12.2.4  Failure to Render a Timely Decision by the I OC  Where, in a particular case, the IOC and/or the ITA acting on behalf of the IOC, fails to render a decision with respect to whether an anti-doping rule violation was committed within a reasonable deadline set by WADA , WADA  may elect to appeal directly to CAS as if the IOC or the ITA acting on behalf of the IOC had rendered a decision finding no anti-doping rule violation.