REGULATION 2008
REGULATION
of the open championship of the Murmansk region
Trophy-Marathon
“Arctic-Trophy 2008”
in commemoration of E.Vedernikov and S. Tsherbovich
Normative documents of the trophy-marathon “Arctic-Trophy 2008”, in commemoration of E.
Vedernikov and S. Tsherbovich, are the following:
- Regulation
- Enclosures
- Enclosure 1 – Application form
- Enclosure 2 – Results calculations
Content
- Purposes and goals
- Organizers of trophy-marathon
- Time and place of event
- Schedule of trophy-marathon
- Terminology
- Record categories
- Crews and participants
- Application form
- Application fee
- Advertising. Identification
- Registration and technical inspection
- Motor road. Vehicles evacuation
- Control Card
- Terms of realization. Obligations of crews and participants
- Technical requirements to the vehicles. Necessary equipment and devices
- Protests
- Rights of Organizers
- Environmental protection requirements
1. Purposes and goals
1.1 . “ARCTIC TROPHY 2008” competition is carried out according to the present Regulations to:
- popularize the motor transport
- popularize healthy life-style
- promote the Kola peninsula as a territory attractive for motor sport and tourism
- improve driving skills in extreme road conditions
- developing and strengthen friendly sport relations.
2. Organizers of trophy-marathon
2.1
2.2 Address of Organizing Committee:
Starostina str., 45,
183036, Murmansk, Russia
Phone/fax: (8152) 274928, 274900
http://www.at4x4.ru
E-mail: info@at4x4.ru
2.3 Informational support
2.4 Official time – Moscow
3.Time and place of event
Trophy-marathon “Arctic-trophy 2008” organized in commemoration of E. Vedernikov and S. Tsherbovich, will take place from the 6 till the 14 of September 2008 on the territory of the Murmansk region
Official start of the marathon will be in Kandalaksha city, the ceremony of close will be held in Murmansk.
Motor road of marathon stretches from the White Sea to the Barents Sea.
4. Schedule of trophy-marathon
Will be published later.
5.Terminology
Briefing – Instructing of participants
and crews about peculiarities of record, special conditions, observing of
general and environmental security and other details of this competition. It is
held by the Chief of the race or an authorized person. No less than one member
of each crew should take part in Briefing. Presence at the Briefing is to be
registered.
Bulletin – Official written message,
which is an integral part of the Time-limit and is meant to publish all
alterations, explanations and additions to the Time-limit.
Bulletins are to be enumerated and dated.
Bulletins are issued and signed by:
- Organizer – before registration and technical inspection;
- Chief of the race – during the whole competition.
Bulletins are stored at the Secretariat of the race, and are published
at the referee’s car and immediately announced to the crews, who should confirm
the fact of getting/informing a bulletin signing it by the First driver of the
crew. All bulletins are issued in writing and are placed on the referee’s car
and (if necessary) in the most conspicuous place on the Referee’s posts.
Time of trophy-marathon - trophy-marathon begins from the
moment of registration all crews and participants and ends after final
confirmation of results of trophy-marathon.
Closed Park – Area, where all
kinds of repair works, refueling and external aid are forbidden except cases
stipulated by the present Time-limit.
Place of accommodation - place provided by
the Organizer for accommodation of the race participants, working hours,
stipulated by the present Time-limit.
Control card (Carnet) – A form, given by the
Organizer, in which the fact and/or time of passing referee points on the special
plot are marked.
Competition camp – area, prepared by the
Organizer for rest of the crews, called in the road book as “Camp”.
In the camp it is allowed to do all kinds of repair works by means of
the crew members and by other crews participating in the race. Service in the
camp is set by this time-limit of the race. Speed of driving within the camp is
limited up to 30 km/hour.
Neutralization - Period of time
for which the Organizer can stop the crews taking part in trophy-marathon.
Time quota – Organizer sets a time quota
for passing each special plot (in hours and minutes), which should by
necessarily observed by all crews.
Official motor road of the race – motor road described
in the present Time-limit.
