FAI and CIVL Documents

The latest versions of those important documents for pilots, organisers, CIVL officials and delegates, covering rules and regulations, competitions, safety and CIVL internal affairs.

Rules & Regulations
Section 7A
Hang Gliding; Classes I, II, IV and V
2009 sc07a_2009.pdf (550 KB)
Aerobatic Annex to Section 7A 2009 sc07a_aerobatics_2009.pdf (205 KB)
Section 7B
Paragliding; Class III
2009 sc07b_2009.pdf (721 KB)
Aerobatic Annex to Section 7B 2009 sc07b_aerobatics_2009.pdf (185 KB)
Section 7C
Paragliding Accuracy; Class III
2009 sc07c_2009.pdf (613 KB)
Section 7D
Records and Badges; All Classes
2009 sc07d_2009.pdf (444 KB)
General Section go to download page
Approved Local Regulations for Category 1 Competitions
Preparing for competitions
Application form for FAI/CIVL sanction as a Category 2 event v3.5.1 ApplFormCat2-V3-5-1.doc (67.5 KB)
Practical Guidelines for Organisers of FAI/CIVL Competitions v1.4 org-guide-v1.4.zip (306 KB)
Personal Release for Participants to FAI Championships Perso_Release200302.doc (22 KB)
Women's hang gliding exemption form under revision
Guidelines for presentation of bids to hold FAI/CIVL Championships
Safety & training documents
SafePro: a training and safety standard for hang gliding 2005 safepro_2005.zip (66 KB)
ParaPro: a training and safety standard for paragliding 2008 parapro_2008.pdf (178 KB)
IPPI card documents
CIVL Officials & Delegates
CIVL Jury and Stewards Handbook
CIVL Long Term Plan
CIVL Internal Regulations 2008 CIVLInternalRegulations2008.pdf (120 KB)
CIVL Internal Regulations - Annex 2 2008 CIVL_IRsAnnex2_2008.pdf (22 KB)
CIVL Meetings
CIVL Plenary Meeting Minutes
CIVL Bureau Meeting Minutes

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Other FAI Documents

At http://www.fai.org/documents, you will be able to download the following FAI documents applicable to all air sports:

Information on anti-doping issues is published on the page of the FAI Medico-Physiological Commission at http://www.fai.org/medical/antidoping.

CIVL Jury and Stewards

CIVL seeks more volunteers for Jury & Stewards

Under FAI regulations, set out in the General Section, all FAI First Category events shall have an International Jury to deal with protests and monitor the conduct of the event, and at least one Steward, as adviser to the Event Director. These important FAI officials are appointed by the respective commissions, according to the specific terms set out, in our case, in Section 7 of the Sporting Code. The Jury positions are entirely voluntary; no remuneration is paid. In 2009 CIVL elected to recompense Stewards a small daily allowance for their work during the events. However, all reasonable expenses for all officials are paid by the competition Organisers.

Role of Stewards: They watch over the conduct of the event and report any unfairness or infringement of the Rules and Regulations or behaviour prejudicial to the safety of other competitors or the public or in any way harmful to the sport. They assemble information and facts concerning matters to be considered by the International Jury.

Role of the Jury: The Jury is the neutral and independent element between the organiser and the competitors. The Jury will rule on protests which may affect the outcome of individual pilot or team scores. The normal composition of a Jury is: A very experienced Jury President, an experienced first Jury member and a trainee member.

Role of the Jury President: In addition to being the Chairman at Jury meetings, the Jury President has the right to require the Organisers to abide by the FAI Sporting Code and the published rules and regulations for the event. If the organisers fail to do so, the President of the Jury has the power to stop the event until a Jury meeting has considered the situation.

Jury President reports are published after each Category 1 event.
Steward reports are made available to CIVL delegates.

Further information on the role of Jury and Stewards can be found in the CIVL Jury and Steward Handbook (download below - version 3.10; updated 1st April 2008). This package includes the CIVL Jury and Steward Application Form.
Competition organisers should also be familiar with this document, and see further guidance available in the Practical Guidelines for Organisers of FAI/CIVL Competitions document.

Training:
CIVL is constantly looking for more volunteers to train to become Stewards and Jury Members. Candidates should have some relevant experience, such as key member of a competition organising team, senior Judge or Cat 1 competition pilot.
The usual start point is a Training Seminar – these are generally held during the annual Plenary Meeting. A seminar can also be organised at other times by arrangement. Anyone wishing to train to be a Jury member or Steward should complete the Application Form contained in the Jury & Steward Handbook and send it to CIVL. Applicants are then entered on the CIVL Jury & Steward database (online version currently under construction).
The usual progression is to start as a junior Jury member, and working at several Cat 1 events before tackling the role of Steward. Trainee Stewards normally ‘shadow’ an experienced Steward at a Test Event or Category 1 event, before taking on the role themselves. More information is set out in the Jury & Steward Handbook.

Appointment/selection:
The CIVL Bureau is empowered to appoint the Jury and Stewards required for FAI Category 1 competitions, and Stewards for Test Events. The process commences soon after the Organiser Agreement has been signed, normally just after the Plenary meeting where bids are presented and selected.
Normally, once a year, the CIVL Jury & Steward coordinator contacts all personnel on the database asking them to verify their availability and interest in the events requiring FAI officials coming up in the next one or two years. If there are insufficient volunteers for an event, s/he will contact all appropriately qualified people individually, to find suitable officials.

The list of volunteers for 2010 Jury and Steward duties, and those selected, is available for downloading below.

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Guidelines for presentation of bids to hold FAI/CIVL Championships

Preparing and presenting bids

The current document outlining the guidelines for preparing and presenting bids for Category 1 competitions including Annex A is available here. This document is updated each year, so check that you have the most recent version when you start preparing a bid.
Normally, bids are presented and Championships are awarded at the Plenary two years prior. For example, 2010 Championships were awarded in February 2008. At the 2010 Plenary, the following 2012 Championships were awarded: