Legal Affairs Department Ref No M MH C F CJO ANA ME 93HMS shr By fax only TO - IOC Members - WADA Accredited Laboratories - IOC Medical Commission Members - IOC Honorary Members - National Olympic Committees - NOC Medical Liaison Officers - International Summer Sports Federations on Olympic Programme - Olympic Games Organising Committees - National Anti-Doping Agencies - World Anti-Doping Agency - International Winter Sports Federations on Olympic Programme CC - Court of Arbitration for Sport Lausanne 28 October 2011 Regulations regarding participation in the Olympic Games - Rule 45 of the Olympic Charter Dear Sir or Madam As you are probably aware the Court of Arbitration for Sport CAS recently rendered an Arbitral Award pursuant to which CAS held that the “Regulations regarding participation in the Olympic Games - Rule 45 of the Olympic Charter” are invalid and unenforceable A copy of these Regulations are attached for your easy reference In view of the above-noted CAS Award the IOC will abrogate such Regulations and they will no longer apply That being said the IOC intends to come back to the subject matter of these Regulations in the context of the next revision of the World Anti-Doping Code in 2013 Yours sincerely Christophe De Kepper Director General Encl ment               REGULATIONS REGARDING PARTICIPATION IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES   RULE 45 OF THE OLYMPIC CHARTER  OC       The  IOC  Executive  Board   in  accordance  with  Rule  19 3 10  OC  and  pursuant  to  Rule  45  OC   hereby  issues the following rules regarding participation in the Olympic Games       1    Any person who has been sanctioned with a suspension of more than six months by any anti‐ doping organization  for any violation of  any  anti‐doping regulations may  not participate  in  any capacity  in  the next edition  of the  Games  of the Olympiad  and of the Olympic Winter  Games following the date of expiry of such suspension      2   These Regulations apply to violations of any anti‐doping regulations that are committed as of  1  July  2008   They  are  notified  to  all  International  Federations   to  all  National  Olympic  Committees and to all Organising Committees for the Olympic Games       Athens  27 June 2008    On behalf of the IOC Executive Board         ________________________    _______________________  Jacques Rogge        Urs Lacotte  President      Director General