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TOURS AGREEMENT reasonably practicable, adjudicate on the matter pursuant to the provisions of Clause 25 of this Agreement. The decision of the CEO, or his designee, shall be final and binding on the Unions concerned. 20.3 The luggage truck, van(s) and coach(es) provided by the Host Union to the Visiting Union pursuant to Schedule 2, Clause 2 shall be unbranded save for the standard mark of the hire company and the vehicle manufacturer. Prior to arranging vehicles pursuant to this Clause 20.3, the Host Union shall consult with the Visiting Union and where it is possible for the reasonable requests of the Visiting Union to be met in relation to branding and/or sponsorship livery on such vehicles and/or their specification without any additional cost to the Host Union then the Host Union shall provide vehicles in accordance with such requests of the Visiting Union. 20.4 Training Venues provided for the Visiting Union by the Host Union may during the use by the Visiting Union of the Training Venue be branded by the Visiting Union’s commercial partners subject to any local law requirements and/or existing training venue contractual commercial arrangements and/or advertising standards regulations governing the Training Venue and/or restrictions applying in educational establishments. Any and all costs associated with such branding shall be at the sole cost of the Visiting Union and for the avoidance of doubt the Host Union shall be under no obligation to provide Training Venues clean of existing advertising and/or branding. 20.5 At any Press Conferences staged by the Visiting Union outside of the Match Venue the commercial partners of the Visiting Union referred to in Clause 20.4 above shall have the exclusive right to branding and any signage at and within the Press Conference venue. Any and all costs associated with such branding and signage shall be the sole responsibility of the Visiting Union. 21. Security 21.1 Appropriate security shall be provided by the Host Union in accordance with the applicable security risk and/or threat prevalent at the time and/or at any time during the Tour, such security to include and cover each Match Venue, Training Venue and other relevant locations, including but not limited to Team hotels. The Host Union shall ensure that all such appropriate and necessary security precautions are in place for the Tour. 21.2 If considered necessary by the Visiting Union, a security plan shall be discussed by the Host Union and Visiting Union and agreed at least four weeks prior to the commencement of the International Tour. Such security plan shall include the provision a safe environment for the Visiting Union at all relevant times during the Tour. Police escorts shall be provided to the Visiting Union where available when the Team of the Visiting Union is travelling to a Match forming part of the International Tour. 21.3 The costs of all Tour security arrangements and implementation thereof in accordance with the advice of the appropriate authorities relevant to the Last update: 14 January, 2015 505


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