FIFA rejects appeals of FC Barcelona and Spanish FA in relation to transfers of minors

The FIFA Appeal Committee has decided to reject
the appeals lodged by Spanish club FC Barcelona
and the Real Federación Española de Fútbol (RFEF)
and to confirm in their entirety the decisions
rendered by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee in the
respective cases relating to the protection of
minors.
As such, FC Barcelona is to serve a transfer ban
which will see the club prevented from registering
any players at both national and international level
for two complete and consecutive transfer periods,
starting with the next registration period (January
2015) given that the appeal of the club had been
granted suspensive effect by the chairman of the
FIFA Appeal Committee. FC Barcelona has also been
ordered to pay a fine of CHF 450,000 and been
given a period of 90 days from today in which to
regularise the situation of all minor players
concerned.
Meanwhile, the RFEF has been ordered to pay a fine
of CHF 500,000 and granted a period of one year in
which to regularise their regulatory framework and
existing system concerning the international transfer
of minors in football.
The terms of the decisions taken by the FIFA Appeal
Committee were communicated to FC Barcelona and
the RFEF today.