By EFE
Jul 24, 2023, 23:21 PM EDT
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAS) has confirmed the legality, validity and proportionality of the FIFA Regulations on Football Agents (RFAF), a decision that, according to the body, “ratifies the regulations from a legal point of view and provides security to all football interest groups”.
FIFA applauded the TAS decision on Monday and stressed that “this is the first in-depth assessment of the legality of the RFAF, carried out by a panel of renowned independent experts.”
“These regulations constitute a key step in the reform of the transfer system undertaken by FIFA, encompassed in the strategic objective of “modernizing the football regulatory framework”, and will govern the activity of football agents in relation to the transfer of players,” he added.
The body recalled in a statement that the entry into force of the RFAF as of October “comes after an exhaustive consultation process with numerous interest groups” and assured that the TAS decision “ratifies FIFA’s position, which considers that the RFAF constitutes a reasonable and proportionate regulatory framework that will help to solve systemic problems in the current transfer system.”
The new regulations establish measures such as the limitation of fees, the prohibition of multiple representation or the principle by which only licensed soccer agents can carry out the activity, which for FIFA “will increase contractual stability, guarantee that the interests of agents and soccer players are in tune, raise professional and ethical standards, and ensure the proper functioning of the transfer system.”
“FIFA trusts that this decision provides legal certainty to football stakeholders regarding the integrity of the framework that regulates the activity of the agents, including any dispute in progress,” he insisted after recalling that the CAS is the largest international sports dispute resolution body and is fully recognized as such in article 56 of its Statutes.
The body chaired by Gianni Infantino stressed that the RFAF was drawn up after a long and exhaustive consultation process in which footballers, clubs, leagues, national football federations and football agent organizations participated, and its entry into force is part of a general reform of the transfer system.
The regulation dictates that as of October 1, 2023, only those professionals who have the corresponding license may act as soccer agents.
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