ART.1 DEFINITION OF THE EVENT

ART.2 RULES

ART.3 COMPETITOR

3.1 CONDITIONS FOR ENTRY

A.	A competitor should be, regardless of nationality and sex, older than 18 and have an International Driving License which is valid for driving the entrant's vehicle in 1996.
B.	A participant in Auto Camion class should have an International Driver's License valid with FIA(C-Class or higher) in 1996. SSER ORGANISATION shall apply for an International Driver's License substitute to FIM for competitors in Motorcycle Class.
C.	The organizer shall have the right to refuse entry to any competitor.
D.	Any competitor who is replaced by another competitor shall be disqualified. Similarly an entrant's vehicle should be used or driven only by the competitor who has previously registered it with his/her name, and should not be either used or driven by any other person even during the moving of the vehicle. If a competitor accepts assistance from any other person than the rally official, he/she shall be disqualified.
E.	All the competitors should have acknowledged the risk of this Rally before entry. All the participants and people concerned shall recognize that the organizer shall not be legally responsible for bodily or mental harm or damage to machines and personal belongings.

3.2 COMPETITORS AND PARTICIPANTS

Participant is a general term including competitors, press-persons, team staff, air mechanics and sponsors.

The term competitor, is limited to a person who participates in the race.

3.3 ELIGIBLE CLASS OF RIDERS

Rider of any category may be classified into the following classes:

CLASS-1 INTERNATIONAL: a rider who has had a fifth prize or better with Enduro, Motor Cross, Trial or Marathon Raid in an official championship rally in or outside of one's own country in the past five years.

(* For the Japanese rider, A class of Motor Cross International or A class of Trial International only.)

CLASS-2 PROMOTION: a rider who has not had better than sixth prize in an official championship rally in or outside of one's own country.

3.4 PRIZES FOR RIDERS

Prizes for these Classes shall be awarded regardless of the Prizes for Individual Total, for each Class or each Category.

OVER 38 : awarded to all the riders older than 38.

MASTER OF GOBI:awarded to the best rider in the Gobi Desert stage.

LADIES CLASS : awarded to all the female riders.

3.5 PRIZES FOR DRIVERS

Prizes for these Classes shall be awarded regardless of the Prizes for Individual Total, for each Class or each Category.

OVER 48 :awarded to all the drivers and co-driversolder than 48.

MASTER OF GOBI:awarded to the best drivers and co-drivers in the Gobi Desert stage.

LADIES CLASS :awarded to all the female drivers.

(eligible only for females registered as drivers, not as co-drivers.)

3.6 PRIZES FOR TEAMS

In addition to these above mentioned prizes, a separate award will be given to the officially registered team which has shown the best performances in all categories.

ART.4 GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR VEHICLES

4.1 NOTES

An entrant vehicle should not be modified in any other way than described by the vehicle regulations of FIA or FIM respectively. Only vehicles that are equipped with the items specified in ART.7 shall be allowed to enter.

4.2 DATE OF MANUFACTURE AND REGISTRATION

An entrant vehicle should be manufactured in the country of production by April 30, 1996.

An entrant vehicle, with the exception of the cases specified in the item 4.3, should be officially registered to the administration of the participant's country in the name of the participant/competitor. Therefore, each crew in Auto Camion Class should include one person who has registered the vehicle in his/her name.

Those who wish to entry the rally with an unregistered vehicle should possess all necessary authority over the vehicle.

4.3 EXCEPTIONS OF VEHICLE OWNERSHIP

One exception to the above rule 4.2 is when a participant/competitor is a press-person whose vehicle is registered by a manufacturer or importer for a certain purpose. In this case, each representative should submit one copy of a lease certificate and a written oath certifying that his/her vehicle has been loaned by either a manufacturer or importer. Also, it shall be accepted as an exception when an entrant team is from a corporation whose vehicle is registered by the corporation. To do so, a representative of the corporation should submit one copy of a lease certificate and a written oath certifying his/her vehicle has been loaned by the corporation. The participant also needs to be registered by the team. Those who satisfy these conditions shall be regarded as exceptions to the rules specified in the item 4.2.

4.4 EXPORT/IMPORT OBLIGATION FOR VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT

All the vehicles and equipment that are temporarily imported to Mongolia for the rally should be brought back from Mongolia except for expendable such as oil or food. It is prohibited to abandon, dispose or transfer articles except for the following:

A)	destruction by fire
B)	Articles lost in places(for example in a valley or in sand where it would be unable to be practically retrieved
C)	an unavoidable accident such as robbery

All the above should be proved by the participants.

The above vehicles or equipment abandoned by participants shall not be searched for or recovered by the organizer.

In the case that vehicles miss the pre-arranged transportation back to Japan, the vehicles will be ransported at the participant's expense regardless of where the responsibility lies.

