If the Member Federation fails to pay the fine within such deadline, further Member Consequences  for an additional period of up to two years, or, if earlier, until the fine is settled in 62 [Comment to Article 12.2: whilst this Article 12 is based on the principle of “strict liability” whereby it is not necessary that intent, fault, negligence or other culpable oversight of the Member Federation be demonstrated by IWF in order to establish a violation, the Member Federation may, as part of the proceedings before the Independent Panel, submit evidences to establish that the Member Federation’s degree of fault or negligence was not significant in relation to the circumstances surrounding the underlying anti-doping rule violations.