Department updates in Main Para Dressage

The deadline for all NFs qualified to take part in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, to send an FEI Certificate of Capability for all Athletes and Horses nominated to the FEI is 25 June 2024 23:59 CEST (Swiss time).
Athletes and Horses for which FEI Certificates of Capability have not been received by the FEI within the requested deadline, will not be accepted and not allowed to participate in the Olympic Games. The FEI Certificate of Capability must include the record of the results obtained in Competitions, satisfying the requirements as laid down for the respective discipline in the FEI Regulations for Equestrian Events at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, confirming that the Athletes and the Horses have obtained the necessary experience and ability to participate at the required standard.

The FEI Nominated /Certificate of Capability Entry forms include the space to enter the Horse Owners, this is in relation to the counter-check for the Sport entry deadline (8 July 2024).
The Paris2024 Sport entry system (8 July 2024 – Sport entry deadline) will require that NOCs/NFs declare - ‘Horse Owner 1’ and ‘Horse Owner 2’ – in the fields that are set up as drop-down lists, with names from the accreditation system that are registered in the Horse Owner category. The Horse Owner 1 must be validated against the Horse Passport.
In case an NOC/NF decides to make a Pre-competition Change (LAR) before the first Horse Inspection of the respective discipline with a Horse from the FEI Nominated Entries different from the Horse entered by 8 July 2024, the Horse Owner information must be available and entered in the system accordingly.
We invite NOCs/NFs to submit the information of Horse Owner 1 for any Horse not included in the Paris2024 Sport entry system separately to the FEI by 8 July 2024 to ensure that the FEI can confirm the information and allow a potential transfer if needed.

No commercial prefix or suffix will be included with the name of a Horse on any Olympic participation/entry, start or result list. The FEI reserves the right to amend any Horse’s name accordingly (see Olympic Regs Art. 606.2.5).
It is the responsibility of the NF/NOC to remove (indicated as strikethrough text or in quotation marks) any commercial prefix or suffix from the names of the Horses listed in the Certificate of Capability. FEI Headquarters will review the list and confirm any additional changes when confirming the Nominated entries (Certificates of Capability).

Any Pre-competition Change can only be made with another Athlete/Horse combination that has obtained the Minimum Eligibility Requirement for participation according to the relevant discipline rules and duly entered on the FEI List of Nominated Entry list from 25 June 2024. (Olympic Regs Art 609.1.2).
For Jumping, Dressage, a maximum of four Horses from Nations qualified with a Team and one Horse for Nations qualified with an Individual may be stabled at the Olympic venue at the same time. Only four Athlete/Horse combinations can be entered on the Definite Entry list for the teams and only one Athlete/horse combination can be entered for the Individual of each Nation in Jumping.
For Eventing, a maximum of four Horses for Nations qualified with a Team and, either one Horse for Nations qualified with one Individual or two Horses for Nations qualified with two Individuals, may be stabled at the Olympic venue at the same time.
For administrative purposes, the deadline for the LAR procedure (approved by the Paris2024 OC, IOC and FEI) involving the switch of an Athlete/Horse combination from outside of the Olympic stables, needs to be completed at the latest two hours before the first Horse Inspection of the respective discipline. 

• Eventing LAR: 26 July 07h30 – first Horse Inspection at 9:30am
• Dressage LAR: 28 July 05h00 – first Horse Inspection at 7:00am
• Jumping LAR: 31 July 05h30 – first Horse Inspection at 7:30am (first possibility for Pre-competition Changes)

We would like to remind you that NFs, intending to enter Dressage Athletes for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, are required to provide the details of all music to be used in the FEI Grand Prix Freestyle test at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and to ensure that the music is correctly licensed for use.
To facilitate this, the platform ClicknClear has been made available specifically for this purpose. All information on completing the process via the ClicknClear’s system is available here on the FEI Paris 2024 hub.
As this process could take some time, we encourage all NFs to directly inform their Dressage Athletes about this requirement, so that they keep this in mind when preparing their Olympic Dressage routines.
All official licensing for music must be fully completed via ClicknClear by 8 July 2024 at 23:59 local Paris time.

The submission deadline for the individualised floorplans via the FEI Freestyle Creator has been set to the start of the Grand Prix Special. Submitting the floorplan in time is mandatory for all athletes who qualified either for the Grand Prix Special (Team Athletes) or directly for the Grand Prix Freestyle (Individual Athletes). This submission deadline was selected not only to give athletes as much time as possible to decide which floorplan they want to use, but also to enable storytelling around the specific difficulties of these floorplans and to facilitate the Olympic Broadcasting Service capture combinations in the best way possible. Please note that athletes can contact the FEI through dressagefreestyle@fei.org should they wish to check that their floorplans are correctly entered.

