"THE C.O.M. NEWS", SEPTEMBER 2006 nr. 116

The new arrangements adopted for judging at World Championships (Northern Hemisphere) resulted in a decrease of the number of judges required. In order to afford a more equitable participation of O.M.J. judges from each member country, the O.M.J.-E.C. has decided to establish the following allocation rules:

• Member countries having available O.M.J. judges will be classified into two groups, A and B, and these groups will be revised annually.

• To be included in group A, a member country must:
         - exhibit a significant number of birds;
         - have at least 20 (twenty) O.M.J. judges.

Each of these countries has the right of designating its own judges for a World Show every year, upon specific request from the O.M.J.-E.C. Secretary.

• Countries that do not comply with the above two requirements will be automatically included in group B, from which will be nominated a total of three (3) judges each year: 1 from Portugal + 2 from amongst the other remaining countries on rotation.