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ITTF
Handbook 2009
/ 2010 |
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Description |
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CONSTITUTION |
| 1.01 |
NAME |
| 1.01.01 |
The Federation shall be called The International Table Tennis Federation, referred to elsewhere in this Constitution by its abbreviated title "ITTF". |
| 1.02 |
COMPOSITION |
| 1.02.01 |
The ITTF shall consist of the affiliated table tennis organisations, referred to elsewhere in the Rules as "Associations", governing the sport in accordance with the principles of the ITTF in any territory generally regarded as constituting a national, historical or other unity. |
| 1.02.02 |
The ITTF is a not-for-profit organisation governed by Article 60 and its derivatives of the Swiss Civil Code; it is endowed with legal status and its members, officers and employees shall not be responsible for its debts. |
| 1.02.03 |
Associations shall not be regarded as agents of the ITTF. |
| 1.03 |
PRINCIPLES |
| 1.03.01 |
The principles of the ITTF shall be general unity of action, mutual respect of Associations in their dealings with one another and the inadmissibility of discrimination against Associations or individuals on racial, political, religious or other grounds. |
| 1.03.01 |
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| 1.03.02 |
The ITTF is committed to providing a sport and work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. Each individual has the right to participate and work in an environment, which promotes equal opportunities and prohibits discriminatory practices. |
| 1.03.03 |
The ITTF is committed to providing a sport environment free of harassment on any basis without exception. |
| 1.03.03.01 |
The Executive Committee shall impose appropriate disciplinary sanctions from warnings to exclusions from all kind of activity in the ITTF, when a complaint of harassment has been substantiated. The same disciplinary sanctions shall be imposed if a false accusation has been substantiated |
| 1.03.04 |
The ITTF shall observe the general and fundamental principles of the Olympic Charter and no provision of this Constitution shall be deemed to conflict with or derogate from those principles. |
| 1.03.05 |
The ITTF shall co-operate with the IOC, ASOIF, GAISF, IPC and other organisations that recognise it as the controlling and governing authority for table tennis throughout the world. |
| 1.03.05 |
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| 1.04 |
OBJECTS |
| 1.04.01 |
The objects of the ITTF shall be: |
| 1.04.01.01 |
to uphold the principles of the ITTF and to develop the spirit of friendship and mutual assistance among Associations and players; |
| 1.04.01.02 |
to regulate relations between Associations and between Associations and other organisations; |
| 1.04.01.03 |
to seek continual improvement in the technical standard of table tennis and in the extent of participation in the sport throughout the world; |
| 1.04.01.04 |
to foster friendly sporting competition and to eliminate unfair and unsporting practices such as the use of drugs to enhance performance; |
| 1.04.01.05 |
to establish and maintain the Laws of Table Tennis and the Regulations for International Competitions; |
| 1.04.01.06 |
to publish the standard text, which shall be the English text, of the Rules, consisting of the Constitution, the Laws and the Regulations; |
| 1.04.01.07 |
to encourage the publication of the Rules in other languages and to check the accuracy of such publications; |
| 1.04.01.08 |
to promote and to supervise World and Olympic title competitions; |
| 1.04.01.09 |
to employ the funds of the ITTF as may be expedient in the interests of international table tennis; |
| 1.04.01.10 |
to endeavour to increase participation at all levels, to enhance the popularity of the sport, to develop new sources of revenue, and to manage the sport through a systematic planning process; |
| 1.04.01.11 |
to encourage players, coaches and officials to present the sport positively in the best ways so as to enhance its image. |
| 1.04.01.12 |
to encourage and to support the promotion of women in sport at all levels and to ensure significant representation of women in ITTF Committees, Commissions and Working Groups. |
| 1.05 |
MANAGEMENT |
| 1.05.01 |
The governing body of the ITTF shall be the General Meeting, consisting of the assembled representatives of Associations. |
| 1.05.01.01 |
Each Association shall be entitled to 2 representatives, referred to elsewhere in this Constitution as “delegates” at a General Meeting. |
| 1.05.01.02 |
There shall be an Annual General Meeting, referred to elsewhere in this Constitution as “AGM”. |
| 1.05.02 |
Between AGMs the work of the ITTF shall be managed, in accordance with policy decided by the AGM, by a Board of Directors, referred to elsewhere in this Constitution as “Board”, to which the AGM may delegate any of its powers. |
| 1.05.02.01 |
The Board shall consist of the President, Executive Vice-Presidents, Presidents of Continental Federations or their appointees and 32 Continental representatives. |
| 1.05.02.02 |
Chairmen of Committees and Commissions shall be invited to attend the AGM and the Board of Directors meetings as expert advisers without voting privileges. |
| 1.05.02.03 |
The Board shall meet as required during the period of the AGM but shall otherwise conduct its business by correspondence. |
| 1.05.03 |
An Executive Committee shall have power to deal with all current or urgent business, reporting to the Board at its next meeting. |
| 1.05.03.01 |
The Executive Committee shall consist of the President and 8 Executive Vice-Presidents of which one shall be nominated by the President as Deputy President and another one shall be responsible for finance. |
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