New in RSTP 2012
When we compare the RSTP 2012 with the previous RSTP (2010) we will notice the RSTP only has undergone minor editorial changes. However there is a change in the benefit of players.
The new text of article 12 is as following:
12 Enforcement of disciplinary sanctions
1. Any disciplinary sanction of up to four matches or up to three months that has been imposed on a player by the former association but not yet (entirely) served by the time of the transfer shall be enforced by the new association at which the player has been registered in order for the sanction to be served at domestic level. When issuing the ITC, the former association shall notify the new association via TMS (for players to be registered as professionals) or in writing (for players to be registered as amateurs) of any such disciplinary sanction that has yet to be (entirely) served.
2. Any disciplinary sanction of more than four matches or more than three months that has not yet been (entirely) served by a player shall be enforced by the new association that has registered the player only if the FIFA Disciplinary Committee has extended the disciplinary sanction to have worldwide effect. Additionally, when issuing the ITC, the former association shall notify the new association via TMS (for players to be registered as professionals) or in writing (for players to be registered as amateurs) of any such pending disciplinary sanction.
Under the old 2010 system any disciplinary suspension imposed on a player prior to a transfer had to be enforced or applied by the new association.
Good news for the clubs
Annexe 1 article 2, par. 4 is totally new:
If a professional male player participating in eleven-a-side football suffers during the period of his release for an international “A” match a bodily injury caused by an accident and is, as a consequence of such an injury, temporary
totally disabled, the club with which the player concerned is registered will be indemnified by FIFA. The terms and conditions of the indemnification, including the loss-handling procedures, are set forth in the Technical Bulletin – Club
Protection Programme.
Regarding transfer of minors
A new paragraph in 4 of Annexe 2 underlines that FIFA is serious in her effort to ban the transfer of minors. The new paragraph stipulates that:
FIFA TMS GmbH shall investigate matters in relation to the obligations of parties under the present annexe. All parties are obliged to collaborate to establish the facts. In particular, they shall comply, upon reasonable notice, with
requests for any documents, information or any other material of any nature held by the parties. In addition, the parties shall comply with the procurement and provision of documents, information or any other material of any nature
not held by the parties but which the parties are entitled to obtain. Non-compliance with these requests from FIFA TMS GmbH may lead to sanctions imposed by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee.
The TMS system
The TMS iystem is still pretty new. Therefore it is not surprising that most of the chances of the RSTP 2012 regard the data that has to be entered in the TMS ,
The good news for players is that an provisional ITC has to be issued within 15 days in the event a former association doesn't issue respond to an ITC request, instead of 30 days under the old RSTP. (art 8.6 annexe 3)