Protest – written appeal
or application of the crew, submitted in accordance with this Time-limit.
Repair
works (repair) - repair of damage, removing of elements, parts
and units, as well as all adjusting, oiling, diagnostic, refueling works and
technical service, fulfilled by means of the crew using materials and
instruments of cars which don’t finish on this special plot. It’s possible to
involve in repair other crews, which do not finish on this special plot.
Service – any type of assistance in repair works, made by any persons except members
of crews and participants, who don’t finish on this special plot. Crews may use and
receive any kinds of materials (firm or liquid), spare parts, instruments or
equipment, not transported on board the racing cars.
Special Area (SA) – part of marathon motor
road for overcoming all types of road impassability, with elements of
orientation or without them during a certain period of time. Special Area
starts from the referee’s point of Start and ends with the point of timing on
Finish.
Linear SA – It’s a part of race when
the crews should strictly observe the set route and a corridor (compulsory
rules of passing referee points of Control, and/or control posts, observing the
route and corridor
Navigation SA – it’s a part of
the race where the crews set the route within the official motor road (with
referee points and control posts) by themselves.
Transportation – moving of car in good technical
order, participating in the trophy-marathon, by way of complete or partial
loading as well as on the firm coupling between finish and start of SA.
Trophy-marathon – trophy-race, with duration
of over 150 hours, length of distance more than 500 kilometers and
the general length of SA is over 150 kilometers.
Participant - a physical or juridical
person, mentioned in an application form and allowed to take part in the
trophy-marathon.
Finish – time of finish is
considered a moment of crossing finish line by the front axle of a car.
Crew – a crew of the car of trophy-marathon
consisting of two members, registered as the First Driver and the Second
Driver.
Crew on board – a term which means that
both members of the crew are inside the car on their places, having fulfilled
all safety or start and finish requirements of the race.
6.Recordcategories
6.1. All crews of participating motor cars compete individually in
“Sport” category. Results are made according to Appendix 2.
6.2. The crews which won 1, 2
and 3 prizing places in individual test are awarded in trophy-marathon “Arctic
Trophy 2008”.
6.3. Prizing fund is formed
at the sponsors and organizers’ expense.
6.4. Sponsors may set definite nominations and give prizes in these
nominations.
7. Crews and participants
7.1. To participate in trophy-marathon may
citizens of any country (juridical and natural persons) not younger than 18,
who have applied for the event participation in time, paid application fees and
passed registration and technical inspection as well as arrived at the official
start with the participant numbers not later than two hours before start.
7.2. The crew of each motor car must contain not more than 3 members.
7.3. The crew contains two
members, registered as the First and the Second driver. The third person is
registered as a participant of competition.
7.4. Participant takes joint liability for actions of the crew members
as well as all persons who provide participation in competitions.
7.5. All crew members having driving license may drive a motor car
during competitions.
7.6. The First Driver, named in an application form, takes all
responsibility for his crew during the whole period of competitions.
7.7. If one of the crew members leaves the race, the Organizer makes a
decision of his substitution and sets terms of his substitution.
7.8. Any deception, incorrect or unsport-like behavior
of the crew members or participants will be judged by the Organizer. Unfair
actions of crew members and participants will be stopped by a penalty in
accordance with the present Regulations and may end with dismiss from
competitions.
7.9. The crew and participant
who decided to leave the SA or stop the race, must
inform the Organizer about it.
7.10. The crew or participant
may be disqualified due to the following reasons:
· Violation of the
preventive fire-fighting regulations;
· Being in a state
of alcohol intoxication in the area of competition;
· Antisocial
behavior in the area of the competition;
· Behavior that
caused the change in the schedule of the competition;
· Material or other
damage towards other participants of the competition;
· Violation of
environmental protection requirements.
7.11. The decision
concerning disqualification is made by the Organizer only after necessary
investigation of all circumstances. Application fees are not returned back.
