Aggravating Circumstances  which may Increase the Period of Ineligibility   If the UCI establishe s in an individual case involving an anti -doping rule violation other than violations under Article 2.7 ( Trafficking  or Attempted Trafficking ), 2.8 ( Administration  or Attempted Administration ), 2.9 (Complicity  or Attempted  Complicity ) or 2.11 (Acts by a  Rider or Other Person  to Discourage or Retaliate Against Reporting) that Aggravating Circumstances  are present which justify the imposition of a period of Ineligibility  greater than the standard sanction, then the period of Ineligibility  otherwise applicable  shall be increased by an additional period of Ineligibility  of up to two (2) years depending on the seriousness of the violation and the nature of the Aggravating Circumstances , unless the Rider  or other Person  can establish that he or she did not knowingly commit the anti -doping rule violation.