In absence of a request for renewal of the certificate before its expiration, it shall be deemed terminated. A candidate wishing to practice as a riders’ agent after such expiration shall have to resit the examination in order to be issued a new certificate. 

 Article 21. Licensed RAs shall have the following rights: 

(text modified on 1.07.18). 

## Rights and Obligations of Riders’ Agents 

A. To contact any rider who is not, or who is no longer, under contract with a team or with a view to signing a contract for the period after the expiry of the rider’s current contract; 

B. To represent the rider with the objective of negotiating or signing a dependant or independent rider contract or a criterium contract; 

C. To defend and manage a rider's interests. 

 Article 22. A licensed RA only has the right to represent or manage the interests of a rider if he or she has a written mediation contract, signed and previously registered with the National Federation. 

 Article 23. Such a contract may not have a duration over two years but can be renewed in writing with the express agreement of both parties. Tacit renewal of the contract is prohibited. 

The contract shall contain the following elements as a minimum: the names of the parties, the duration of the contract, the amount of the licensed RA's remuneration, the method of payment, the date and parties' signatures. 

 Article 24. The licensed RA is exclusively remunerated by his/her client and in no event by a third party. 

 Article 25. The remuneration of the licensed RA is calculated in accordance with the fixed remuneration received by the rider (the compensation for the rider’s services) by the end of the contract negotiated by the rider's licensed RA, without taking into account any supplementary services or other benefits. 

 Article 26. The licensed RA and the rider agree in advance on the method of remuneration of the RA, either: 

A. by the payment of a single fixed fee, payable at the start of the period of the contract between the licensed RA and the rider; 

B. by a payment divided into two, payable at the start of the period of the contract and at the start of the second half of the period of the contract. 

 Article 27. The standard contract between a licensed RA and a rider (Annexe 1) is the sole document recognised as valid and which must be used by licensed RAs. In compliance with UCI regulations, the contracting parties may make supplementary agreements to complement the standard contract. The provisions of the laws in the relevant countries that apply to intermediaries involved in seeking out work must be respected. Any clause agreed by the parties that is contrary to the standard contract between a rider and a licensed RA and/or these statutes, regulations, directives and decisions of the UCI and/or by which the rider's rights are infringed, shall be null and void. 

