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COVID-19 decisions (last update: 01.10.2020) Due to the COVID-19 situation, the Board decided on several special measures and exceptions to the rules: ● For all European FIFe Member countries, the number of certificates needed to obtain the titles IC/IP, GIC/GIP resp. SC/SP is set to 5, 7 resp. 10. These certificates can be obtained in 1 country (for IC/IP) resp. 1 or 2 countries (for GIC/GIP and SC/SP). In each class, at least 1 certificate must be obtained at shows organised after 01.07.2020. This exception is valid until 31.05.2021 (→ Annex 2A and 3A) ● Show Rules Annex 4, for our Members in Asia and Latin America, already provides the possibility of obtaining all certificates in one country and remains unchanged. However, the expiration date for this exception was 31.12.2020, this date is extended with one year, until 31.12.2021 (→ Annex 4) ● For cats born on 16.05.2019 or thereafter, the number of Best in Show titles in classes 11 and/or 12 to qualify for the title Junior Winner is reduced from 5 to 3, since they did not have the full 6 months’ period to qualify for this title. This exception is valid until 31.05.2021 (→ Annex 5A) ● The incumbent Vice Treasurer, Vice Secretary and the three members of the Health & Welfare Commission to continue their positions for one year. At the General Assembly 2021, these two board and three commission positions would be up for election for two years ● For all Winner Shows already listed on the official show calendar and to be organised prior to 01.06.2021, no qualifications are needed for cats to participate ● Our Italian Member ANFI to organise the World Show in 2021 instead of in 2020 after agreement of future World Show organisers to move ahead on the list ● The Compulsory Student Judge Seminar on 27-28.06.2020 to be organised in a virtual meeting ● The expiration date set for Breed Group exams will be prolonged with one year, i.e. until 31.12.2022 ● The validity for theoretical judges exams will be extended with 1 year ● All judges will retain the seminar accreditation they had on 01.01.2020 and the 2017 General Assembly seminar accreditation will be valid until the 2021 General Assembly; all other seminar accreditations will be extended with 1 year too ● There will be no need to send the Judges Engagement form in 2020; all judges will retain the activity status they had on 01.01.2020 and no judge will move to the dormant judges list per 01.01.2021; of course, judges who were not active in 2019 but will be active in 2020 will be listed as active next year ● The General Assembly 2021 will not be held in the last week of May but in the first week of June ● No General Assembly will be held in 2020.
