Constitution

§ 5 Member Federation representatives
Unless the MF has nominated a representative to NWF, the President of the Member Federation is automatically the MF representative. The NWF President can call meetings with the Executive Board, the MF representatives and the Athletes’ Commission Chair and Vice Chair to discuss and plan current affairs. Each participant has one vote in these meetings for a total of eleven votes: EB has three (3), MFs have six (6) and AC has two (2). By equal number of votes the President has a double vote.

§ 6 Athletes’ Commission
The NWF Athletes’ Commission acts as an advisory body of the NWF. It looks after the athletes’ interest and point of view in sport politics connected to the Nordic Weightlifting Federation, European Weightlifting Federation and International Weightlifting Federation. It maintains contact with the Athletes’ Commissions of the Nordic, the European and the International Weightlifting Federations. Members of the NWF Athletes’ Commission actively engage and protect values and rights of clean athletes as well as they engage in initiatives and projects for the athletes.

Elections will be held every other year at the Nordic Senior Championships where the competitors will have one vote each. Elections will be held anonymously using paper and/or electronic election systems. The competitors shall vote for one female and one male representative within their own Nordic Member Federation who will then form the NWF Athletes’ Commission. It will have a maximum of twelve (12) members with maximum two (2) from each Member Federation.

In the Constituent Meeting the Athletes’ Commission will vote for a Chair, a Vice Chair and a Secretary. The AC will work to promote Nordic Weightlifting and inform the NWF Executive Board and the NWF Congress about issues concerning the Athletes.

The athletes serving on the NWF Athletes’ Commission are subject to eligibility criteria as stated in Olympic Charter Bye-law 1 to Rule 21, pertaining to II.1.1-1.6. Candidate Criteria of the International Olympic Committee Athletes’ Commission. An exception is made in the qualifying competitions so that Nordic athletes who have competed at the Nordic level once in the last four years.

The Athletes’ Commission will make an Election Committee which is responsible for running the AC Election and making sure that candidates from each Member Federation follow the eligibility criteria. The term for the Athletes’ Commission members is two (2) years. The Chair and Vice Chair can serve up to five (5) terms. They must step aside for two (2) terms before being eligible to hold the positions again withstanding that they meet the eligibility criteria.

The AC shall hold meetings once every three (3) months, or when called by the leaders, or when two (2) member call for a meeting. AC decisions are adopted by majority vote and they are valid when majority of the members are present at the meeting. All meetings are recorded in written form. If any AC representative fails to participate at three meetings without notification to the NWF AC, the representative will be removed from the NWF AC.

§ 7 Congress
A Congress will be arranged in connection with Nordic Junior and Senior Championships. English is the official language at the Congress.

At the Congress each Member Federation has one vote on the condition that the obligations to the NWF are fulfilled, as well as the Athletes’ Commission Chair and two other athletes chosen by the NWF Athletes’ Commission and competing at the Championships have one vote each. Other representatives are free to speak and to put forward proposals. By equal number of votes the President has a double vote. The General Secretary of the NWF shall be present at the Congress and has the right to put forward proposals and is free to speak but has no right to vote. Elections to the NWF Executive Board shall be closed (secret ballot).

§ 8 Affiliation fee
Each Member Federation is obliged to pay an Annual Affiliation Fee to cover the expenses of the NWF. The annual fee should be paid January 15th at the latest. The annual Membership Fee is to be decided at each Senior Congress.

§ 9 NWF Technical Competition Rules and Regulations (NWF TCRR)
The NWF works under the IWF TCRR with some exceptions which are named in the NWF TCRR document and following.

Nordic Championships for women and men, junior women and men and youth girls and boys shall be organised every year except for Masters. An athlete who is nominated to the Youth Championships is not entitled to change her / his entry to the Junior Championships. At each Nordic Championships, all the participants shall present identity cards at the weigh-in. Doping controls can be performed at all Nordic Championships. The participating delegations must accept the accommodation offered by the Organising Committee and no other ways of lodging and meals will be accepted.

English is the official language at all Nordic Championships. Announcing of the lifter shall first be in English, then in the national language.

§ 10 Medals and ranking
To receive team points the lifter must make a total. The sum of the points will make the team result.

If only one athlete is entered in a weight category, he / she is still entitled to lift and will be awarded a gold medal and 7 points in the Team competition.

The team trophy is won by the nation with the highest score according to the point system in the NWF TCRR. When two (2) or more teams have the same points in the Team Classification, the team with more of the higher places must be ranked higher.

For both women and men in the Senior, Junior and Youth Championships a team trophy is set up. The trophy goes to the National Team that has the highest score points. If a National Team has won the trophy three times, the team keeps the trophy, and it is the responsibility of this federation to set up a new trophy.

The lifters of the competition shall be ranked in accordance with the latest Sinclair formula, or another NWF approved formula.

§ 11 NWF costs at Nordic Championships
The NWF pays the travel costs of the NWF Executive Board and the Chair of the Athletes’ Commission in connection with the Congress at the Nordic Championships.

At Nordic Championships the organisers shall provide free board and lodging for the NWF Executive Board as well as the Chair of the Athletes’ Commission.

§ 12 Nordic Records
Nordic Records are registered in all age groups and weight categories in accordance with the current IWF Rules and Regulations, except for Masters. If a record is equalled it will not be registered. Athletes in the Senior weight categories who have been registered and filled in their Whereabouts in Adams, or a comparable national whereabout recording service which secures the equal testing of the athletes, for three (3) months before the competition are eligible to lift Nordic Records. Nordic Record lists shall be sent (mailed) by the General Secretary to the Member Federations four times a year. New records shall be submitted to the NWF within 1 month. The NWF Record Form must be used.

§ 13 Awards
NWF’s Board can by unanimous decision give the following Honorary Award:

1. The NWF’s 2nd Degree Honorary Award might be given to a person who for several years has worked for the Nordic weightlifting sport- either within the Board in one’s own federation, or if he or she in other ways has worked for the Nordic weightlifting sport.
2. The NWF’s 1st Degree Honorary Award might be given to a person who to an outstanding manner and during a long period of time, has worked for the Nordic and International weightlifting sport. The person in question will be appointed Honorary Member of the NWF.
3. The Nordic Elite pin might be given to an active weightlifter who is qualified for these results:
   
   

Women		Men
Category (kg)	Total (kg)	Category (kg)	Total (kg)
45	143	55	222
49	154	61	248
55	173	67	272
59	182	73	297
64	192	81	311
71	205	89	327
76	210	96	336
81	211	102	347
87	213	109	353
+87	218	+109	371