UCI CYCLING REGULATIONS  (article introduced on 01.01.19)  (text modified on 15.10.04; 01.01.13)  No team may take part in events on the international calendar if it has not appointed a  team manager.  (text modified on 15.10.04)  Sports directors and assistant sports directors of UCI WorldTeams and UCI professional  continental teams must also have successfully passed the UCI examination. Failing this,  they cannot be registered as such with the UCI, without prejudice to the following  paragraphs.  Sports directors and assistant sports directors of UCI Women’s World teams must also  have successfully passed the UCI examination in order to be registered as from the 2020  season.  Sports directors and assistant sports directors who intend to be registered as such for  the first time must pass the examination the year before taking on the role. If the sports director or assistant sports director fails the examination, he can remain  registered but must pass the examination at the following session in order to be  registered again. In the event of a further failure, this person can only be registered when  the examination is successfully passed. (text modified on 15.10.04; 01.01.13; 01.01.15; 01.01.17; 01.07.18; 01.01.20)  (text modified on 01.01.05)  1.1.079 The team manager shall constantly and systematically strive, wherever possible, to  improve social and human conditions and protect the health and safety of the team's  riders.  1.1.078 Besides the tasks and responsibilities which are provided for in the regulations, the team  manager shall be responsible for the organisation of the sporting activities and for the  social and human conditions in which the riders practise the sport of cycling within the  team.  1.1.077  Sports directors shall hold the appropriate licence. 1.1.076 No team shall be registered with the UCI or recognised by it as a national team if no  team manager has been appointed.  1.1.075 Each team, except regional teams and club teams, must nominate a single person as  sports director.  If, within a team more than one person carries the title of sports director, the team shall  designate one person as the head sports director. Other individuals are described as  assistant sports director. Without prejudice to the terms of Article 1.1.077, the provisions  of this section apply to the head sports director.  § 5  Sports directors  E0221  GENERAL ORGANISATION OF CYCLING AS A SPORT  21 