ART. 1 - Associated Press:

a) Digital SLR

b) Compact Cameras

ART. 2 - TYPE OF TENDER:

a) General;

b) selective

c) Italian Championship:. c1) SLR digital. c2) Compact digital. c3) Society (SLR and Compact Cameras)

ART. 3 - Photographic equipment - are allowed all types of photographic equipment provided by the category chosen.

ART. 4 - Diving equipment -- Each member of the team photographer has a maximum of 4,000 lt. air, after which it can not continue the race. Any apnea may be made before the use of ARA, and in this case, it will exhibit a green flag on the boat provided by the organization. Not allowed to use the air or other equipment for breathing deeply. ARA groups to be employed must be in compliance with the law. E 'mandatory equip themselves with: computer, knife, whistle, gav, pressure gauge, dual regulator, clock, depth, decompression tables and Pedagna emergency (cazzilli).

ART. 5 - MEMORY CARD
a) The competitor must be provided with a memory card, with the ability to store all of the amounts taken in the day of competition;
b) The competitor must paint dry, like the first picture, his face in his race number assigned to him, on pain of annulment of any memory card images taken before his portrait will not be accepted;
c) The image files must be in JPEG format, with a minimum resolution of 3000x2000 pixels;
d) The competitor at the time of enrollment, must deliver the Memory Card already formatted for the race director, who will control the formatting and matching with its signature;
e) The reintroduction of the Card in the camera must be done before the Director and / or umpires. When closed, the competitor may re-open in front of the camera only to those officials, on pain of relegation last place;
f) The competitor may take an unlimited number of images, but can deliver only the number of steps provided by the particular type of race and reported in NC this year. All others will not be taken into consideration in the award;
g) The shots played in the race will be canceled and / or modified only under water, with one allowing the camera and without using other tools, on pain of relegation last place in the standings.

ART. 6 - GATHERING OF COMPETITORS AND YOU BEGIN - All competitors, models I should be available to the Race Director at the place and time in the program, for checking the position of each federal and delivery numbers notice. The organization will provide everything necessary to make the numbering of the memory card, tanks and boats. The number assigned will characterize the competitor for the duration of the race. All these operations should assist the umpires.

ART. 7 - SCOPE OF RACE AND CONDUCT OF RACE - The organization will designate in advance the field of race and will include a mandatory reserve. The sea area where the event will take place, will be delimited by buoys and limits thereof, support vessels stationed in sufficient numbers for surveillance and rescue, as required by safety rules contained in the NC this year.

ART. 8 - DURATION OF THE RACE - The race will take place in 1 (one) or 2 (two) days and will last 4 (four) or 5 (five) hours each, depending on the type of the race, with a policy established by the Directorate Notice Board at the time of the briefing. An acoustic signal and / or pictures will show the beginning and the end of it. A race started and then interrupted by adverse weather conditions is valid only if at least half of the scheduled hours were made. In case of a test with two days of competition, the test is valid if at least one day of competition must have been smooth. After the race, the D. G. will withdraw the card and will transfer them to a computer. Once downloaded, return the card to the competitors for the vision and the choice of images.

ART. 9 - VESSEL - In all events where the vessel will be used, each competitor must use a minimum size of vessel mt. 3.80 with minimum hp engine power. 18. Prior authorization from the Directorate of the race, and admitted the use of boats and / or boats carrying more competitors. And 'forbidden to leave the vehicle unattended boat without permission from the Directorate of race.' Permission, also, when conditions environmental and organizational reasons, allow it to play the game directly from the coast without the help of the support boat, without prejudice, however, the presence of two vessels for surveillance and rescue. E 'required to have a boatman / assistant, who must be in possession of the card FIPSAS valid for the current year. The boatman / assistant is prohibited from diving to work with the team, except in case of danger of their competitors, on pain of relegation at the bottom of them. The medium water also must be provided the equipment on board required by the current laws.

ART. 10 - Special rules -- It 'not permitted to alter the natural balance of the sea with the removal or destruction of the environment in which it operates and / or use pollutants in water and leave biodegradable materials. And 'do not approach competitors by boat engine running.

