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This article refers to the following from the FIFA regulations:

  • Article 12 of the FIFA Clearing House Regulations (FCHR)

Introduction

The allocation statement is the document issued by the FIFA general secretariat to the FIFA Clearing House (FCH) that provides it with the necessary information to process payments, notably the paying and receiving parties and the amounts to be distributed.


Difference between the electronic player passport (EPP) and allocation statement

The EPP determination is the FIFA decision on the registration information to be incorporated and used in the final EPP, following the completion of its evaluation. It establishes the eligibility of clubs to receive training rewards and the details of the player’s registration with each organisation within the context of one trigger.


The allocation statement is generated within the EPP and automatically calculates the training reward amounts due to each eligible club, based on the registration information contained in the final EPP.  An allocation statement determination is then sent to the parties. There may be multiple allocation statements generated within the context of one EPP.

Contact information in the allocation statement

The allocation statement provides the FCH with the information required to collect and distribute the relevant training reward amounts. Central to this process is the contact information available in TMS of the paying and receiving parties, which is included in the allocation statement. This allows the FCH to contact clubs and Member Associations, initiate their onboarding to the FCH Client Portal and complete the compliance assessment.


The Compliance & Payment (C&P) Manager of the organisation is the point of contact for all FCH-related processes. As such, their contact information is included in the allocation statement. For payments to be processed successfully, the C&P manager must be responsive and cooperative with any requests from FIFA and the FCH.


The contact details for the C&P Manager are determined as follows:

  • For Member Associations and participating clubs, i.e. clubs with at least one active TMS user, the name and email address of the user set as the C&P Manager are used.
    • If no specific C&P manager user has been assigned, the TMS manager will be the point of contact for the FCH entity by default.
    • Association TMS managers can set and remove the C&P manager for their organisation and their affiliated clubs.
    • Club TMS managers can set and remove the C&P manager for their organisation.   
  • For non-participating clubs, i.e. clubs with no active TMS users, the name and email address of the C&P Manager saved in the club details are used.


Responsibility for updating contact details

Contact information for all organisations must be kept up to date in TMS and in the FCH Client Portal. 


If, at the time of notification to the FCH, contact details are not available for one or more organisations in the allocation statement, the FIFA general secretariat will put the allocation statement on hold for 15 days, during which, the Member Association of the relevant club(s) must provide the required contact information. Therefore, to prevent delays in the processing of training rewards, clubs and Member Associations are required to regularly review and update their contacts in TMS.


Member Associations that fail to provide the contact details of their affiliated club within the time limit may be subject to sanctions.

Calculation of training rewards in the allocation statement

For training compensation, one allocation statement is generated after the EPP is final and is notified at the same time as the EPP determination.


For solidarity contributions, an allocation statement is generated after the EPP is final and after receipt of proof of each payment in the corresponding transfer. This could be when the EPP is approved, or at a later stage.


Note: In cases of the solidarity mechanism where the club-to-club payment is made in a different currency to the euro (EUR), United States dollar (USD) or British pound sterling (GBP), the FIFA general secretariat will convert the amount of training rewards payable to EUR. The exchange rate used will be the rate on the date when the corresponding payment of transfer compensation was made. Parties may not challenge the exchange rate applied.


For any allocation statement generated on or after 1 January 2026, any entitlements to training rewards of an amount lower than EUR 100 (or the equivalent in another currency) will be discarded and will not be included in the allocation statement.

Notification of the allocation statement

Once the allocation statement has been generated and reviewed, the FIFA general secretariat will notify the allocation statement determination to the relevant parties via TMS. 


Clubs that are to receive training rewards in accordance with the allocation statement determination and their Member Associations will be notified. In other words, not all parties that participated in the EPP review process and were notified of the EPP determination will necessarily be notified of the allocation statement determination. 


Note: To ensure the accurate distribution of the top-up payment in cases of solidarity contribution, the player's former club will always be notified of the allocation statement, regardless of whether it is entitled to training rewards.


The allocation statement determination is available for the notified parties to review in the “Messages” tab of the EPP.



For clubs with no active TMS users, the Member Association will be responsible for forwarding the allocation statement determination to the eligible parties.


Once the parties have been notified of the allocation statement, it will be sent to the FCH for payment processing. 


From this point, each individual payment listed within the allocation statement represents a payment order that is processed independently by the FCH. Information on the status of the payment orders at the FCH is available in TMS under the “Player Passports” tab, which complements the information found in the FCH Client Portal. For more information, please refer to the overview of training reward payments.

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