The FIFA has just sent a circular to clubs to remind them of the new Regulations of FIFA about Soccer Agents (RFAF) was approved on December 16 and goes into effect next Monday. Today, Monday, the process of obtaining licenses to practice as a football agent is set out in the new Regulations of FIFA about Soccer Agents. Although the process will take effect next Monday, FIFA has marked a transition period that spans until October 1 of this year. On that date, only the services of licensed soccer agents may be contracted and the cap on agent commissions will apply.
This new regulation, in addition to the mandatory licensing system, prohibits multiple representation and applies a cap on commissions. Thus, it will charge up to a maximum of 10% of the transfer value if the agent represents the selling club; up to 3% if he works for the player or for the buying club; and up to 6% if you work for both at the same time and may not represent more than one party in a transaction. The new regulation comes from the comprehensive reform of the transfer system FIFA.
In this way, FIFA It aims to strengthen contractual stability, protect the integrity of the transfer system and achieve greater transparency in all financial matters.
In writing of FIFA reminding all parties that the RFAF (Regulation of FIFA on Football Agents) “was conceived with the aim of ensuring that the behavior of agents is consistent with the main objectives of the transfer system, in particular to ensure the protection of the integrity of football, and to establish minimum professional and ethical standards work standards of soccer agents.”
The new regulatory framework for football agents it proposed FIFA is consistent with the European Parliament’s report on sports policy of EU and in the report of the Council of Europe on football management, where the work of FIFA to modernize the current transfer system and, especially, the new one RFAF. The entry into force of RFAFas the letter recalls, “will govern the activity of football agents in the international transfer system and will be applicable to all representation contracts with an international scope” and indicates the repeal of the Regulations of FIFA on Contacting Intermediaries.
as you remember the FIFA; “The RFAF gives to FIFAin addition to member associations and interest groups, a balanced and rational legal instrument to protect the integrity of football and ensure the proper functioning of the transfer system”.
In addition, there are also changes to protect young people and thus have more control over the situation, avoiding the use of many of them, because it will be important that agents dealing with minors have to pass in some adaptation courses.
A situation that does not spontaneously fall on all representatives. It is not excluded that there are current lawsuits because they consider this regulation illegal
Source: La Verdad
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