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V. FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTSVI. MATCH AND PLAYERS’ AGENTSArticle11 Statement of accountArticle13 Match agents1 For each match subject to a levy, a detailed statement of accountshall be drawn up by the Member of the country in which the matchhas been played.2 This statement shall contain all the requisite figures reflecting theentire income and any taxes or charges deducted therefrom.3 The statement of account and the amount due from the levy shallbe sent to FIFA within 60 days of the date the match was held.1 Match agents may be employed to arrange matches.2 Match agents hired to organise matches between teams from thesame Confederation shall be recognised by the Confederation concerned(licensed). The Confederation shall issue appropriate rules.3 Match agents hired to organise matches between teams from differentConfederations shall hold a FIFA licence. The Executive Committeeshall issue appropriate rules.4 Failure to conform with these requirements shall be punished incompliance with the sanctions provided for in the FIFA Statutes.4 FIFA is only entitled to intervene to enforce the contracts concludedbetween match agents and teams in the following cases:Article12 Minimum contributionWhatever the financial outcome of the match, the contribution to bepaid to FIFA shall be at least USD 400.Article(a) if the match or tournament at the source of thedispute involves teams from different Confederations;(b) if the match agent in question holds a FIFA licence.14 Players’ agentsPlayers may use the services of agents to negotiate transfers. Onlyplayers’ agents in possession of a licence may carry out this work.The Executive Committee shall issue appropriate provisions to thisend.58 59
VII. ELIGIBILITY TO PLAY FOR ASSOCIATION TEAMSArticle15 Principle1 Any person holding the nationality of a country is eligible to play forthe representative teams of the Association of his country. TheExecutive Committee shall decide on the conditions of eligibilityfor any Player who assumes a new nationality and for whom par. 3of this article does not apply, or for any Player who would, in principle,be eligible to play for the teams of more than one Associationdue to his nationality.2 As a general rule, any Player who has already represented one Association(either in full or in part) in an official competition of any categorymay not play an international match with another Associationteam.3 If a Player has more than one nationality, or if a Player acquires a newnationality, or if the Player is eligible to play for several Associationteams due to his nationality, the following exceptions apply:(a) Up to his 21st birthday, a player may only once request changingthe Association for which he is eligible to play internationalmatches.A Player may exercise this right to change Associationsonly if he has not played at “A" international level for hiscurrent Association and if at the time of his first full orpartial appearance in an international match in an official competitionof any other category, he already had such nationalities.Changing Associations is not permitted during the preliminarycompetition of a FIFA competition, continental championshipor Olympic Tournaments if a player has already beenfielded in a match of one of these competitions.(b) Any Player who has already acquired eligibility to play for oneAssociation but has another nationality imposed upon him bya government authority, is also entitled to change associations.This provision is not subject to any age limits.4 Any Player who wishes to exercise this right to change Associationsshall submit a written and substantiated request to the FIFA generalsecretariat. After submitting the request, the Player is no longerqualified to play for his current Association’s team. The Players’Status Committee shall decide on the request. The committee’sdecision may be brought before the Appeal Committee. The Regulationsfor the Status and Transfer of Players contain more detailedprovisions.5 Any Players who have already had their 21st birthday at the time ofimplementation of these provisions and who fulfil the requirementsin par. 3 (a) are also entitled to submit such a request to changeAssociations. This entitlement will expire definitively twelve monthsafter implementation of this provision.60 61
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