World Baseball Softball Confederation Europe

The objectives of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Europe are as follows: a) To promote, develop, and control baseball and softball, as well as all related disciplines and formats of these sports within its geographical boundaries, ensuring compliance with the statutes of WBSC and WBSC Europe. b) To approve and implement its own rules and regulations and ensure they are in accordance with the statutes of WBSC and WBSC Europe. c) To apply, within its geographical boundaries, the specific aspects and other duties and responsibilities of members as set out in the statutes of WBSC Europe. d) To authorize, organize, and control, with the prior approval of WBSC, continental, regional, and sub-regional tournaments and competitions, including continental, regional, and sub-regional multi-sport events, except for championships and events related to qualifications for the Olympic Games, which remain solely under the competence and authority of WBSC. e) To promote, sponsor, and, if necessary, establish the bodies deemed necessary for the best development and functioning of Baseball-Softball throughout Europe. f) To form partnerships, cooperations, or mergers with other interested parties to foster the promotion and development of Baseball-Softball in Europe. g) To collaborate with WBSC to coordinate and assist WBSC's actions in the European region. h) To resolve any disputes that may arise between, or involving, member federations, associations, and organizations, including disputes between, among, or involving any individual athlete or official, that is submitted to WBSC Europe by an interested party, and to provide for the uniform recognition and application of disciplinary procedures. i) To establish, organize, and manage training, qualification, and development programs for athletes, administrators, coaches, managers, umpires, scorers, technicians, and any other officials. j) To conduct studies and surveys and to promote and organize seminars, workshops, conferences, and other events for the improvement and development of Baseball-Softball throughout Europe. k) To establish, collect or have collected, and approve and maintain statistics, statistical compilations, and records for access via the website and elsewhere. l) To carry out any other activity that the Executive Council deems desirable to promote and/or develop the sports of baseball and softball, as well as all related disciplines and formats of these sports. m) To fully respect the Olympic Charter and the statutes of WBSC and contribute to the achievement of their objectives. n) To promote clean sport, fight doping through prevention and education, and adhere to the World Anti-Doping Code. o) To cooperate with the Olympic Movement and WBSC to promote, implement, and achieve these objectives, preserve and guarantee the interests of WBSC Europe and WBSC and its member federations, associations, and organizations, and support and maintain the ideals of the Olympic Movement in all aspects of Baseball-Softball. p) To promote continental baseball and softball rankings in accordance with WBSC's ranking methodology at different levels, including for all continental, regional, and sub-regional baseball and softball competitions. q) To comply with relevant laws and other applicable laws, including data privacy.