ITF

I. THE COMPETITION 1. TITLE The Competition, the ITF Team Championship for men, shall be called the Davis Cup. 2. OWNERSHIP The Competition shall be owned and managed by the International Tennis Federation, hereinafter referred to as the "ITF''. 3. NATIONS ELIGIBLE (a) The Competition shall be open only to Class B Members of the ITF. (b) Every country or territory that is represented by class B members entitled to take part in the Competition is hereinafter referred to as a "Nation", and the Nation holding the Championship is hereinafter referred to as the "Champion Nation''. (c) Notices issued in connection with the Competition shall be sent to the National Tennis Associations of the competing Nations. Note 1: The Board of Directors agreed that 'Pacific Oceania' be granted an extended dispensation from Regulation 3 to participate in the Davis Cup Competition in 2016 and henceforth to include players from Associate Member Islands and to exclude players from Australia and New Zealand until such time as an individual Nation was considered by the Davis Cup Committee to have the ability to compete in its own right, when the future participation of Pacific Oceania would be reviewed, Note 2: The Board of Directors agreed that the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) be granted dispensation from Regulation 3 to participate in the Davis Cup Competition in 2016 and henceforth until such time as an individual Nation was considered by the Davis Cup Committee to have the ability to compete in its own right, when the future participation of OECS would be reviewed. 4. ENTRIES (a) The closing date for eligible Nations to enter shall be no later than 1 st July in the preceding year. (b) The entry of any Nation for the next year's Competition may be refused by an Annual General Meeting if in the opinion of such meeting the participation of the said Nation may result in the Competition being endangered. No decision in this respect shall be valid unless carried by a majority of at least three-quarters of those present and voting. Where in any year the Annual General Meeting takes place before the close of entries on 1 st July or after the draw for the next year's Competition, the powers conferred on an Annual General Meeting in relation to the refusal of an entry shall be exercised by the Board of Directors, provided that any decision in this respect shall only be valid if at least nine members are present and it is carried by a majority of at least two-thirds of those present and voting. (c) If a Nation which is eligible to take part in the World Group does not enter or withdraws prior to the draw, its place shall be taken by another Nation, to be 1

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