A licensee is considered to have committed a significant breach of the squad cost rule if:
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its squad cost ratio for the licence season is more than 20% points above the limit defined in Article 93; or
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its squad cost ratio for the licence season is more than 10% points above the limit defined in Article 93 and it has exceeded the limit defined in Article 93 once or more in the previous three licence seasons; or
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its squad cost ratio for the licence season is above the limit defined in Article 93 and its squad cost ratio has exceeded the limit defined in Article 93 two or more times in the previous three licence seasons.