The UEFA administration acts as the decision-making body on exception requests submitted by licensors and its decisions on such matters are final.
An exception request must be in writing, clear and well founded.
Exception requests must be submitted by the licensor by the deadline and in the form communicated by the UEFA administration.
The UEFA administration uses the necessary discretion to grant exceptions within the limits of these regulations.
The status and situation of football within the territory of the licensor will be taken into account when considering an exception. These include, for example:
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size of the territory, population, geography, economic background;
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size of the licensor (number of clubs, number of registered players and teams, size and quality of the administration of the licensor, etc.);
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level of football (professional, semi-professional or amateur clubs);
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status of football as a sport within the territory and its market potential (average attendance, TV market, sponsorship, revenue potential, etc.);
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UEFA coefficient (of the UEFA member association and its clubs) and FIFA ranking;
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stadium ownership situation (club, city, community, etc.) within the territory of the national association; and
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support (financial and other) from the national, regional and local authorities, including the national sports ministry.
A decision by the UEFA administration on an exception request shall be communicated to the licensor in writing, stating the reasoning. The licensor must then communicate it to all its licence applicants.
An appeal can be lodged against a final decision by the UEFA administration in writing before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in accordance with the relevant provisions of the UEFA Statutes.