UCI CYCLING REGULATIONS  In absence of a request for renewal of the certificate before its expiration, it shall be  deemed terminated. A candidate wishing to practice as a riders’ agent after such  expiration shall have to resit the examination in order to be issued a new certificate.  (text modified on 1.07.18).  Rights and Obligations of Riders’ Agents   Article 21. Licensed RAs shall have the following rights: A.  To contact any rider who is not, or who is no longer, under contract with a team  or with a view to signing a contract for the period after the expiry of the rider’s  current contract;  B.  To represent the rider with the objective of negotiating or signing a dependant  or independent rider contract or a criterium contract;  C.  To defend and manage a rider's interests.  Article 22. A licensed RA only has the right to represent or manage the interests of a rider if he or  she has a written mediation contract, signed and previously registered with the National  Federation.   Article 23.  Such a contract may not have a duration over two years but can be renewed in writing  with the express agreement of both parties. Tacit renewal of the contract is prohibited.  Article 24. The licensed RA is exclusively remunerated by his/her client and in no event by a third  party.  Article 25. The remuneration of the licensed RA is calculated in accordance with the fixed  remuneration received by the rider (the compensation for the rider’s services) by the end  of the contract negotiated by the rider's licensed RA, without taking into account any  supplementary services or other benefits.  Article 26. The licensed RA and the rider agree in advance on the method of remuneration of the  RA, either: A.  by the payment of a single fixed fee, payable at the start of the period of the  contract between the licensed RA and the rider;  B.  by a payment divided into two, payable at the start of the period of the contract  and at the start of the second half of the period of the contract.   Article 27. The standard contract between a licensed RA and a rider (Annexe 1) is the sole  document recognised as valid and which must be used by licensed RAs. In compliance  with UCI regulations, the contracting parties may make supplementary agreements to  complement the standard contract. The provisions of the laws in the relevant countries  that apply to intermediaries involved in seeking out work must be respected. Any clause  agreed by the parties that is contrary to the standard contract between a rider and a  licensed RA and/or these statutes, regulations, directives and decisions of the UCI and/or  by which the rider's rights are infringed, shall be null and void.  E170421  ROAD RACES  304  The contract shall contain the following elements as a minimum: the names of the  parties, the duration of the contract, the amount of the licensed RA's remuneration, the  method of payment, the date and parties' signatures. 