FIFA-cited scholarship on the 2001 RSTP effective dates (Football-legal; Springer International Sports Law Journal)

Specialist legal or refereeing analysis

FIFA-cited scholarship on the 2001 RSTP effective dates (Football-legal; Springer International Sports Law Journal)

Partially retrievedenIndependent source

Supports

Applicability of Article 19 RSTP to Messi's own 2000-01 registration — analytical inference that the rule postdated his arrival
Article 19 RSTP chronology: the EU/FIFA/UEFA agreement of 5 March 2001 and FIFA Circular 769 of 24 August 2001

Used to confirm the 5 March 2001 EU/FIFA/UEFA agreement and the 24 August 2001 issuance of Circular 769 where the primary RSTP text was not retrievable.