Astana, the team of 2014 Tour de France winner Vincenzo Nibali, will keep their World Tour licence for 2015 after UCI president Brian Cookson failed in his bid to have it revoked following a series of doping offences.
In February the UCI asked the Independent Licence Commission to revoke the licence following an independent audit into the team's procedures, which came after a number of anti-doping infringements by Astana and their feeder team.
But instead the Licence Commission asked the Institute of Sport Sciences at the University of Lausanne (ISSUL) to devise a series of measures to be placed on the team, under which they can retain their licence.
In a statement on Thursday night, the UCI said: "On the initiative of the Licence Commission, ISSUL were asked to propose special measures which the Team will be obliged to put in place at specific times over the rest of this season.
"The team committed to respecting all the measures recommended by ISSUL. At the end of the hearing, the Licence Commission announced the suspension of the proceedings."
The decision leaves Astana free to compete for the rest of the season, although the team remains the subject of further scrutiny.
"...The registration for the 2015 season remains in force," the statement added. "However, the Team's licence is subject to strict monitoring of the conditions laid down.
"This monitoring will be carried out on the basis of reports transmitted by ISSUL to the Licence Commission.
"The Licence Commission shall be able to re-open the proceedings if Astana Pro Team fails to respect one or several of the conditions imposed, or if new elements arise."
When Astana were awarded their 2015 licence in December, conditions were attached after five riders linked to the team failed doping tests in 2014, including brothers Maxim and Valentin Iglinskiy, trainee Ilya Davidenok and two members of Astana's continental development team - Artur Fedosseyev and Victor Okishev.
There was no suggestion of wrong-doing on the part of Nibali.
Astana were made to submit to an audit from ISSUL as a condition of their licence.
At the conclusion of that audit, the UCI asked for Astana's licence to be revoked, saying the reality of the team's policies and structures differed markedly from what Astana told the licence commission during a review last December.
The Kazakh team had previously said they would appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport if the licence was revoked.
