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A. Administrative Subjects: 01. FIDE Statutes; 02. Standing Orders; 03. Financial Regulations; 04. Electoral Regulations; 05. Diploma Awards to Active Federations; 06. Option form to hold a FIDE Meeting/Competition; 07. Option Form to Offer/Bid to hold a FIDE Meeting/Competition; 08. FIDE Congress Regulations; 09. Regulations on Organization of Presidential Board Meeting; 10. FIDE Code of Ethics
B. Permanent Commissions: 01. International Title Regulations (Qualification Commission); 02. FIDE Rating Regulations (Qualification Commission); 03. FIDE Registration of International Competitions; 04. CACDEC Statutes (Committee for Assistance to Chess Developing Countries); 05. Rapid Chess Competitions
C. General Rules and Recommendations for Tournaments: 01. Recommendations for Organization of Top-level Tournaments; 02. Standards of Chess Equipment for FIDE Tournaments; 03. Guidelines for Tournament Invitation Agreement; 04. FIDE Swiss Rules; 05. General Rules for Participation in FIDE Events; 06. FIDE Tournament Rules; 07. Restricted Drawing of Lots
D. Regulations for Specific Competitions: D.I. Cycle for the Individual World Championship; D.II. Cycle for Competitions for Men's and Women's National Teams; D.III. Asian Women's Championship; D.IV. Other Continental Club Cups and Cities Championships; D.V. Junior Individual Championships; D.VI. Youth Team Events; D.VII. Other Individual Tournaments; D.VIII. World Championship for Rapid Chess; D.IX. Regulations for the Grand Prix
E. Miscellaneous: E.I. Laws of Chess; E.II. Handicapped Players; E.III. Regulations for Play with Computers; E.IV. Telechess
F. Administration: F.I. Boycotts; F.II. Resolutions; F.III. Date Limit for Age in Junior Tournaments

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