Modern football is subject to regulations, laws. But for many specialists, the FIGC would have a membership rule that does not follow European Union standards, in particular with regards to the Cotonou Agreement.
 

 Calciomercato.com asked an opinion from agent Marc Fourmeaux.
 
What are the Cotonou Agreements?
 
This is an agreement signed by the Europeon Union  23 June 2000 in Cotonou (Benin, Africa) and the 79 countries of the ACP Group (Africa-Caribbean-Pacific). It came into force on 1 April 2003, then underwent a change in 2005.

What is the connection between football and this agreement?

 
The agreement established right of practitioners of sport and entertainment from the ACP countries, to have the same rights as EU residents. In fact, Article 13.3 of the Cotonou Agreement prohibits discrimination of nationality for working conditions; in this case it prohibits the limit, as in football the limit of non-EU players that come from these countries. The FIGC refuses to apply it, as before in Spain, the solution is to apply for membership to UEFA, which then requires the FIGC to accept it. In Spain they did it, in Italy I have not heard of a case

 
Here is the list of countries that may be registered by FIGC:

 
Africa: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Djibouti, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Guinea Equatorial, Kenya , Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of South Africa, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia , Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
 
Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Jamaica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  
Pacific: Fiji, Cook Islands, Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia, Timor Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

Here is a summary of how it works in other countries:
 
- The Netherlands and Belgium: no limit to enrolment for non-EU, but must have a minimum wage of € 20,000 in the Dutch A, less in B. Minimum of € 9,000 gross per month in the Belgian Serie A . Otherwise the Cotonou Agreements do not apply.
 

 - Portugal: no limits.
 
- Spain, Germany, France limitations, but the Cotonou Agreements apply.

 
- England, no limitation, but players need permission to work (they must have played at least 75% of the official matches in the last 2 seasons)
 
Here the Cotonou Agreements do not apply.
 
- Italy: one player from outside the EU in each season (previously 2).