UCI CYCLING REGULATIONS  2.15.143  The UCI WorldTour calendar is established by the Professional Cycling Council on a  yearly basis, in consideration of the criteria it determines.  2.15.144  The conditions for the submission of an application for registration on the UCI WorldTour  calendar shall be specified in the present regulations and may be supplemented by the  Professional Cycling Council. 2.15.145  By applying for registration on the UCI WorldTour calendar, the owner of the event  acknowledges being bound by the UCI Regulations as from the submission of the  application and for the duration of the registration as a UCI WorldTour event.  2.15.146  The registration is granted for a specific event. The registration grants UCI WorldTour  status to the event. Registration has no impact on the property rights of the event owner  as regards the event, without prejudice to obligations stemming from the UCI regulations.  2.15.147 In addition to meeting the conditions set out in the regulations, the following selection  criteria shall be taken into consideration by the Professional Cycling Council in deciding  to refuse an application, submit the registration to the respect of conditions and/or  measures considered appropriate or reduce its duration:  1.  the sporting level on the basis of the start list of the event in the editions prior to  the application;  2.  the format, the structure and the type of the event contributing to the image of  the UCI WorldTour as an elite competition;  3.  the quality of organisation, particularly as regards safety;  4.  the levels of television coverage and audience figures on free channels in the  years preceding the first year for which the registration is being applied for;  5.  compliance with the UCI cycling regulations and all applicable regulations;  6.  compliance with contractual, legal and regulatory obligations;  7.  the absence of any attempt to breach or bypass such obligations;  8.  compliance with sporting ethics;  9.  the absence of any other element liable to damage the image of the  UCI WorldTour and the sport of cycling in general.  (text modified on 12.01.17)  (text modified on 12.01.17)  The owner of the event shall be entirely responsible for its event towards the UCI and  compliance of its event with the UCI regulations.  (text modified on 12.01.17)  The entity applying for registration of an event on the UCI WorldTour calendar shall be  the owner of an event held the year preceding the first year of registration and classed  as a UCI WorldTour or UCI ProSeries event. The Professional Cycling Council may grant  exceptions to such rule upon receipt of a reasoned request.  Without restricting the competence of the Professional Cycling Council to establish the  UCI WorldTour calendar, the total number of race days of UCI WorldTour events that  were not part of the 2016 UCI WorldTour should not, in principle, exceed 30 days.  (article introduced on 12.01.17; text modified on 1.07.17).  Application for registration on the UCI WorldTour calendar  E170421  ROAD RACES  231 