Article 24 of the FFAR governs this scenario.
As a first step, the national licensing system established by the relevant national law must be recognised by FIFA. If the relevant member association has successfully completed the process for its national licensing system to be recognised by FIFA, sports agents licensed under such systems are exempt from the requirement to pass the FIFA exam for the Football Agent licence.
Notwithstanding this, in order to obtain the equivalency, such individuals
must:
- submit a special Football Agent licence application in the FIFA Agent Platform via the “National Law Path”;
- provide proof that they are licensed to perform Football Agent Services in accordance with the relevant national laws in the relevant country or territory before the entry into force of the FFAR;
- comply with the FFAR eligibility requirements for Football Agents; and
- pay the annual licence fee to FIFA in accordance with article 7.
Such applications will be reviewed by the relevant MAs and FIFA. Upon a successful review, the applicant’s national sports agent licence will be deemed equivalent to a Football Agent licence pursuant to the FFAR, and they will be subject to the same rights and obligations as all Football Agents (except in terms of the requirements regarding continuing professional development for a period of five years).
