The principal differences between the two regimes may be summarised as follows:
Training compensation will be payable when a player signs his first professional contract with a club that is different from the club(s) that contributed to his training;
By contrast, solidarity payments will only be payable upon the international transfer of a playerwho is already a professional;
Training compensation may also be payable when a player is transferred between clubs belonging to different national associations, until the end of the season of his 23rd birthday, whether that transfer takes place during or at the end of the player’s contract, and whether that transfer involves a fee or not;
By contrast, solidarity payments will only be payable if a player is transferred for a fee, between clubs belonging to different national associations, prior to the expiry of his employment contract;
Furthermore, such transfers (see (iv) above) occurring after the season of a player’s 23rd birthday will continue to engage the solidarity payments regime;
The amount of training compensation is calculated by reference to published “training costs” (to which reference is made in Annexe 5, RSTP) and the number of years a player has spent training with a former club(s);
By contrast, solidarity payments will be a maximum of 5% of the agreed transfer compensation;
A separate set of rules applies to the calculation of training compensation, in circumstances where a player moves from one association to another inside the territory of the EU / EEA;
By contrast, the same rules apply to the calculation of solidarity payments, whether a player moves from one EU / EEA country to another or not.