4.5 FUEL AND ENGINE OIL

All the fuel and engine oil shall be prepared by the organizer. Both the gasoline and light oil prepared are produced in Russia, while the engine oil, which will be provided at every bivouac, is produced in Japan(NISSEKI, ZOA Brand, High Efficiency Engine Oil). The requisite quantity of oil for the necessary testing and adjustments will be provided to participants at the latest by the AUTO/MOTO Inspection day. The organizer shall not be held responsible for the fuel quality.

4.6 REFUELING POINTS AND MAXIMUM DISTANCE OF CRUISING

The refueling facilities shall be prepared every day at 15:00-24:00 within the goal area (Bivouac point). For a late arrival at a bivouac, refueling shall be made from 5:00 of the following morning until after all the starts have completed.

4.6.1

All participants in Motorcycle Class need to cruise continuously at the maximum distance of 350km. The Rest Control for refueling shall be opened within 350km every morning after the start has finished.

The Rest Control point shall be closed either when the passage of all vehicles has been confirmed or when the maximum time of the first vehicle in that etap has been passed.

A competitor is responsible when he/she is unable to find the rest control point or unable to continue the race due to gas shortage and fails to arrive at the refueling facilities before they have closed.

4.6.2

All participants in Auto Camion Class need to cruise continuously at a maximum distance of 700km.

ART.5 ELIGIBLE CATEGORIES OF MACHINES

5.1 MOTORCYCLE CLASS

5.1.1The entrant motorcycles shall be classified into the following three classes:

Marathon Class

Silhouette Class

Prototype Class

5.1.2 This rally shall be divided into the following four categories by the volume of engines:

Category1: larger than 601cc

Category2: 401cc�`600cc

Category3: 251cc�`400cc

Category4: 231cc�`250cc

5.2 AUTO CAMION CLASS

5.2.1The entrant auto camions shall be classified into the following four classes:

T1

T2

T3

T4

5.2.2 This rally shall be divided into the following two categories by the type of engine:

Category1: gasoline

Category2: diesel

5.2.3 The technical regulations for modification of vehicles shall conform to the rules specified by FIA/FIM.

ART.6 ENTRIES

6.1 ENTRY

There are two Entry stages: Pre Entry and Final Entry. And only applicants who have completed Pre Entry shall be vested with Final Entry.

6.2 ENTRY FEES

Entry fee includes the following.

6.2.1 Residents in Japan

6.2.2 Residents outside Japan who will receive the Inspection in Ulaanbaatar

Two-way shipment for a vehicle and necessary belongings and two-way ticket for an entrant shall be exempted.

6.2.3

Entry Fees in the above item 6.2.1 include the following:

All meals and hotels from Aug 13 through Aug 27, if the rally is still on, Accident Insurance, expenses for emergency transportation, two-way shipment for a vehicle and necessary belongings of the specified weight, customs fee, boarding on chartered airplane, parties, gasoline supplied by the organizer, light oil, oil, registration fee of a vehicle in Mongolia, Driving License in Mongolia, and some other supplies prepared by the organizer.

6.2.4

Entry Fees in item 6.2.2 include the following:

All meals and hotels from Aug 13 through Aug 27, if the rally is still on, Accident Insurance, expenses for emergency transportation, parties, gasoline supplied by the organizer, light oil, oil, registration fee of a vehicle in Mongolia, Driving License in Mongolia, some other supplies prepared by the organizer.

6.3 FINAL ENTRY AND ITS FEES

An applicant who has registered in Pre Entry shall be vested as Final Entry applicant. The Final Entry applicant has to submit the official Final Entry form with Final Entry fee and the necessary papers by May 25, 1996.

The Final Entry fee is the same amount as the Pre Entry fee. And if the entrant Class requires a deposit it should be paid together at that time.

All the payments are to be made by remittance to the following bank account:

Bank Account : Ishii Branch of Iyo Bank, Ordinary savings 1361783 SSER Organisation

Address of Ishii Branch of Iyo Bank:

42-3, Asoda-Cho, Matsuyama-City, Ehime, Japan, 790

TEL: +81-89-941-1191

6.4 REJECTION AND CANCELLATION OF ENTRY

Request for Cancellation and refund of Pre Entry and Final Entry should be sent only by authorized mail in order to avoid any argument. Cancellation of Entry after full payment of fees will be refunded as follows:

• 50% of payment shall be returned when cancellation is made before 0:00a.m. of May 25, 1996 of Japan Time,
• 30% of payment shall be returned when cancellation is made before 0:00a.m. of June 10, 1996 of Japan Time,
• No cancellation will be accepted after June 10, 1996.

