5. any written witness statement. 

If a respondent fails to lodge his answer within the time provided, the panel may nevertheless continue the proceedings if no reply is received within the deadline. 

Time limits for submission of the respondents’ answer shall be suspended from 25 December to 2 January. 

(text modified on 18.06.07; 12.01.17). 

2.15.222 The parties are not allowed to present further arguments, nor produce new documents, nor offer further evidence after the submission of their notice of appeal or answer. 

2.15.223 The CAS shall examine only whether the contested decision was arbitrary, i.e. whether it was manifestly unsustainable, in clear contradiction with the facts, or made without objective reasons or subsequent upon a serious breach of a clear and unquestioned rule or legal principle. It may only be overturned if its outcome is found to be arbitrary. 

(text modified on 21.09.06). 

2.15.224 The appeal is judged on basis of the documentation at the licence commission’s disposal at the time the appealed decision was rendered. There may be no subsequent additions to this documentation. The documents, statements and written evidence which the appellant intends to raise before the CAS can only refer to the same elements as found in the licence commission's file or which the commission took into account in its decision. 

(text modified on 21.09.06; 18.06.07; 12.01.17). 

2.15.225 Should the contested decision be judged to be arbitrary it shall be annulled and the CAS shall make a new decision that shall replace the contested decision. This decision shall settle the case definitively. No further appeal shall be admitted. 

However should the annulment of the contested decision open the way to a new allocation of the licences or a new award of a licence for which there is more than one candidate, the case shall be returned to the licence commission. After consulting the parties, the commission may, if it considers that it is in possession of adequate information, renounce any further documentary submissions and/or hearings. The case shall then be adjudged on the basis of the documentation as submitted to the commission on the occasion of its initial decision. 

(text modified on 21.09.06; 18.06.07; 12.01.17). 

2.15.226 Unless otherwise specified in the present section, the Code of Sports-related Arbitration shall apply.$_{ }$ 

## § 7 UCI WorldTour reserve fund 

(numbering of the paragraph modified on 12.01.17). 

2.15.227 As of 2015, no new contributions are made to the UCI WorldTour reserve fund. 

(text modified on 22.01.07; 1.01.14; 24.09.14; 8.11.16). 