8. Applicationform
8.1. A person willing to take
part in the competition should send an application form to the Organizer’s
address within time stated in the present Regulation (Appendix 1). It’s
necessary to enclose passport data of all crew members and participants. The
following passport data are to be written from the new line:
Surname
First name
Father’s name
Sex
Citizenship
Date of birth
Place of birth
Place of living
(registration)
Number of passport
Series of passport
The body which issued
passport
Date of passport issue
These data are required to
make a permit to the frontier areas.
8.2. Application forms are to
be sent to the address:
Starostina str., 45
183036 Murmansk
Russia
Ph/fax: (815)
2 274 928, (815) 2 274 900
Internet: http://www.at4x4.ru
E-mail:
info@at4x4.ru
8.3. It’s
necessary to get confirmation from the Organizer that your application form is
received and to take banking requisites for paying the application fee.
8.4. The crew and
participant who signed the application form, take all risks and all
responsibility for their actions or lack of actions that may cause damage,
including health or life threat to the third persons, as well as to the
Officials of competitions.
8.5. Organizer does not take responsibility for damage and injuries
caused to the crew members and participants and their property. All crews and
participants take part in trophy-marathon for their own risk. While signing an
application form a participant and crew members refuse from any right on
compensation of expenses that may appear during competition. This refusal (from
any right on reimbursement of expenses) is also relevant to the Organizers,
Officials and other crews and participants of competition.
8.6. An application form may
be sent to the Organizer by fax or E-mail. Application forms sent by fax or
E-mail are considered to be preliminary.
8.7. Final application (original, standard form) must be sent to the
Organizer before the beginning of registration and technical inspection. The date of submitting an application form is considered to be the date of sending it by fax or E-mail.
8.8. An application form is taken only when paid of minimum 50% of the
application fee. Applications
without payment are considered to be taken conventionally.
8.9. The list of received applications is placed monthly on the Web-site
of the Organizer.
8.10. Replacement of the
crew and participants after the end of taking applications is forbidden.
8.11.
Not
more than 30 motor cars may take part in trophy-marathon. The priority of turn is defined by submitted applications.
8.12.
The
crews which submitted application forms in less than a month before start of
competitions can miss SA that cross regulating and frontier areas.
9.Applicationfee
9.1. Application fees are
sent to the account or cashier’s office of the “Arctic Trophy” Club.
9.2. The driver (the crew) that did not pay the application fee till the
beginning of
registration and technical inspection is not admitted to the competition.
9.3. The application fee paid till 30.07.2008 makes:
The driver (the crew) that
took part in the “Arctic Trophy” two times and more - $350
Other drivers (crews) - $400
The application fee paid
after 30.07.2008 makes:
The driver (the crew) that
took part in the “Arctic Trophy” two times and more - $450
Other drivers (crews) - $500
If the application
fee is paid and administrative and technical inspection is made on the day of
official start of competitions, the crews must pay - $600.
Payment is fulfilled in roubles according to the rate of exchange for the day of
payment in the Central Bank.
9.4. Application fee
includes:
Judging, route
working up, safety and medical care organization, one-time evacuation of the
motor car from the SA, providing communication.
9.5. Payment of one
application fee means participation of one crew on the motor car, stated in the
application form.
9.6. Application fees are returned fully to the candidates whose
application forms were not taken.
9.7. Return of the application fees is made during one month from the
day of closing trophy-marathon.
10.Advertising. Identification.
10.1. The participants can
set any type of advertising on their vehicles on the condition that: the
advertising
·
does not conflict with the legislation of the RF
·
does not have ay insulting sense
·
does not occupy the area reserved for the obligatory
advertising of the Organizer
·
does not cover the
field of view for the members of the crew through the windows of the vehicle.
10.2. Area on the vehicles
reserved for obligatory advertising of the Organizer:
·
cowl completely;
·
forward wings;
·
windshield;
·
forward doors.
10.3. Area on the
vehicle reserved for not-obligatory advertising of the Organizer:
- back doors
- side surface of the vehicle above the arch of the back wheels with the size of 60 x 16 sm.
These areas must be
completely clear for advertising of the Organizer.
10.4. The crew is to ensure
that the advertising is firmly placed during the competition.
10.5. The vehicles with dirty
advertising and dirty numbers are not allowed for SA start.
