Committee's calls.

c) Propose to the Commission Delegated the approval of the internal regulations of the EFF, both in technical and sports matters and in its modifications.

d) To collaborate with the President of the EFF in the economic, administrative and sports direction, as well as in the implementation of the agreements adopted by the collegiate bodies.

e) To verify official state-wide competitions, according to the principles and criteria to be established.

f) Control the development of national and international competitions.

g) Designate, on a proposal from the President, the national selectmen, as well as the technical team.

h) Grant honors and rewards.

i) Exercise control of the registration of clubs, athletes, arbitrations and technicians in the corresponding registers.

j) Determine, on a proposal from the President, the place of celebration of national and international competitions.

k) Publish, by circular, the provisions laid down by the Board of Directors and the public agreements it adopts in the exercise of its functions.

Art. 38. Operation of the Board of Directors. -The Board of Directors shall meet, at least every calendar quarter. Of the agreements to be adopted, the minutes shall be drawn up and signed by the Secretary with the approval of the President.

The call, as well as the determination of the agenda, correspond to the President. The minimum time limit for the communication of the call shall be forty-eight hours.

The agreements of the Board of Directors will be adopted by a simple majority of assistants, deciding in case of a tie the vote of quality of the President.

SECTION 5: OF THE GENERAL SECRETARY

Art. 39. Appointment and competence.-The President of the EFF may appoint a Secretary-General, who shall exercise the functions of adviser and fedatary and in particular the following functions:

(a) To raise minutes of the sessions of the General Assembly, of the Delegate Committee, of the Board of Directors, of the Committee of Competition and Discipline and other Committees constituted of the EFF.

b) Exorder timely certificates of the acts of the governing and administration bodies.

c) Inform the President and the Board of Directors in the cases that are required for this.

d) Solve on the matters of processing in the daily functioning of the Federation.

e) Exercise the staff Jebill of the EFF.

f) Vellar for the fulfillment of the agreements of the federative organs.

g) Sign communications and circulars.

h) Take care of the file and documentation of the issues of the EFF.

The appointment of the Secretary-General shall be optional for the Chair of the EFF who, if he does not make such a designation, shall be responsible for the functions of the Secretary-General, and may delegate to the persons deemed appropriate.

The position of Secretary-General, if not a member of the Board of Directors, may be remunerated, the Board of Directors being competent to set the annual gross salary to be met.

Art. 40. The minutes shall contain the following points: the minutes shall contain the following:

(a) Place and date of the meeting of the Federative Body.

b) Name, surname and position of the assistants.

c) Text of the adopted agreements.

d) The outcome of the vote, with the express mention of the votes for, against, individuals and abstentions.

e) Summary of the topics covered and the interventions, as well as the other circumstances considered appropriate to include.

f) Signature of the Secretary with the President's approval.

SECTION SIXTH: OF THE MANAGER

Art. 41. The EFF Manager is the administrative organ of the EFF. His appointment is the President's. The position of Manager, if not a member of the Board of Directors, may be remunerated, the Board being competent to set the annual gross salary to be met.

These are the Manager's own functions:

a) Take the accounting of the EFF.

b) Exercise the economic inspection of all federal bodies.

c) Exercise the control of the grants to be assigned to the Autonomous Federal Federations.

d) Report on the request of the General Assembly, its Delegate Committee, the President and the Board of Directors on matters considered relevant to the good economic order of the EFF.

e) How many functions are attributed to you by the President.

SECTION SEVENTH: LEGAL ADVISOR

Art. 42. The legal adviser to the EFF will be a licensed law graduate, appointed by the President, and will be under his exclusive and direct dependency.

Detents the leadership of the legal services, and acts as an Advisor to both the President and the other bodies that are part of the EFF.

You may attend the General Assembly, the Delegate Committee and the Board of Directors, with a voice but no vote.

SECTION EIGHTH: OF THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE OF REFEREES

Art. 43. The Committee of Referees in general.-The Technical Committee of Referees (or National Committee of Referees), directly attends to the functioning of the federative collective of arbitrators, and it is up to him, under the control and dependence of the President of the EFF, the government, representation and administration of the functions attributed to them. The President shall be designated by him as the EFF.

The functions of this Committee will be:

(a) Establish the levels of arbitral formation.

b) To technically classify the arbitrators, proposing their attachment to the corresponding category.

c) Propose the candidates for International Umpires.

d) Approve the regulatory administrative rules of the arbitration.

e) Coordinate with the territorial Federations the levels of formation.

f) Designate the referees in the state-wide competitions.

The composition, powers and operating arrangements of the Committee shall be determined by regulation.