Further to discussions with the IOC, we encourage all NOCs/NFs to review the guidelines regarding Authorised Identification for Equestrian at the Olympic Games 2024 are available under the following links and on the FEI Paris 2024 hub:

• Identifications-NOC-Team-Apparel-Guidelines-Paris-2024.pdf (olympics.com)
• FEI.pdf (olympics.com)

In the lead up to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games (Paris 2024) the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has recently launched the campaign “Believe in Sport” to raise awareness about competition manipulation and most importantly about what is permitted and what is not permitted during Paris 2024 by any accredited person to the Games.
Keeping sport fair is a top priority for the IOC and for the FEI. As the manipulation of sports competitions has become an area of great concern in recent years within the sports world, the FEI remains committed to fighting all forms of cheating that threaten both the integrity and the essence of sport.
It is important to note that this information concerns not only Athletes and Officials, but any person accredited to the Games as the Athletes' Support Personnel, such as trainers, owners, grooms, veterinarians, etc… Furthermore, Executive Board and Board members, as well as their guests are also concerned.
It is the personal responsibility of everyone involved in the Games, to be aware of the Olympic Movement Code on the Prevention of Manipulation of Competitions including, without limitation, what conduct constitutes a violation of the Code and to comply with the Code's requirements.
Always remember these four basic Rules:
Rule #1: Don’t fix the competition and always do your best
Rule #2: Don’t bet on your own sport or any event at the Olympic Games
Rule #3: Don’t share information about health issues and sport tactics
Rule #4: Speak up! If you witness or suspect competition manipulation, you must report it.
For more information on the prevention of competition manipulation (such as definitions, what is permitted and what is not permitted at Paris 2024, the Code on the Prevention of Manipulation of Competitions, the e-learning course or the Reporting Mechanism) click here.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact the FEI Director Governance & Institutional Affairs, Francisco Lima at Francisco.lima@fei.org.

PARALYMPIC GAMES - PARA DRESSAG

Important Deadlines

National Federations (NFs) are reminded of the upcoming deadlines concerning the Paralympic Games:

As a reminder, the FEI Certificate of Capability for the Paralympic Games is available for download on the FEI Paris 2024 hub. All NFs qualified to take part at the Paralympic Games must send an FEI Certificate of Capability for all Athletes and Horses nominated, to FEI no later than 19 June 2024 23:59 CEST (Swiss time).
NPCs qualified to take part in the Paralympic Games must send a Certificate of Capability for each Athlete/Horse combination nominated, on a form provided by the FEI, to the FEI no later than 19 June 2024 23:59 CEST (Swiss time). Athletes for which Certificates of Capability have not been received within the requested deadline will not be accepted and not allowed to participate.
The Certificate of Capability (which can be obtained by Athlete/Horse combinations until 18 June 2024), must include a record of the results obtained in Competitions, satisfying the Minimum Eligibility Requirement as laid down in the Qualification Procedure confirming that the Athlete/Horse combinations have the necessary experience and ability to participate at the required standard.

Kindly note that the NF of a Horse belonging to a partnership, company or a syndicate of owners must inform the FEI by the date of the OCOG/IPC Nominated Entries for NPCs: 19 June 2024 of the name of one owner to ensure that it is entered in the Paralympic Accreditation System.

Equine physiotherapy is regulated in France and can normally only be carried out by licensed veterinarians. The competent authority French Ministry of Agriculture (MASA) - Direction Générale de l'Alimentation (DGAL) has kindly agreed to a derogation during the Paris 2024 Games. The following conditions apply:

1. Only one non-veterinary physiotherapist per NOC/NPC and discipline will be allowed.
2. Non-veterinary physiotherapists must work under the supervision of the Team Veterinarian who in turn must have physiotherapy skills.
3. Restricted Supportive Therapies as per FEI Veterinary Regulations Article 1063 must be recorded by the non-veterinary physiotherapist and shared with the Organising Committee. (Forms will be distributed by the VSM organisation)
4. NOCs/NPCs must register their non-veterinary physiotherapists with the Organising Committee (VSM) for the Olympic Games no later than 30 June 2024 and for the Paralympic Games no later than 31 July 2024. Please consult the Veterinary and Farrier Services Guide for details. The Organising Committee will send the list of non-veterinary physiotherapists to MASA-DGAL for their authorisation of the non-veterinary physiotherapists to carry out Restricted Supportive Therapies at the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.  

For the physiotherapists working for the Olympic Games, please send information to the following address: vetnocregistration@paris2024.org or;
For physiotherapists working for the Paralympic Games, please send information to the following address: vetnpcregistration@paris2024.org.

The following documents are now also available on the FEI Paris 2024 hub:

OLYMPIC GAMES:

• Timetable update: in light of the very compact timetable, changes have been made to timings for horse inspections to allow for familiarization on FoP for the respective disciplines.
• NOC Medical Guide
• IOC Late Athlete replacement policy
• NOC P Accreditation Access Policy - NFs should be liaising with their NOCs on any matters regarding accreditation, including P accreditations.

OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES:

• Equestrian Freight Manual - Informative note for NOCs/NPCs

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• FEI Paris 2024 Hub
• Disciplines – Qualification Systems & Certificates of Capability
• FEI Regulations for Equestrian Events at the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games

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