What to focus on while you read
The Representation Agreement — form, exclusivity, duration, and related rules
Article 12 is the Representation Agreement rulebook: form, parties, maximum duration, exclusivity, and related mandatory content. Exams hammer duration caps, client autonomy, and what makes an agreement enforceable.
Key points
- A Representation Agreement must meet Article 12 formal and content requirements to govern Football Agent Services.
- Maximum duration rules apply (including the two-year maximum framework taught in the Study Materials for ordinary Individual mandates).
- Clauses that limit an Individual's ability to negotiate or conclude an employment contract without the agent, or that penalise autonomous negotiation, are null and void.
- Either party may terminate for just cause; termination without just cause can trigger compensation for resulting damage.
Exam traps
- Treating oral-only mandates as fully compliant Representation Agreements.
- Assuming automatic renewal can extend beyond the permitted maximum duration without a new compliant agreement.
- Confusing Representation Agreement formalities with service-fee entitlement conditions under Article 14.
Unit outline
Article 12: Representation