UCI CYCLING REGULATIONS  General provisions  Penalties  § 6  Race headquarters – Secretarial office  1.2.055 The following infringements shall be penalised as indicated below:  1. Rider contracted (identification number issued) absent at the start:  2. Failure on the part of the organiser to use the official entry form:  - if not participating in any other event: a CHF 50 fine;  - if participating in another event: exclusion from the classification and a fine of  between CHF 500 and 3,000.  -  fine of between CHF 300 and 1,000 per team.  1.2.054 The organiser may not accept late entries. The organiser must inform the signatory of  the entry in question of this. The president of the commissaires' panel shall rule in the  event of dispute.  1.2.053 In the event that a UCI registered team is entered but fails to appear, the signatory of the  entry and the team that be represents shall be jointly and severally liable to pay the  organiser an indemnity equal to twice the travel and subsistence expenses agreed in  writing.  1.2.052 National, regional and club teams and their respective riders may not start in  competitions abroad unless they hold authorisation in writing issued by their federation  (except teams and riders from the same federation as the event organiser). This  authorisation must carry the dates of validity and the name(s) of the rider(s) concerned. The provisions in this article shall not apply to riders covered by the provisions of article  2.1.011. 1.2.051 In a national calendar race, the entry procedures shall be determined by the national  federation of the organiser.  The provisions in this article shall not apply to riders participating in cyclo-cross Mountain  Bike, BMX, BMX Freestyle or Trials events.  (text modified on 01.01.01; 01.01.04; 01.01.05; 01.07.18; 01.01.21; 08.02.21)  In other cases of failure to start, the signatory of the entry and the team which he  represents shall be jointly and severally liable to pay the organiser a penalty charge equal  to the travel and subsistence expenses agreed in writing.  (text modified on 01.01.02; 01.01.04; 01.01.05; 01.02.14)  The organiser may not refuse to allow a team or a rider entered to start. He must submit  his objections to the commissaires' panel which shall decide.  Should the organiser refuse without valid reason to allow an entered team to start in an  event of road UCIProSeries or 1, the organiser must pay the team an indemnity equal to  double the total sum of the allowances for the event.  (text modified on 01.01.02; 01.01.05; 23.10.19)  (text modified on 01.01.05)  E0221  GENERAL ORGANISATION OF CYCLING AS A SPORT  34 