10.6.
It is
prohibited to take off the start numbers and any advertising (if the refusal
concerning it is not paid according to paragraph 10.9) till the moment of the
official end of the competition.
10.7. The Organizer has the right to demand to take an advertisement off
the vehicle only in the case if it advertises goods or services of a direct
rival of the general sponsor of trophy-marathon.
10.8. The organizer has the right to use all photo and video material
obtained during the competition in his own interests.
10.9. The crew may refuse
from un-obligatory advertising if an application fee is paid twice.
10.10. Surnames and names (pseudonyms) of the First and Second Drivers
as well as their national flags are to be placed on forward wings or/and back
side shields (surfaces)
of the both sides of the vehicle. The size is: height of the font 30-50 mm – for the surnames
(pseudonyms), height of the flag – 30-50 mm. If this requirement is broken than a
penalty should be paid in amount of 10% of application fee.
11.
Registration and technical inspection (examination)
11.1.
During
registration the crew must give the vehicle for technical inspection.
11.2. While being
registered the driver is to submit the following documents:
- valid driving license of the First and Second drivers;
- registration documents for the vehicle;
- passports of all crew members and participant;
- valid TS coupon (technical service) for the vehicle;
- medical certificate, permitting to participate in the competition;
- valid insurance certificate, confirming that all the crew members are insured against traumas and accidents for the competition time.
11.3.
The
vehicle presented for technical inspection must meet technical requirements for
motor cars participating in trophy-marathon “Arctic Trophy 2008”. The vehicle should be
presented in the state ready for start, including all obligatory equipment,
outfit, instruments and spare parts. Special attention of members of Technical
inspection is to be paid to the presence of equipment meant for environmental protection.
11.4.
Technical
inspection is necessary made before start on each SA in 30 minutes before start
of the first crew. Before start on SA there are also checked fuel reserves
which should be taken by the crew in amount enough for the vehicle in
conditions of hard motor-road on the distance of 200 km.
11.5. The vehicle that is in
the state impossible for participating in the competition or does not pass the
Technical inspection according to the requirements of the present Regulations
can become the reason of impossibility of the participant to take part in the
competition.
11.6. The crew has the right
to apply to the Organizers of the competition for the second Technical
inspection.
12.
Motor road. Vehicles evacuation
12.1. The event route
stretches for 1000 kms beyond the Polar Circle along
the Kola Peninsula. Driving on the route is
agreed with executive bodies of local authorities, located on the road of trophy-marathon.
The motor road starts on the White Sea shore, crosses the Central and
North-Western part of peninsula and ends on the Southern shore of the Arctic ocean – the Barents Sea.
The motor road includes rocky marshes, fords, steep sandy and rocky rising and
descending slopes with endless pre-arctic landscapes in the background. For the
most part these are old military and timber-transport roads.
12.2.
Quantity of SA – 7. Total
distance of SA – 800 km.
12.3.
Detailed
information, legends and geographical maps are given before the start on each
SA.
12.4. Meals on the motor road is at the crews and
participants’ expense. They cook meals on the road by themselves.
12.5. Transportation during the whole
period of trophy-marathon is forbidden (except cases stated by the Organizer).
Violation of this item of the Regulations causes inevitable exclusion of the
crew off the next SA.
12.6. Fuelling is
carried out at
the fuel stations in populated areas along the motor road at the crew’s own
expense. Fuelling can be carried out in
the following towns: Kirovsk, Revda,
Apatity, Olenegorsk, Verkhnetulomsky, Zapolyarny, Umba, Kandalaksha.
12.7.
Evacuation
of broken vehicles off the SA is carried out only once during the competition,
which is marked in the Control card. All other evacuations are paid by the crew
of evacuated vehicle. Approximate cost of evacuation is 6000 roubles.
12.8. The
crew of the vehicle which should be evacuated must inform the Organizer about
the place of the vehicle and causes of breakage. Evacuation is carried out in
presence of at least one crew member.
12.9. The way and time of
evacuation is set by the Organizer. Evacuation is carried out within not later
than 2 days after the end of competitions.
