Reglamento General ACES América

Edition Julio 2026 · in force since July 18, 2026
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  • Julio 2026 · Jul 18, 2026Harmonisation of the articles and Appendix VIII in accordance with the decision consultation of July 2026: penalty under Art. 27.2 (graduated table of Appendix VIII); City fee €2,500; Capital requirement "capital of a country"; Evaluation Committee of 5-9 for Capital and 3-6 for Community-Island and City; twelve criteria (Appendix I); 50% rule transferred to Art. 8; reference in Art. 23.1 corrected to Article 5; correction of references to Europe (Appendices IV, VI, VII and VIII); restoration of the Appendix V heading; correction of typographical errors and unification of "ACES América". Incorporation of Appendix X: ACES Programme for International Promotion, Technical Consultancy and Institutional Quality (appendix to Article 26), approved in July 2026.Affected articles: Art. 27.2, 22, 16, 8, 23.1; Anexos I, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, X
  • Mayo 2026 · May 12, 2026Añadida al Art. 26.4 la cláusula de pago con recursos propios (la entidad puede pagar los derechos de imagen con recursos públicos propios sin firmar el convenio de patrocinio) y la nota al pie de traducción del reglamento oficial europeo.Affected articles: 26.4
  • Enero 2026 · Jan 1, 2026Edición inicial.
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Title IV · On the candidate city

16. Criteria for submitting a candidacy for American Capital / Region / City / Town of Sport.

  1. A municipality may be a candidate for American Capital of Sport provided it meets one of the following requirements: having a registered population of 500,000 or more inhabitants, or being the capital of a country.

  2. Two municipalities from the same country may not compete for the American Capital of Sport award.

  3. A municipality may be a candidate for American City of Sport if it has a registered population of between 25,000 and 499,999 inhabitants.

  4. A municipality may be a candidate for American Town of Sport if it has between 1 and 24,999 registered inhabitants.

  5. To bid for the American Community of Sport award, at least three municipalities must join together which, owing to their social, cultural, economic, geographical or historical characteristics, have that possibility.

  6. Those political structures united for cultural, geographical, economic, historical or social reasons may bid for the American Region of Sport award.

17. Adherence to the Regulations.

  1. At least one official representative of the municipality bidding for the American Capital/Region/City/Town of Sport award must confirm explicit and formal knowledge of these Regulations by adhering to them.

  2. Adherence to these Regulations shall entail compliance with all the sections included herein, and knowledge thereof shall be recorded by signing the form included in Appendix IV of this document.

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19. On the candidacy bid file.

Cities bidding for American Capital of Sport and for the other awards must, as an indispensable part of their candidacy, deliver to ACES America a bid file or dossier answering the questions established in the guiding criteria for the preparation of the bid file (see Appendix VI).

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