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The committee did not go into any details on his conduct or
on any particular incident that led to the fine.
Villar said in a statement issued by the Spanish federation
(RFEF) that he was happy his name had been cleared of more
serious charges of not cooperating, but denied he had "lacked
decorum".
The World Cup tournaments were awarded to Russia and Qatar
respectively by soccer's governing body FIFA in December 2010
following a bidding contest which is now being investigated by
the Swiss attorney general's office.
Buffeted by a series of scandals over the last few years, FIFA
was thrown into turmoil in May by the U.S. indictments of 14
football officials and its president Sepp Blatter is suspended
for 90 days pending an ethics investigation.
FIFA's Ethics Committee said on Friday it had also banned two
officials from Congo for six months each over their conduct at
the annual Congress this year.
Jean Guy Blaise Mayolas, vice-president of the Congolese
Football Association (FECOFOOT), and Badji Mombo Wantete,
general secretary of FECOFOOT, were banned for breaking rules on
accepting gifts, it said.
Villar, a former player who spent most of his career at Athletic
Bilbao, has been the Spanish federation (RFEF) president since
1988 and on FIFA's executive committee since 1998.
The Ethics Committee said in a statement that he was warned and
fined 25,000 Swiss francs ($24,955.08) after he "failed to
behave in accordance with the general rules of conduct
applicable to football officials in the context of the
investigations."
(Reporting by Michael Shields; Writing by Brian Homewood in
Berne; Editing by John Stonestreet and Andrew Heavens)
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