12.10. If the crew refuses to
evacuate the vehicle, than it’s fully at their own expense and responsibility.
12.11. Evacuation
of broken vehicle is carried out up to the road or the closest inhabited area.
12.12. Evacuation
is not possible when the crew of a vehicle refuses to fulfill the item 11.4 of
the present Regulations.
12.13. Evacuation
of vehicles which moved on the SA after removal of the referee post on the
start of SA, whose crew doesn’t have marking of the start on this SA in its
Control card, is not carried out.
13. Control Card
13.1.
On
the start of competition the crews receive Control Cards (Carnets) which
contain the norms (quota) of time SA. Each crew takes responsibility for the
safety of Control Card (Carnet).
13.2. Control Card (Carnet)
should contain markings of all referee posts. If there are no markings of any
referee post in the Control Card (Carnet) the Organizer makes a decision to
seize a penalty on the crew.
13.3.
All
corrections or alterations of data in the Control Card (Carnet) are forbidden
except cases when they are made by the referee and signed by him. The punishment is put in accordance with penalty table.
13.4. Only the crew is
responsible for giving the Control Card at the referee posts and correctness of
information. Only referees have a right to write information in Control Cards
(Carnets).
13.5. The crew that has got a
mark on the finish SA, must leave the Control Card in
secretariat as soon as it arrives in the camp. The crew which didn’t meet this
requirement is punished according to the Penalty Table.
13.6. The crew which is left
from trophy-marathon must give its Control Card to the officials in the
shortest time. The Control Card should contain information of the reasons
(causes) of its leaving.
14.
Terms of realization. Obligations of crews and participants
14.1. Order of
priority of start and time of start of the crew on SA-1 are set during
registration.
14.2. Before start
on the next SA the following order of start is set:
The crew which finished and
showed the best time (result) on the previous SA, starts on the next SA the
last one as well as the other crews following it. The first starts the crew
which showed on the previous SA the worst time result. Time of start and start
position is marked in start record SA, which can be seen on the Referee’s car.
14.3. Time
interval between start of each crew on every SA is 1 minute.
14.4. On the start line of SA a car with the crew on
board stops in front of the sign “Start SA” and gives the Control Card to the
referee. In the Control Card it is marked the time of the crew’s arrival in the
referee’s post and the time of start during the nearest possible minute. The
referee marks appointed time of start in the Control Card (hours and minutes)
and begins loud countdown of seconds 30–15–10 and the last 5 seconds
successively 5-4-3-2-1 with simultaneous doubling of countdown by visual
signals (arm fingers, tables, special clocks and so on). After five seconds a
start signal is made and a car should start driving.
14.5. On the start
line of SA all members of the crew must be on board the car and they must
fulfill requirements of safety (drivers should be fixed with fasten belts).
Violation of this requirement causes penalty in accordance with penalty table.
14.6. If a crew
does not start within 20 seconds after start signal, it is fined according to
the penalty table.
14.7. Any crew,
which is late for the start line, is fined according to the penalty table.
14.8. The referee post on the
start line of SA is closed in one hour after the last starting crew, stated in
the start minutes.
14.9. Necessary criteria for
passing each SA is observing requirements of finish, stipulated in items 14.12;
14.13; 14.14 of the present Regulations.
14.10. The crew of each car
should be on board on finish line of every SA. Otherwise time is not counted.
14.11. Time of finish is a
moment of crossing the finish line by the front axle of the car. Time of
passing the SA is defined to an approximation of a minute.
14.12. As soon as the crew members crossed the folds of finish, they
must stop and get a mark in their Control Card, not making obstacles to the
other drivers.
14.13. Time of closing the referee post on finish line is defined by
summing the norm of time for this SA and time of closing referee post on the
start line of SA.
14.14. Before closing the referee post on the finish line of SA it is
strictly prohibited to move to the road for those cars that have finished or
were not allowed to participate on this SA, as well as for servicing cars,
escorting cars and cars of fans.
