The updated Orange Book will be effective from August 1st 2009. Click here for a fully updated version.

Changes are made from August 1st each year and a small number of changes were made in 2007 and 2008. In 2009 there are a very small number of changes. You can click here to download the changes in full, or click here to download the 2009 changes only.

The Laws & Ethics Committee published the new Orange Book in 2006 which took effect from August 1st 2006 with amendments on August 1st 2007, 2008 and 2009.

The revised code of bridge laws - The Laws of Duplicate Bridge 2007 took effect in England on August 1st 2008. Click here for the 2007 English edition.

Submitting a method

Additions and amendments to permitted methods normally take effect from August 1st and any applications to change anything need to be received by the L&E Secretary by the end of February.

If you wish to apply for approval of any agreement not currently permitted you should send it either typed on A4 paper to The Secretary to the Laws and Ethics Committee, EBU, Broadfields, Aylesbury HP19 8AZ or by email to john@ebu.co.uk. You should include a logical defence to any agreement and indicate how it is to be shown on the convention card. The Committee tend to look more favourably on applications that are not especially difficult to defend against.

Please be aware that the Orange Book is a big file and will take some time to download. It is probably best if you right-mouse-click on the link and save it to your own hard disc then open it from there.

Click here to download the Easy Guide Card and Click here to download the new EBU Convention Cards

John Pain
Secretary to the Laws & Ethics Committee
October 2008