1. The voluntary and express submission of an employment dispute to the FIFA dispute-resolution mechanism, despite the option to proceed before the national courts, constitutes a choice by the parties for the dispute to be decided in accordance with the FIFA Statutes and Regulations. The application of Swiss law stipulated in Art. 60 para. 2 of the FIFA Statutes is limited. The latter only applies in the alternative and, more particularly, if there is a gap in the FIFA regulations. However, where the FIFA regulations conclusively regulate a legal question there is basically no scope for having recourse to Swiss law.