Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini suspended: What FIFA's rules state

08 October 2015 10:47

FIFA president Sepp Blatter and UEFA president Michel Platini could each be provisionally suspended for a total of 135 days.

FIFA's ethics committee rules state the maximum 90-day provisional suspension can be extended for a further 45 days.

That would see the provisional suspension end on February 20 - only six days before the election of Blatter's successor is due to take place - meaning a disciplinary hearing would have to take place before that time.

The pair can appeal against the suspension to FIFA's appeals committee within two days of being notified of the decision but they will remain suspended at least until the appeal is held.

Blatter's lawyers had claimed they would expect the "ethics committee would want to hear from the president and his counsel, and conduct a thorough review of the evidence, before making any recommendation to take disciplinary action".

That does not need to be the case for a provisional suspension however.

FIFA ethics rules state: "The chairman of the adjudicatory chamber may make his decision on the basis of the case files available to him, without hearing the parties, in which case the parties shall be summoned to a hearing or invited to submit written statements after the decision has been issued.

"After hearing the parties, the chairman of the adjudicatory chamber shall confirm, revoke or amend his decision."

Source: PA