What to focus on while you read
Representing minors, service-fee principles, and the service-fee cap
Articles 13–15 cover approaching and representing minors, when a service fee may be charged, and the service-fee cap. Approach windows, dual signatures, advance stipulation of services, and in-force agreements are classic exam targets.
Key points
- Article 13: an Approach (and/or subsequent execution of a Representation Agreement) to a minor or legal guardian may only be made no more than six months before the minor reaches the age at which they may sign their first professional contract under applicable local law, and only with prior written consent of the legal guardian.
- A Football Agent wishing to represent a minor (or a club in a Transaction involving a minor) must complete the designated CPD course on minors and meet any local-law requirements.
- A Representation Agreement with a minor is enforceable only if Article 12 minimum requirements are met, paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 13 are complied with, and the agreement is signed by the minor and their legal guardian as required by applicable local law.
- Article 14: a Football Agent is entitled to a service fee only if the fee corresponds to services stipulated in advance in a Representation Agreement and that agreement is in force when the relevant Football Agent Services are performed.
- Article 15 sets the service-fee cap framework for capped Remuneration scenarios tested on the exam.
Exam traps
- Allowing an approach to a minor at any time solely because a parent verbally agrees.
- Requiring Member Association approval of each service-fee payment as an Article 14 entitlement condition.
- Inventing FIFA invoice countersignature or Clearing House notice as a fee-payment prerequisite.
Unit outline
Article 13: Representation of minors
Article 14: Service fee – general principles
Article 15: Service fee cap