ART. 11 - pre-selection process - The competitor, using its own resources, is free to make the choice where this is appropriate. After viewing the images, will deliver within the time established by the race, a written form with the numbers corresponding to the selected files, indicating the direction of projection (rotation and / or reflection). The D. G. will select on your own computer images chosen by the competitor, who has an obligation to ensure that the files are chosen. After selection, the D. G. the mark with its signature combination of the shared and what will be the sole depository. When you finish, to make available to the jury for the operations assigned to it. These operations will assist the umpires.

ART. 12 - JURY -- The jury will be composed of experts belonging to the list of National Jury photographers and / or persons of proven competence in the number of 3 (three) or 5 (five) components, depending on the type of race. It will be chaired by a member duly enrolled with the National Jury. The President of the Jury has the right to vote and is responsible for coordinating all phases of operations, and if a vote is too unequal, has the right to call for the discussion of the votes in order to achieve the best possible balance between the same voting . The jury is free to penalize or not to classify the images as it deems appropriate for the following reasons:

1) does not respect the environment and its components;

2) pictures in which fish are dead;

3) Technical unacceptable;

4) off topic.

The jury will vote for the compilation of rankings of competence

ART. 13 - BACKGROUND OF THE JURY
a) The jury will meet in closed place, accessible only to the Race Director, the judges, the Secretary, and persons designated by the President of the Jury;
b) the organization must make available to the jury a computer and a projector with lamp Stock;
c) all images will be projected for an overview;
d) over this vision, with the unanimous opinion, will be chosen for each theme, an image which will correspond to 6 scores on the technical content / composition and will be used as a benchmark for all other votes;
e) will subsequently reprojected images for each theme and each image will receive from each jury a clear vote of 0 to 10;
f) where the jurors are 5, will be eliminated voting lowest and the highest grade, so the votes will be valid only for three (3) jurors out of 5 (five);
g) completion of voting, will make a provisional classification for each subject;
h) the work of the jury will conclude with the screening of all the photographs according to the classification obtained that, with the latter occurs, it becomes official.

ART. 14 - RANKINGS -- After the work of the Jury, the Race Director will compile the official classifications in relation to the issues proposed and the overall classification on the basis of placements achieved. The winners who will have the higher score, calculated from the sum of points obtained from the charts on the topics. The criteria for compiling the rankings are fixed in relation to the particular type of race and set in NC this year

ART. 15 - CLAIMS -- The proposed Circular Statement for the current year and federal specifications.

ART. 16 - RETURN - The competitor will be relegated to last place in the rankings even if a member of the Team:
a) dives with the camera in the race site before the start signal;
b) exit from the competition;
c) opens the suit without the authorization and presence of the Officials;
d) engages apnea after use of the air;
e) does not have the equipment specified in Art. 4 and / or uses other way;
f) alter the natural balance of the environment in which it operates with removal and / or destruction;
g) make changes to files with the help of other equipment out of the water;
h) replaces the files without competing with others;
i) other pictures or photographs DIA made;

ART. 17 - REGISTRATION - Registration will be made on special forms of the Federation. The registration form must include the personal details and card number federalism, Tessera Athlete, Certificate Fotosub competitive or Technician's License or Teacher of Fotosub (required only for the photographers), the model also Patent / O and any aide and the declaration of acceptance of the regulations in all its articles.

ART. 18 - DIRECTION OF NOTICE -- For the responsibilities of the referee and the umpires, that terms of the Charter on federal judges.

ART. 19 - REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS - PARTICIPATION BY exclude from the competitor, all claims of any rights of ownership and breeding, which are reserved to the Federation. A statement to this effect will be signed by each competitor.

ART. 20 - IMAGES OF COMPETITORS - The company organizing the race may copy and use the images supplied by competitors for its publications and promotions for non-commercial, citing mandatory FIPSAS Authority.

ART. 21 - IMAGE PROJECTION - The organizers have an obligation to project their competitors and their collaborators all photographs submitted.

ART. 22 - Doping - Doping is strictly prohibited and may be willing to load the appropriate investigations of athletes' control, which will be made in the manner established by existing regulations.

The anti-doping legislation is viewable on both the portal FIPSAS (www.fipsas.it) that the site CONI (www.coni.it) with links doping.