The FEI Board held a teleconference on 17 December. The main resolutions taken on this occasion are listed below.

Governance
Elections and appointments 2025
The Board approved the timeline for the 2025 elections and appointments, as follows:

• 1 February: Publication of open positions (as well as Rules of Conduct, Job Specifications and other working documents);
• 1 May: Deadline for applications to be submitted to the FEI;
• May – June (exact date TBC): Nominations Committee in-person meeting;
• August – September (exact date TBC): If contested, online elections for Group V Chair position;
• 4 November: Appointments by the FEI Board at in-person Board meeting in Hong Kong;
• 7 November: Election by FEI General Assembly 2025.

Legal
Appointment of a new Chair of the Atypical Findings (ATF) Panel
The Board approved the appointment of Clíodhna Guy (IRL) from the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board as Independent Chair of the Atypical Findings (ATF) Panel for one year.

Allocation of FEI Championships and Finals
The Board approved the re-allocation of the FEI Jumping European Championships for Children, Juniors and Young Riders 2025 to Riesenbeck (GER) on 7-13 July.

Jumping
The Board approved the proposed modifications to the following rules:

• Longines EEF Series Rules 2025. The updated document will be published here.
• FEI Jumping World Cup Rules 2025/2026 (Annex D Arab League; Annex F North American League; Annex G China  League; and Annex J Eurasian League);
• FEI Jumping Nations Cup Youth Rules 2025.

The updated versions of the latter two documents will be published here.

The Board approved the removal of the Šamorín (SVK) leg from the FEI Jumping Nations Cup Youth Series 2025 season without replacement.

Vaulting
The Board approved the FEI Vaulting Guidelines 2025.
The updated document has been published here.

Grooms Consultative Group (GCG)
The Board appointed Daniela Garcia Nigaglioni (MEX), High-Performance Director of the Mexican Equestrian Federation and Secretary General of the Pan American Equestrian Confederation (PAEC), as the representative of the National Federations and Tomas Torgersen (SWE), the Equestrian Organisers Board Member, as the stakeholder’s representative on the Grooms Consultative Group.

Driving
FEI Driving Rules 2025 – Postponement Application Annexes 11 and 12*
Emergency Board Resolution
The Board approves the suspension of the implementation of Annex 11 and Annex 12 of the FEI Driving Rules 2025 pending the full revision of the FEI Driving Rules that will take place in 2025.

Given that this is an Emergency Board Resolution, National Federations have until 19 January 2025 to signify their disapproval by sending an email to Francisco P. Lima, Director Governance & Institutional Affairs.