ECAHO Executive Committee announcement

The Executive Committee of ECAHO would like to inform its members that after the discussion at the AGM about the conflict in Eastern Europe, specifically in Ukraine, the Executive Committee changed its original announcement from 13 March 2022.

The Executive Committee of ECAHO unanimously condemns the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces and agrees on the limitation of following ECAHO activities related to Russia.

Competitions

- No national/international ECAHO affiliated events to take place in Russia, until further notice

- No Russian national symbols, colors, flags, etc. should be displayed and no Russian anthems

should be played in national/international ECAHO affiliated events, until further notice

Horses, participants, and officials

- Horses registered under the Russian ownership are allowed to participate in national/international

ECAHO affiliated events only under the neutral ECAHO flag (until further notice)

- Officials (national/international judges, DCs, ringmasters) listed under Russian members are

allowed to participate in national/international ECAHO affiliated events under the neutral ECAHO

flag (until further notice)

- No Russian national symbols, colors, flags, etc. should be displayed and no Russian anthems

should be played in national/international ECAHO affiliated events, until further notice

ECAHO Elected officials/Commissions’ members

- Representatives from ECAHO‘s Russian members to step aside temporarily from their roles and responsibilities of elected officials/commissions’ members

ECAHO Breeders Fund

- No grant to be awarded to ECAHO‘s Russian members, until further notice

The above measures enter into force on 27 July 2022.

The Executive Committee of ECAHO further expresses its wish for a peaceful solution to be found as soon as possible.