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2023
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CAS Confirms FIFA Football Agent Regulations: Analysis of CAS 2023/O/9370 PROFAA v. FIFA


CAS 2023/O/9370 Professional Football Agents Association (PROFAA) v. FIFA
Date of the decision: 2023-07-24
Arbitrator(s): Romano F. Subiotto K.C. Olivier Carrard Luigi Fumagalli

On 24 July 2023, CAS announced that the newly published FIFA Football Agent Regulations (FFAR) are legal, valid and proportionate in the context of an ordinary claim initiated by the Professional Football Agents Association (PROFAA). Accordingly, FIFA will be able to continue the implementation of the FFAR. Notwithstanding this, it should be noted that the Panel in charge of deciding this matter reiterated a number of times that FFAR should incorporate some additional explanations.

Facts and Procedure

This dispute concerns the legality of the new FIFA Football Agent Regulations (FFAR) that the FIFA Council approved on 16 December 2022 in its meeting in Doha, Qatar.

By letter of 18 October 2022, PROFAA proposed to FIFA that CAS assess the FFAR in ordinary proceedings to achieve legal clarity before enforcing the FFAR.

By letter of 12 December 2022, FIFA notified PROFAA of its agreement to have the legality of the rules assessed by CAS in ordinary...

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Topics
  • CAS
  • Football Agents
  • FIFA
Related Regulation(s)
  • New FIFA Agents Regulations Come into Force (FFAR 2023)
  • FIFA Football Agent Regulations FAQs (Ed March 2023)
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  • CAS proceedings
  • Competition Law
  • Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)
  • European Law
  • FIFA Regulations
  • Intermediaries / Agents
  • Agent fees
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