New Directing Rules
(Red is specific to the Noverre)  EBU Announcing Rules

1. No eating at the table, biscuits excluded for both online and F2F

2. Opening 1C where the suit could be less than 4 should be announced as "could be as short as 1,2 or 3 "
NB Could be as short as 0 is alerted

3. If a bid has extra meaning then it must be announced/alerted

Examples
a) When playing weak NT, 5 card majors - if your bid could include a 5 card major or a 6 card minor- Annouce

b) When playing 2 over 1, 2C or 1NT over a 1H/S as they  contain extra/unexpected meaning -c  - -  Announce

c) When playing Strong Diamond CRO 1C-2C is game forcing as well as showing a club suit
- Alert

4. Jump overcalls need to be announced as they could be either weak,intermediate or strong in the same way as opening 2H/S bids

5.If a bid is not Alerted - Do NOT ask if it is natural - This will be regarded as potentially Unauthorised Information (UI) and will not be looked upon kindly by the Director

Reminder 1 : You can only ask about a bid if you are intending to bid yourself
NB if you ask and subsequently pass you will be in danger of passing UI to your partner which could lead to penalisation

Reminder 2: Dummy should not interfere with play either verbally or non verbally