Art. 44. The arbitrators shall be entitled to the attention and technical assistance of the EFF, and to charge the arbitration fees for travel expenses and allowances in the amount fixed by the General Assembly.

They are the duties of the referees:

Maintain the strictest impartiality and independence in the arbitration of a competition.

Attend meetings and training and technical retraining courses called by the EFF.

To attend and perform their duties in competitions for which they are designated by the EFF.

In the appointment of arbitrators, the right of refusal of the persons concerned may not be exercised, except in the cases provided for by legal reason. Those who are appointed may not refrain from arbitration of the competition in question, except in cases of force majeure, which shall be assessed by the Committee.

SECTION NINTH: OF THE ANTI-DOPING COMMISSION

Art. 45. The Anti-Doping Commission is the body that holds the authority and responsibility for the control of banned substances and methods in the sport of petanque in Spain, as well as the application of regulatory standards.

The presidency will be the Chair of the EFF, who will also appoint its members.

Its composition, regime and operation will be determined by regulatory development.

SECTION TENTH: OF THE COMPETITION COMMITTEE

Art. 46. The Committee of Competition is the body that holds, regardless of the arbitration function, the authority and responsibility in the development of a competition, being consulted by the arbitrators and ultimately deciding on the incidents They have been brought up during the competition; they are also competent for the application of disciplinary rules.

The President shall be appointed by the Chair of the EFF, who shall also appoint its members.

Its composition, regime and operation will be determined by regulatory development.

CHAPTER VII

Disciplinary regime

Art. 47. Applicable legislation.-The disciplinary regime of the EFF shall be governed by the provisions of Law 10/1990 of 15 October of the Sport, Royal Decree 1591/1992 of 23 December 1992 on Sports Discipline, by these Statutes and by the development.

The EFF exercises disciplinary authority over all the persons who form part of its organic structure, the sportsmen, clubs, referees, and in general, all those persons or entities, which, being attached to the EFF, develop functions or exercise positions.

Art. 48. From the Disciplinary Committee in general.-the FEP Disciplinary Committee is the court of first and last instance of the EFF, which shall exercise its functions and powers with absolute freedom and independence. Its scope extends to the entire national territory and will be based in Madrid, at the same address as the Federation for all intents and purposes.

When circumstances determine, the Committee may meet at any place on the national territory, at the initiative of its President.

The EFF will provide the Disciplinary Committee with all the necessary material, technical and human resources for its normal operation.

Art. 49. Composition of the Disciplinary Committee. The Disciplinary Committee shall be composed of a President and two Vocals, and shall be appointed, if appropriate, on a proposal from the Chair of the EFF and with the approval of the Board of Directors.

He will also be part of the Disciplinary Committee, the Secretary, who will attend the meetings with a voice but without a vote.

The members of the Committee shall not be remunerated, but may receive allowances for attendance at their meetings, in terms of regulations.

Art. 50. The Discipline Committee's competencies. -The Discipline Committee will have the following functions:

(a) To process the disciplinary proceedings initiated on its own initiative, at the request of the person concerned or at the request of the Superior Council of Sports.

(b) to resolve at first and, where appropriate, in the second instance for the acts of the Territorial Delegations, the disciplinary proceedings.

c) Represent through its President the disciplinary order of the sport of the petanque of state ambit.

d) Inform the Chair of the EFF and its Board of Directors of the files in progress or resolution.

The functioning and organization of the Disciplinary Committee will be determined in a regulated manner, as well as the criminalization of violations and sanctions.

CHAPTER VIII

From the economic regime

Art. 51. Management regime.-FEP is sovereign in the administration of its resources, being only subject to the Law and to the fulfilment of the purposes set out in the present Statutes.

The EFF will allocate all of its resources to the achievement of the aims of its object.

Art. 52. Economic resources. -They are economic resources intended for the fulfillment of the aims:

1. The grants that the Public Entities grant.

2. Donations, inheritances, legacies and prizes awarded to you.

3. The quotas of the licenses, agreed by the General Assembly.

4. The loans or loans you obtain.

5. The financial penalties imposed on the members.

6. Products of goods and rights that correspond to you.

7. The benefits obtained in the organization and promotion of sports activities and competitions.

8. The fruits of his heritage.

9. Goods and resources derived from complementary activities of an individual, commercial, professional or service nature.

10. Any other appeal which may be attributed to the EFF by law or by virtue of a convention.

Art. 53. Management. The administration of the EFF funds shall be subject to sufficient intervention and publicity in order to enable members to have regular knowledge of the destination of the funds.

The EDF will not be able to approve deficit budgets, except for the express authorization of the Superior Council of Sports.

The administration of the budget will respond to the principle of a single box, with its own revenues being devoted, as a priority to the expenditure of the structure.

