After a meeting with representatives of 16 swimwear manufacturers, held in Lausanne on Friday, Fina proposed the following requirements for the new swimsuits:

• DESIGN: The swimsuit shall not cover the neck and shall not extend past the shoulders nor past the ankles
  
• MATERIAL: The material used shall have a maximum thickness of 1mm
  When used, the material shall follow the body shape
  The application of different materials shall not create air trapping effects
  
• BUOYANCY: The swimsuit shall not have a buoyancy effect of more than 1 Newton (100gr)
  
• CONSTRUCTION: Any system providing external stimulation or influence of any form (e.g. pain reduction, chemical/medical substance release, electro-stimulation) is prohibited
  
• CUSTOMISATION: All swimsuits of an approved model must be constructed in an identical fashion with no variation/modification for individual swimmers from the samples submitted for approval
  
• USE: The swimmer can only wear one swimsuit at a time
  
• CONTROL: FINA will establish its own independent control/testing programme. Scientific testing will be conducted by a team led by Prof. Jan-Anders Manson, from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) and Laboratory of Polymer and Composite Technology
  
• APPROVAL: Swimwear manufacturers will be able to make submissions for approval of swimsuits until March 31, 2009.

These requirements will be discussed at the FINA Bureau meeting on March 12-14, 2009 in Dubai.