The organizer will not refund any Entry fees to participants whose vehicles fail the technical and administrative inspections (of June 22 and 23 or Aug 13, 1996) due to lack of necessary documents or failure to meet technical standards/rules.

6.5 CHANGE OF COMPETITORS AND VEHICLES

A)	Any change of registered competitors, either drivers or riders, after the formal entry shall not be permitted without sufficient reasons such as a sudden sickness or accident. In such a case, a participant shall report to the judges for their permission to change a competitor.
B)	B)Any change of registered vehicles shall also not be permitted after the formal entry without sufficient reasons, such as a sudden breakdown or damage caused by an accident. In such a case, a participant shall report to the judges for their permission to change a vehicle, as well to the organizer for the details of customs clearance.

6.6 CANCELLATION OF THE RALLY

SSER ORGANISATION will refund all of the entry cost to participants in the case that the rally becomes impractical in the following cases:

In case that political unrest, war or lack of technical support in the host country may make the passage of rally course impossible.

In case of lack of funds because the number of participants are too few.

SSER ORGANISATION will refund the total amount before October 20, 1996. If the date of rally is delayed, SSER ORGANISATION must notify all participants and all concerned of the new schedule as soon as possible.

Participants can ask SSER ORGANISATION to refund the cost by mail with a certificate of delivery in case that they cannot enter the rally because of this schedule change.

SSER ORGANISATION will not pay any compensation in any case.

ART.7 TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INSPECTIONS

ART.8 IDENTIFICATION DISPLAYS AND THEIR REQUIRED SPACES

ART.9 ROUTE BOOK,TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

ART.10 ASSISTANCE

ART.12 MEDICAL SYSTEM

12.1 MEDICAL SYSTEM

The following medical system shall be prepared by the organizer:

1) Medical Car......2units(on which doctors ride to follow the competitors riding in the middle and at the end of the group from the starting point of each etap. Equipped with medical kits.)

2) Medical Camion......1unit(on which one or two doctors ride. Equipped with medical kits.)

3) Helicopter......1unit (on which one or two doctors fly. Equipped with monitoring instruments.)

12.2 EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION

The organizer will be prepared in case that participants might have an unexpected accident and need to be transported to a well-equipped medical institution. If such a misfortune happens, a patient shall be urgently transported to the nearest hospital in Beijing. The expense of this emergency transportation shall be covered by the accident insurance specified in Article 11. However, the transportation back from China shall be paid by the participant.

The emergency medical team consists of five Japanese doctors, headed by Chief doctor, Dr. Tetsuya Tsurumi. The team consists of 1 physician, 2 surgeons, 1 anesthetist and 1 nurse, all of whom are emergency doctors.

The size of this medical team may be changed, depending on the number of participants in the rally. In case a patient doesn't need complicated treatment which requires special equipment, he/she will be transported to the head office of the rally or the office in Ulaanbaatar. The liability for emergency transportation borne by the organizer shall be limited to a hospital in Beijing.

12.3 MEDICAL CHECK

(A)Medial inspections will be held by the organizer during Administrative Inspections and on Aug 14, 1996 prior to the rally. All competitors shall attend these check ups and obtain professional approval from the chief doctor to participate in the rally.

(B)If the goal of any participant of any etap is made later than the midnight(12:00a.m.), the participant shall report to the medical section for a check up and obtain professional approval from the chief doctor to continue the rally.

(C)A participant will receive a medical examination anytime the chief of competition or chief doctor finds it necessary.

ART.13 CHECK CARD

ART.14 CONTROL ZONE

The beginning and the end of every control zone is marked by flags.

ART.15 TIME CONTROL AND MAXIMUM PERMITTED TIME

ART.16 PASSAGE CONTROL

Passage control is prepared to make sure that competitors take the proper route mentioned in the route book, or to check the position within the etap.

The exact position of the passage control will be released before the start.

Failure to pass the passage control will result in the following penalties.

• 1st time .... 3 hours
• 2nd time .... 6 hours
• 3rd time .... 9 hours
• 4th time .... disqualified

The number of passage controls will be changed depending on the conditions of the etap. If some part of a special has to be canceled for one reason or another, the officials will practice a special time check so as not to let the whole SPECIAL be affected.

ART.17 ETAP(SPECIAL and LIAISON)

ART.18 BRIEFING

A)	A briefing will be held by the chief of competition everyday, in the presence of the judges, in front of the official's tent(Head Office) at least 1 hour before the first vehicle's starting of the day's etap. All participants in Motorcycle Class and at least one driver of every vehicle in Auto Camion Class shall attend these briefings.
B)	The organizer will have no responsibility for any disadvantage nor lack of information due to their nonattendance of any briefing.
C)	In addition to the regular briefings explained above, the organizer(the chief of competition) will hold special briefings anytime needed. When a special briefing is held, its announcement will be made by the putting up of a notice on the bulletin board in front of Head Office.

