## Licence commission 

2.13.031 The licence commission issues decisions on the award and withdrawal of licences and any other measures set out by the regulations with regard to UCI Women’s WorldTour licences, the registration of UCI Women’s WorldTeams and on other disputes regarding UCI Women’s WorldTeams as set out in the present chapter and as per the terms of reference of the licence commission. 

## Application for a licence 

2.13.032 The number of UCI Women’s WorldTour licences that may be issued and held is as follows: 

- 5 during the 2020 season; 

- 10 during the 2021 season; 

- 15 during the 2022 season. 

If justified by the circumstances, the UCI may decide to authorise the licence commission to award up to three additional licences for the 2020 and 2021 seasons, on top of the quotas stated above. 

Beyond the 2022 season, it will be possible to issue a certain number of licences up to a maximum of 15 UCI Women’s WorldTour licences. 

2.13.033 A licence may be issued to an applicant fulfilling all the conditions set out in the regulations. 

2.13.034 Any team wishing to apply for a licence must be registered as a UCI Women’s WorldTeam or a UCI women’s continental team during the current year. 

In this regard, the UCI will undertake any verification and make any request for the production of necessary documents so as to determine if the licence applicant may be considered as an existing team or not. If the UCI considers that the team may not be considered as the continuation of an existing team, the application for a licence shall not be taken into account. 

2.13.035 The licence commission awards licences on the basis of the following cumulative criteria: 

- administrative; 

- financial; 

- ethical. 

From the 2022 season onwards, the following criterion will be added to the three aforementioned criteria: 

- organisational. 

If the number of candidate teams (UCI Women’s WorldTeam and UCI women’s continental teams) that meet the criteria set out above (administrative, financial, ethical and organisational) is greater than the number of licences available, the licence commission will decide between them in accordance with articles 2.13.041 or 2.13.042 and 2.13.042 bis. 

[Note: the administrative, financial, ethical and organisational criteria are examined during licence applications as well as during annual registration applications according to article 2.13.069. As for the sporting criterion, this is only examined during licence applications.] 

(text modified on 12.06.20). 

