1. ICCF has an Appeals Commission for resolution of appeals concerning ICCF playing rules.
   
   
2. Members of the Appeals Commission must be experienced International Arbiters..
   
   
3. One of the members is the chairman of the Appeals Commission.
   
   
4. The members and the chairman are nominated by the Deputy President (Rules).
   
   
5. The ICCF Congress has to give its approval to these nominations.
   
   
6. The Appeals Commission is independent in its judgements.
   
   

1. Appeals according to §l3C of the Playing Rules should be sent to the chairman of the Appeals Commission.
   
   
2. The chairman informs the Tournament Director involved and the opponent (in team tournaments through his team captain) about the appeal, meanwhile asking them to send to him the eventual relevant documents within a certain period. He also asks the Tournament Director to check the opponent’s address.
   
   
3. Depending on the complexity of the appeal, the chairman decides whether he sends the appeal to only one member or to two members of the Appeals Commission.
   
   
4. If he sends the appeal to one member then the judgement of this member is the final one.
   
   
5. If the chairman has sent the appeal to two members and these members have the same opinion, then this is the final judgement. If both members have different opinions then the Chairman gives his own judgement, which is the final one.
   
   
6. The striving will always be that the members of the Appeals Commission who will be involved in a certain appeal do not have the same nationality as the Tournament Director and as the players involved.
   
   
7. In cases in which the chairman personally could be involved he appoints one of the members as his deputy, for example at the start of a tournament in which the chairman himself is playing.
   
   

1. Under normal circumstances the Appeals Commission only checks if the decision of the Tournament Director has been formally correct.
   
   
2. Appeals against the judgement of the Tournament Director are customarily rejected.
   
   

1. If the Appeals Commission finds a weakness in the Playing Rules then the chairman of the Appeals Commission can send a proposal for a change of these rules to the Playing Rules committee.
   
   
2. Based upon the experiences of the Appeals Commission the chairman can also send recommendations to the Working Group Guidelines for Tournament Directors.
   
   

1. The Appeals Commission is active for all ICCF tournaments.
   
   
2. The Appeals Commission is also active for all title tournaments approved by ICCF, unless agreed otherwise during the approval procedure.
   
   
3. Upon agreement the Appeals Commission can also be active for the tournaments organised by a Zonal Tournament Office.
   
   

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