Fifa gave the date in a statement outlining the agenda of the next International Football Association Board (Ifab) meeting on March 3, which will deal with eight proposals and amendments to football rules.

Goal-line technology is one of the topics and the board will hear a report from a test institute on a first round of goal-line technology testing in November and December. A second round of testing will take place between March and June before the board decides the day after the July 1 Euro 2012 final. Fifa president Joseph Blatter expects goal-line technology to be given the nod and to be in place for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil to curb incidents such as at the 2010 World Cup when the referee did not see Frank Lampard's shot cross the line in the match between England and Germany.

Other Ifab topics in March include a proposal to allow a fourth substitution in matches that go into extra-time, and a look at the triple punishment of penalty, red card and suspension if a player fouls another in the area to deny a scoring chance.