Article 1 Definition of terms - Procedural Rules of CFCB

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For the purpose of these rules, the following definitions apply:

1. Licence applicant: a football club, i.e. a legal entity responsible for a football first team participating in national club competitions, that has applied for a licence to enter UEFA club competitions.

2. Licensee: a licence applicant that has been granted a licence to enter UEFA club competitions.

3. Licensor: a UEFA member association or its affiliated league that operates the UEFA club licensing system at national level, grants licences to enter UEFA club competitions and undertakes certain tasks as part of the UEFA club monitoring process.

4. Defendant: a UEFA member association, licensor, licence applicant, licensee or individual that is subject to the UEFA Club Licensing and Financial Sustainability Regulations and/or the UEFA Club Licensing Regulations for UEFA Women’s Club Competitions, as well as the regulations governing UEFA club competitions, and against which proceedings have been initiated by the CFCB.

5. Reporting member: a member of the First Chamber appointed by the chair of the First Chamber to establish the facts and collect evidence in a proceeding initiated by the CFCB and to present conclusions, including a recommendation as regards the decision to be taken, to the First Chamber.

6. Licence season: the UEFA season for which a licence applicant has applied for or/ been granted a licence. It starts the day following the deadline for submission of the list of licensing decisions by the licensor to UEFA and lasts until the same deadline the following year.