14.15. From the moment of start till the moment of finish repair works
are allowed on SA but service is forbidden.
14.16.
The drivers should let the other car or a group of cars pass by.
14.17. All moving of cars during competition should be done with front
lights switched on. Exceptions are made only in cases of crossing fords and
usage of electric winch.
14.18. During competition on the roads of general usage it is forbidden
to use other lighting equipment which is not mentioned in Traffic Rules.
14.19. Driving on the roads of general usage should be done in accordance with
Traffic Rules.
14.20. It is not allowed for the crews to use chains or other additional
anti-slippery devices while passing SA.
14.21. While the vehicle is moving, it is prohibited to place people outside it (on the
bonnet, on the roof, bumpers, in the load box (for pick-ups), etc.) Exceptions
are possible only during fording.
14.22. It is prohibited for the vehicle to move across the trailing line
of other participants fixed at both ends or across the winch cable of other
participants.
14.23. It is prohibited to block deliberately the route with the vehicle, by a
winch cable or other way.
14.24. it is prohibited to fasten the winch
cable to a tree without flat safety sling (belt), irrespective of the fact
whether the tree is alive or dead.
14.25. Before starting taking
out the vehicle that got stuck the driver or the navigator of the vehicle
should warn people standing nearby by voice or a sound signal.
14.26. Any crew member or participant shouldn’t be closer than 1 meter to the winch cable
if the winch cable is under load and working. It is allowed to adjust the cable
on the winch barrel only if the vehicle is not moving and the cable is not
loaded.
14.27. It is prohibited to keep the winch cable in the cabin if the winch cable
is fastened to the barrel or any other outside part of the vehicle. The cable
should be wound on the barrel or on the “kengurin”
and should be effectively fixed.
14.28. Before using the winch, one should fix a cable dump (a rope, a cloth,
etc.) on the stretched cable. The dump should be placed in the middle third of
the stretched part of the cable.
14.29. It is not allowed to step over the winch cable if it is under load or to
touch it.
14.30. It is not allowed to
trail the winch cable under the vehicle.
14.31.
While
working with the metal winch cable one should use loose-fitting firm gloves.
15.
Technical requirements to the vehicles. Necessary equipment and devices
15.1. Cars
admitted for participating in “Arctic
Trophy 2008”
competition are cars with wheel arrangement 4x4 (all-wheel drive), in technically satisfactory state according to the Traffic Rules:
- the weight of car must be not less than 1200 kg but not exceed 3500 kg.
- cars should have only pneumatic tires with diameter of not less than 31 inches (780 mm) but not exceed 38 inches (960 mm)
- wheel’s diameter is measured under pressure in tire 1,5 kg/sm2
- tractor rubber is forbidden
- to supply the engine with air, the air filter must be equipped by external snorkel, enough for driving through fords of 150 sm depth.
- air taking from the crew section is forbidden
- fuel tanks located in the crew section must be isolated by the fire-resistant partition
- the vehicle must have minimum three-point safety belts for all crew members and participants
- fire-extinguishers must be of plant manufacture with not expired date of usage and total weight of inside substance not less than 4 kg. The fire-extinguisher must be stored in an easy-reached place. Usage of foam fire-extinguisher is not allowed.
15.2. Cars should be equipped with:
- a winch (fixed on easy removable device) with a towing strength exceeding 1,4 times of the car’s mass
- GPS-navigator (with format WGS84, type - degrees, minutes, particles of minutes)
- radio-station working in SV-frequency band (27 MHz). Connecting channels will be given during registration
- a lath Hi-Lift type lifting jack (of height not less than 120 sm) with a platform
- towing eyelets – in front and at the back
- satellite telephone (preferable)
15.3. Cars should have the
following:
- medical bag. All medicines should have proper expiry date and intact package. A medical bag should be made of waterproof material and be stored in an easy-reached place.
- corrosion-proof slings of 60 mm wide
- towing ropes (trailing lines) of total length not less than 30 meters (tensile strength of not less than three fully loaded masses of the vehicle)
- minimum two devices for fastening the cable
- a spade with a firmly fixed handle
- an axe with a firmly fixed axe helve
- a saw
- garbage bags of volume not less than 30 liters (each one for each day of competition). The garbage is to be removed by the participants themselves.
