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Crystal Palace will learn their European fate within a fortnight.
The Eagles have taken UEFA to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after they were demoted from the Europa League to the Conference League last month for falling foul of the governing body's rules on multi-club ownership.
And CAS have now announced that their appeal will be heard next Friday, August 8, with a verdict due on the following Monday, August 11.
Palace want the decision overturned and are also appealing the decision to admit Nottingham Forest and French side Lyon into the Europa League. Forest, who were in the Conference League, took Palace's place following their demotion.
As Mail Sport revealed earlier this week, City Ground officials will be sending a legal team to the Swiss showdown to represent themselves.
FA Cup winners Palace were removed from the Europa League because Lyon, who were owned by US businessman John Textor, were already in the competition and had finished higher in their domestic league last season.
Crystal Palace will discover their European fate within the next fortnight
Palace were removed from the Europa League despite winning the FA Cup
They took their appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport and want the demotion overturned
Textor's Eagle Football Holdings also held a 43 per cent stake in Palace and a UEFA panel ruled that the situation had broken their rules.
Palace are expected to deny that Textor, who has since sold his stake to fellow American Woody Johnson, held a position of influence at the club as his firm only had a 25 per cent share of voting rights.
They are also set to claim that double standards have been at play by UEFA given their belief that Forest were allowed extra time to comply with the rules, whereas Palace were held to a March 1 deadline.
They want UEFA to disclose documents which they are confident will illustrate how both clubs received differing treatment.
Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis effectively placed the English side into blind trust on April 29 when there was a risk it may qualify for the Champions League alongside his Greek outfit Olympiakos.
The draw for the Conference League play-off, which Palace are currently due to be in, takes place next Monday. The first leg is to be held on August 21.
