§ 5 Licence commission (numbering of the paragraph modified on 12.01.17) 

2.15.201 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 WorldTour licences, the registration of UCI WorldTeams and UCI WorldTour events and on other disputes regarding UCI WorldTeams and UCI WorldTour events as set out in the present chapter. 

(text modified on 1.01.15; 1.11.15; 12.01.17). 

2.15.202 The licence commission comprises a president and two other members having no other links with organised cycle sport. 

2.15.203 The members are appointed by the UCI Management Committee of the UCI on proposal of the Professional Cycling Council. They are appointed for a period of four years, subject to unlimited renewal. If a member resigns, dies or is prevented from carrying out his duties for any other reason, he will be replaced for the remaining period of his term. 

2.15.204 Alternate members may be appointed. 

2.15.205 The licence commission meets when the regulations or the circumstances so require, or at the request of the UCI administration or the Professional Cycling Council. The dates of hearings are determined by the UCI in consultation with the president of the commission. 

(text modified on 1.07.10; 12.01.17). 

2.15.206 The hearings of the licence commission are not held in public. The deliberations of the commission are held in camera. 

2.15.207 The commission may meet with only two members, subject to the agreement of the absent member. The members may also deliberate using any means of communication. 

2.15.208 The decisions of the licence commission shall be taken by majority. They shall be in writing, dated and signed. The signature of the president shall suffice. 

2.15.209 Decisions assenting to the request of a licence applicant or holder or a UCI WorldTour event do not need to be justified. Other decisions must be justified. 

(text modified on 1.01.15; 12.01.17). 

2.15.210 The decisions shall be sent to the interested parties by electronic mail, fax or by registered letter. 

(text modified on 12.01.17). 

2.15.211 The UCI administration shall provide registry services for the commission. 

2.15.212 Members of the commission shall have a duty of confidentiality regarding the matters entrusted to them which shall persist after the end of their term. 

2.15.213 The working languages of the commission shall be French and English. Proceedings are carried out exclusively in the language of the application for a UCI WorldTour licence or of the application for registration, unless otherwise agreed by the parties to the procedure. Without prejudice to the provisions for the licence application procedure, the 

