UEFA's disciplinary committee had the ability to penalize players for offenses unpunished by the referee.
This meant that no player could have been suspended for final unless he was sent off in semi-final or he was serving a longer suspension for an earlier incident.
[6][7] Yellow cards and any related suspensions earned in the Euro 2012 qualifiers were neither counted nor enforced in the final tournament.
The disciplinary committee was also charged with reviewing any incidents that were missed by the officials and could have awarded administrative red cards and suspensions accordingly.
For example, if a player was booked but not sent off for a dangerous tackle, the disciplinary committee could not subsequently deem the challenge to be violent conduct and then upgrade the card to a red.
However, if the same player then spat at the opponent but was still not sent off, then the referee's report would have been unlikely to mention this automatic red card offense.
Unlike the rules in many domestic competitions, there is no particular category of red card offense that automatically results in a multi-game suspension.