- containers of not less than 10 liters volume for waste technical liquids
- extra container filled with fuel of not less than 20 liters
- a set of instruments for repair the vehicle in unfavorable conditions
All additional
equipment and instruments should be firmly fixed inside the vehicle’s body.
15.4. Every crew member must
have:
·
equipment necessary for cooking (stoves, burners, set
of dishes) and for living in unfavorable conditions (tents, sleeping bags)
·
two days stock of food products and water
·
extra clothes and warm
things.
16. Protests
16.1. Protests are taken by the Chief of the race or by his
representative only in written form after official announcement of the results
on the traversed SA.
16.2. Preliminary protest is passed not later than one hour
after announcing the results. If within an hour no protests are made by
participants and drivers the results become final. Protests can be taken back
only under permission of the Chief of the race or his deputy.
16.3. By making protest the crew member leaves 3 000 roubles as a deposit (pledge). The sum is returned to him
in case the decision is in his favor. If the protest is unfounded, deposit
(pledge) is not returned.
16.4. Protest is to mention
paragraphs and items of the present Regulations that the protestant considers
to be violated. Otherwise the panel of judges will not consider protests.
16.5. The protest is to be considered during one hour after
its submitting. In exceptional case decision can be made after longer period of
time but not more than 24 hours after the protest is made.
16.6. The decision made is to be entered in the minutes and
announced to the declarant of the protest.
17.Rights of Organizers
17.1. The Organizers reserve
to themselves the right to:
- refuse participation to a crew without explanation of the reasons. The application fee paid is returned to the applicant.
- remove from the competition any person or vehicle that does not correspond to the technical or administrative requirements mentioned in the present Regulations during marathon without returning an application fee.
- place in a car participating in the competition one person for 1 stage of the race.
- make alterations in the present Regulations
17.2. The Organizers have a
right to exclude one or several SA, even if there are cars that started and not
finished on these SA.
18.Environmental protection requirements
18.1. Persons violating
environmental regulations and damaging the environment and doing harm to the
health of the Man carry disciplinary, administrative liability or criminal,
civil and material responsibility according to the Legislature of the Russian
Federation. The Legislation of the RF applies both to the residents and to
non-residents of the RF. Under Art. 259 of the
Criminal Code of the RF, extermination of dwelling places of the organisms that
are in the Red Book of the Russian Federation that caused death of the
population of these organisms causes punishment in the form of imprisonment for
the period till three years. Insects also belong to the “organisms”. Under Art. 358 of the
Criminal Law of the RF “mass extermination of plants and animals, air or water
pollution as well as other activities that can cause an ecological catastrophe”
are punished in the form of imprisonment for twelve – twenty years. Forest fires caused by uncontrollable fires and by other
activities with fire are also under this article.
18.2. All places where the
cars stop and where the participants set up tents should be left in the same
condition as the participants found them. It is prohibited to bury any garbage.
All own garbage and, if possible, the garbage of the other participants should
be taken with.
18.3. It is prohibited to
feel trees that are alive.
18.4. While moving along a
rut, it is recommended to take away fallen trees and other objects that prevent
from moving, not to try to drive around.
18.5. While moving on the
territory where there is no clearly seen road the participants should drive
around agricultural land or move along its edge. Movement across agricultural
land is prohibited.
18.6. If there are no
toilets, a pit should be dug and excrement should be buried at the distance not
less than 100 meters
from the place where the tent is set up, as well as to settlements and waters.
Non-fulfillment of this requirement causes immediate exclusion from the
competition.
18.7. It is prohibited to
pour out mineral oil and technical liquids on the ground and into waters, as
well as to leave the remains of the car maintenance. Replaced spare parts,
wheels and accumulators are to be taken with.
18.8. The vehicles of the
participants are to be equipped by working system of issuing exhaust gases
according to the present Legislation.
18.9. It is prohibited to make fires in all camps during competitions.
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