The accounting will be adjusted to the standards of adaptation of the General Accounting Plan of the Spanish sports federations, approved by the Accounting and Audit Institute of the Ministry of Economy and Finance.

In the first month of each year, a balance sheet and revenue and expenditure accounts must be submitted to the Superior Council of Sports for their control and knowledge.

For the provision of funds from the EFF accounts, and to proceed with the relevant payments, the joint signature of two of the following charges will be required:

The President.

The Vice President first.

The Manager.

CHAPTER IX

From the documentary regime

Art. 54. The documentary scheme of the EFF shall consist of the following books:

1. Book of registration of autonomic Federations that are integrated in the EFF and of the Delegations or Autonomous Units that may exist.

This record book will reflect the names of the same, their registered office, and the names of those who hold positions of representation and government, with the express mention of the dates of the inauguration and the end of the the same.

2. Book of registration of clubs, in which the name, registered office, and the identification of the Presidents and members of the Board of Directors, indicating the dates of the inauguration and the cessation of their posts.

3. Record book of minutes, in which the minutes of the meetings of the General Assembly, the Delegate Committee, the Board of Directors and other Committees will be transcribed.

4. Accounting books, as such, those required in the Commercial Code for these Entities.

5. Other books that could legally be required.

The advertising of the books is restricted to the written request of the interested parties, which must be agreed upon by the Board of Directors. The examination of the same shall take place at the headquarters of the EFF in the presence of the Secretary, who may issue a certificate on the content of the EFF.

Without prejudice to the foregoing, the Superior Sports Council may at all times supervise the contents of the indicated books.

CHAPTER X

From modifying Statutes and Federative Regulations

Art. 55. The Statutes may be amended by agreement of the majority of the members of the General Assembly, on a proposal from the President, of two-thirds of the members of the Delegation or one-third of the members of the General Assembly.

The proposed amendment shall be made by a duly motivated report and shall be included on the agenda of the ordinary General Assembly which is held later, or of the General Assembly. extraordinary that the effect be called.

Approved the modification of the Statutes, the agreement will be communicated to the Superior Council of Sports for its ratification and registration in the Register of Sports Associations and subsequent publication. The entry into force will take place the day after its approval by the Board of Directors of the Higher Sports Council, without prejudice to its subsequent publication in the Official Journal of the State.

The amendment of the Regulations shall be carried out by the Commission Delegated to the proposal of the President or two-thirds of the members of the Commission, without prejudice to the provisions of Article 25 (d) of these Statutes.

The proposed amendment must be made by a duly motivated report and must be included on the agenda of the Delegate Commission that is to be held later. The entry into force will take place on the day following its approval by the FEP's Delegated Commission.

CHAPTER XI

From dissolution and liquidation

Art. 56. The EFF will be dissolved for the following reasons:

1. Agreement of the General Assembly, adopted by a majority of two-thirds of its members.

2. Firm judicial resolution.

3. Revocation of recognition.

4. By integration into another Federation.

5. For the other reasons provided for in Article 11 of Royal Decree 1835/1991, of Spanish Sports Federations.

When the dissolution is by consent of the General Assembly, a liquidating commission will be appointed that will take over the existing funds to satisfy the outstanding obligations. The remainder, if any, shall apply to the carrying out of similar activities by the Higher Sports Council for its particular purpose.

CHAPTER XII

Other Provisions

Art. 57. Submission to arbitration. -Any doubt, question or divergence between the EFF and its members, or between them as such either during the operation of the EFF, as during the settlement period, shall be settled by means of an arbitration of equity of three On the basis of Article 34 et seq. of Royal Decree 1835/1991 of 20 December 1991 on Spanish Sports Federations and in the Law of 5 December 1988, the regulator of Private Arbitration.

Art. 58. -Interpretation of the present statutes. -The Board of Directors will be the competent body to interpret the precepts contained in the present Statutes and to cover its loopholes, subject to the legislation in force at the time.

TRANSIENT DEVICES

First. -Within one year of the publication of these Statutes in the Official Journal of the State, the FDAA will have to request their integration into the EFF, in accordance with the provisions of Article 11.2 and 13 of the Statutes.

Second. The Sports Discipline Regulation must be filed in the General Register of the Superior Council of Sports, within three months of the approval of these Statutes by the Board of Directors of the Council Superior Sports.

FINAL PROVISIONS

The Statutes of the Spanish Federation of Petança approved by the Superior Council of Sports are hereby repealed with the date of December 21, 1984.

This Statute shall enter into force on the day following that of its approval by the Board of Directors of the Higher Sports Council, without prejudice to its subsequent publication in the Official Journal of the State.