ART.19 RE-GROUPING

If there is a sandstorm or a sudden major change in the course is seen, and it becomes impossible to continue the race, regrouping will be practiced for the sake of safety and competitors will then move in convoy in the etap they are in.

ART.20 STARTING

ART.21 PLACINGS

Total placings depend on the time of the special stage and penalties. The competitor who has the fastest time is ranked first. If competitors have the same times, the placings will be decided by the time of the first day's special stage. If this is also the same, the second day's time will be used. If it is still impossible to rank them, the third day's time will be used.

Provisional placings will be posted by 12:00am at the bivouac.

ART.22 PROTESTS

Protests must follow the international sports regulations. Any participant who has a protest must present a paper which mentions the protest and the date and the time when the paper is submitted together with US$100 for Motorcycle Class and with US$1,000 for Auto Camion Class as a protest charge. If the protest requires breaking apart an engine or other equipment of another's vehicle, the competitor must pay an additional US$200. The defendant competitor should have the inspection performed by the committee. The result of the protests will be sent or reported orally by the committee. The cost of the protest is non-refundable in any case unless the protest is reasonable and accepted by the committee. Those who are not satisfied with the results may appeal the decision in accordance with the FIA Sport Codes, Article 181. The protest charge is US$2,500.

ART.23 SAFETY

23.1

A competitor, who retires from the rally in the middle of the race for one reason or another, must inform the organizer at least before the end of the etap on the next day. Any competitor who cannot follow this rule will not be allowed to attend any other rallies or events sponsored by the SSER ORGANISATION.

If a competitor retires from the race without reporting it to the organizer, it may result in a special search for him/her since the organizer don't know where he/she is. If a special search is executed due to the failure of a competitor to report, he/she will be responsible for all the costs required for the search.

He/she will not be transported by the organizer's airplane at any place on the route.

If a competitor retires from the rally, he/she must go to Ulaanbaatar and not be late for transport back to Japan.

The schedule and route will be determined at a meeting with the organizer. The route must be followed due to an agreement with the Mongolian government.

23.2 DEPOSIT

The deposit of a competitor (For the Auto Camion Class)will be forfeited in the following circumstances:

A) 50% for retired competitors, and 100% for disqualified competitors.

B) Competitors who retire from the rally and need to be picked up by the organizer.

C) Competitors whose vehicles are picked up by the organizer or abandoned by competitors

D) Competitors who violate the formal protest rules or protest orally

23.3 ROUTE CLOSE

The route will be closed as the organizer vehicle (Camion) brings up the rear after the last competitor. No competitor shall remain on the route once it is closed by Camion.

If a competitor experiences some difficulty, the organizer vehicle will allow a certain amount of time, regardless of class, for the competitor to fix the difficulty . If the difficulty can't be fixed within the time limit, the competitor shall be retired. After the competitor is retired, he/she has to ride in the organizer vehicle during the designated time.

In the Motorcycle Class, if a rider is to be retired by the organizer, he/she as well as his/her motorcycle shall be transferred in/(by) Camion to the bivouac of the day. There will not be another chance for a rider to have his/her picked up by the organizer.

As well, in the Auto Camion Class, if a driver is regarded to be retired by the organizer, he/she and his/her co-driver shall be transferred by Camion to the bivouac of the day. At this time, the organizer will make all possible attempts to pick up his/her vehicle. However, the organizer will bear no responsibility or liability for his/her vehicle even through its transfer is not possible for some unfortunate reason.

In the case where a competitor does not ride in this vehicle, he/she must sign a release form and give to the person in charge of closing the route.

Anybody who does not follow this instruction shall lose all of the rights of this rally.

The organizer shall not be responsible for any consequences that may happen as a result of non-compliance with this instruction.

ART.24 RESPONSIBILITY FOR HELPING OTHERS

If a participant finds someone who needs help, he/she must stop his/her vehicle and must inform other vehicles and notify the organizer as soon as possible.

However, in the case that he/she is delayed because of this reason, the delaying time will not be deducted from his/her time. All competitors should do their best to avoid any kind of accident.

ART.25 PICTURE COVERAGE

The organizer have the express authority to publicize or broadcast this event by TV, radio, movies or photos, using participants' name or photos for the sake of publicity.

Anyone who wants to use the trademark or picture coverage of this rally must request permission and make a contract with the SSER ORGANISATION.

ART.26 RESOLUTION OF CONFLICTS

26.1

All lawsuits regarding this event shall be brought to the district court of the organizer.

26.2

Items other than those specified in these regulations shall conform to the laws and ordinances of Japan.

ART.27 PENALTIES

ART.28 PRIZE