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European Olympic Committee- The Olympic Charter

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I. The Olympic Movement’s Principles
The fundamental principles of the Olympic Movement are;
A. Olympicism is a philosophy of life, exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, will and mind. Blending sport with culture and education, Olympicism seeks to create a way of life based on the joy of effort, the educational value of good example and respect for universal fundamental ethical principles.
B. The goal of Olympicism is to place sport at the service of the harmonious development of man, with a view to promoting a peaceful society concerned with the preservation of human dignity.
C. The Olympic Movement is the concerted, organised, universal and permanent action, carried out under the supreme authority of the EOC, of all individuals and entities who are inspired by the values of Olympicism. It reaches its peak with the bringing together of Europe's athletes at the great sports festival, the Olympic Games. Its symbol is five interlaced rings.
D. The practice of sport is a human right. Every individual must have the possibility of practising sporting the Olympic spirit, which requires mutual understanding with a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play. The organisation, administration and management of sport must be controlled by recognised sports organisations.
E. Belonging to the Olympic Movement requires compliance with the Olympic Charter and recognition by the EOC.

II. The European Olympic Committee
A. The European Olympic Committee (EOC) is defined as the global collective of nations and their National Olympic Committees.
B. The mission of the EOC is to promote Olympicism throughout the world and to lead the Olympic Movement. This includes upholding ethics in sports, encouraging participation in sports, ensuring the Olympic Games take place on a regular schedule, protecting the Olympic Movement, and encouraging and supporting the development of sport.
C. The European Olympic Committee is also charged with maintaining this Charter and ensuring that its principals and articles are applied whenever necessary through peaceful means in sport and other areas.
D. Membership of the European Olympic Committee is open to all nations who have an established National Olympic Committee and agree to the principals of the European Olympic Committee as laid out in this treaty. The right to award membership lies with the existing members of the EOC. A majority of existing members of the EOC must agree to the admittance of a new member.
E. All members shall be united and represented in the General Congress of the European Olympic Committee. Every EOC member will be granted one vote in the General Congress which will pass Resolutions defining the policies of the EOC and any other issues which need to be resolved. The General Congress will meet at least once in every Olympiad in a location that shall be decided by a majority of its members.
F. The General Congress of the EOC will elect, by a majority vote a President from amongst its member states to a serve a twelve year term. The President is charged with leading the European Olympic Committee and the wider Olympic Movement. The President will also chair over meetings of the General Congress including the meeting in which his/her successor is chosen.
G. All other matters relating to the structure of the European Olympic Committee are to be defined in Resolutions of the General Congress.

III. The Rights of the European Olympic Committee
A. The Olympic Games are the exclusive property of the EOC which owns all rights and data relating thereto, in particular, and without limitation, all rights relating to their organisation, exploitation, broadcasting, recording, representation, reproduction, access and dissemination in any form and by any means or mechanism whatsoever, whether now existing or developed in the future. The EOC shall determine the conditions of access to and the conditions of any use of data relating to the Olympic Games and to the competitions and sports performances of the Olympic Games.
B. The Olympic symbol, flag, identifications (including but not limited to “Olympic Games” and “Games of the Olympiad”), designations, emblems, flame and torches, as defined in clauses C-F below, shall be collectively or individually referred to as “Olympic properties”. All rights to any and all Olympic properties, as well as all rights to the use thereof, belong exclusively to the EOC.
C. The Olympic symbol consists of five interlaced rings of equal dimensions (the Olympic rings), used alone, in one or in five different colours, which are, from left to right, blue, yellow, black, green and red. The rings are interlaced from left to right; the blue, black and red rings are situated at the top, the yellow and green rings at the bottom.
D. The Olympic flag has a white background, with no border. The Olympic symbol in its five colours is located in its centre.
E. An Olympic emblem is an integrated design associating the Olympic rings with another distinctive element.
F. i) The Olympic flame is the flame which is kindled under the authority of the EOC.
ii) An Olympic torch is a portable torch, or a replica thereof, as approved by the EOC and intended for combustion of the Olympic flame.

IV. The Olympiad
A. The Olympiad is hereby defined as a 12-year long period in which two main sporting events take place; the Summer Games and the Winter Games.
B. During each Olympiad no more than one Summer Games and Winter Games are to be held.
C. The duty of maintaining the structure of the Olympiad and coordinating the games of each Olympiad is held by the European Olympic Committee and its President.
D. The sports to be celebrated at each Summer and Winter Games are subject to Resolution by the European Olympic Committee.
E. The games of each Olympiad are open to all athletes of all nations who are of a standard acceptable for participation in international level competition. Citizenship of an EOC member nation is not a requirement for participation in the games.
F. i) The host city of each games shall be decided by the General Congress of the European Olympic Committee during the tenth year of the preceding Olympiad in which the games will take place.
ii) The official bid lodged by a Candidate City shall be delivered to the EOC President before the end of the ninth year of the preceding Olympiad.
iii) Regardless of the form of the bid, it must be signed by the head of the Candidate City's NOC. The bid must also be supported by the written approval of the Host Government and the HostCity in order to ensure their cooperation in the successful staging of the Games.
iv) No two Olympiads shall be awarded in succession to the same nation.
v) The selection of the host will take place during a specially assembled session of the General Congress of the EOC according to the rules related to voting in the General Congress as laid out in this Charter. A first vote shall be taken by in relation to the Candidate Cities and if one CandidateCity obtains more than 50% of votes cast over the total votes for all other Candidate Cities, it shall be awarded the Olympic Games. If no Candidate City receives more than 50% of votes, the Candidate City obtaining the least number of votes cast shall be withdrawn from the voting, and a further vote shall be taken. If necessary, the procedure shall be continued until only 2 Candidate Cities remain and the Olympic Games shall be awarded to the Candidate City obtaining a majority of votes cast.

V. The legal status of the EOC
A. The EOC is an international non-governmental not-for-profit organisation, of unlimited duration, in the form of an association.
B. Its seat is in Talemantros.
C. The decisions of the EOC are final on all matters relating to the Olympic Movement and its activities.

VI. General Provisions
A. Signatories of this document are not bound to join the European Olympic Committee or participate in any other Olympic Movement activities.
B. Any amendments of this treaty must only be enacted if a majority of members assembled in a conference agree to such an amendment.
C. Signatories of this document are free to withdraw at any time. Notice of their withdrawal from all or some of its provisions must be given to the President.

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