According to the FAI Sporting Code General Section 3.3.1 the FAI:

The FAI and NACs shall only recognise sporting events that are
held in accordance with FAI rules. They are entitled to withhold or withdraw the
Sporting Licence of any competitor entering a non-recognised event.

Non recognized events appear to be flying events that are not
FAI/CIVL sanctioned. Events like say, the Segelflugszene and DHV HOLC, or
perhaps the spot landing contest held on the last day of the 2006 Big Spring
pre-Worlds? Many US competitions over the years have not been CIVL sanctioned
and pilot received NTSS from the USHPA which got them on the US National team
and allowed them to qualify to fly in the FAI/CIVL Worlds.


So the FAI/CIVL gives itself the power to withhold or withdraw its Sporting
License if you enter a non sanctioned event. When paragliding pilots first flew
in the Paragliding World Cup they were threatened with withdrawal of their FAI
Sporting License.


The top paraglider pilots threatened to not fly in the "FAI/CIVL World
Championships" and after a few years the PWC was made an official FAI sanctioned
event (see here:
http://events.fai.org/paragliding/calendar.asp) .


I wonder under what circumstances FAI/CIVL would actually act on this provision.


http://www.fai.org/documents/sportingcode