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27. COMMERCIAL RIGHTS

26.11 Doping is strictly prohibited. The FIFA Anti-Doping Regulations, the FIFA Disciplinary Code and all other relevant FIFA as well as Concacaf Regulations, circulars and directives shall apply to all Concacaf competitions.

26.12 Every player may be subject to in-competition testing at the matches in which he competes and to out-of-competition testing at any time and place. Furthermore, reference is made to the FIFA Anti-Doping Control Regulations and the list of prohibited substances and methods per the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

26.13 If, in accordance with the FIFA Anti-Doping Control Regulations, a player tests positive for the use of banned substances, the player shall be immediately declared ineligible from further participation in The Competition and shall be subject to further sanctions from the Concacaf Disciplinary Committee.

27. COMMERCIAL RIGHTS

27.1. Concacaf is the original and sole owner of all of the rights emanating from The Competition as a collective whole and any other related events coming under its jurisdiction, without any restrictions as to content, time, place and law. These rights include, among others, all kinds of financial rights, audiovisual and radio recording, reproduction and broadcasting rights, multimedia rights, marketing and promotional rights and incorporeal rights (such as those pertaining to emblems) as well as rights arising under copyright law whether currently existing or created in the future subject to any provision as set forth in specific regulations.

27.2. The Competition Marks and the Composite Logo may only be used by Participating Member Associations for the purpose of referring descriptively to their participation in the Competition. All commercial or promotional use of the Competition Marks and the Composite Logo by Participating Member Associations and/or their PMA Affiliates and/or any third party contracted to the Participating Member Associations is strictly prohibited.

27.3. To assist with the implementation of these Commercial Regulations, each Participating Member Association (i) must ensure that all Team Delegation Members participate in a Competition photo and video shoot (all such photographs and images to be used and/or sub-licensed by the Confederation in accordance with the remainder of this paragraph), and (ii) shall secure written confirmation from each Team Delegation Member of the Confederation’s right to use and/or the Confederation’s right to sub-license the right to use, in perpetuity and free of any charge, any of their records, names, photographs and images (including any still and moving representation thereof), which may appear or be generated in connection with the participation of the Team Delegation Members in both stages of the Competition (including, but not limited to photographs of Team Delegation Members taken for accreditation purposes).

27.4. Participating Member Associations are expressly prohibited from bringing beverage products or containers that compete with the Commercial Affiliate, as