Accreditation

INDEX

1. ONLINE ACCREDITATION
2. ACCREDITATION PRINCIPLES
3. ACCREDITATION CRITERIA
4. RALLY-BY-RALLY ACCREDITATION PROCEDURE
5. RADIO REPORTERS AND COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS

1. ONLINE ACCREDITATION

All national/international requests for the EKO Acropolis Rally 2026 from publications, agencies, websites, TV and radio must be made online via the Eventhos platform.

2. ACCREDITATION PRINCIPLES

Editors of publications, agencies and websites are asked to conform to the following principles to ensure that media accreditation is restricted to professional journalists and photographers.

The FIA considers the “Media” pass to be a working tool to be used only by bona fide members of the press. Publishers, marketing personnel, sub-editors, staff of the publication's secretariat, etc. cannot be accredited as Media.

The FIA only accredits publications:

a) with a minimum circulation whose size and quality fulfil the criteria of the FIA;
b) with a format and quality which fulfil the criteria of the FIA;
c) which are on sale to the public via retail outlets (trade, club or internal company magazines will normally not be accredited). However, at the sole discretion of the FIA, and where the quality and circulation criteria justify their consideration, such magazines may be eligible for accreditation on a case-by-case basis.

Requests from television and radio broadcasters, as well as any digital media wishing to transmit moving images, will be examined by the WRC Promoter.

Under no circumstances will advertising, public relations agencies or similar companies and organisations be accredited as media, nor will the Organisers issue any accreditation to representatives (press officers or otherwise) of sponsors, suppliers, engine suppliers, teams, drivers, etc.

The FIA WRC Media Delegate may accept requests from teams with priority drivers for the accreditation of press personnel, with a maximum of one person per team.

2.2 Websites

Internet accreditation is intended for professional stand-alone internet editorial/news coverage only. It is not to be used for any other purpose, including but not limited to public relations, promotional, commercial or entertainment use.

A maximum of one representative journalist per website per event may be accredited.

3. ACCREDITATION CRITERIA

3.1 Publications and agencies

Press passes can also be allocated on a rally-by-rally basis to general news, specialist, business and lifestyle consumer publications that do not intend to publish conventional rally reports but whose coverage is considered to be of promotional benefit to the sport.

Exceptionally, a maximum of three representatives (journalists and/or photographers) per publication may be accredited for any round of the WRC.

Agencies are subject to the same requirements as publications.

All applicants must fulfil the following basic criteria:

Coverage

For a daily newspaper, a substantial amount of coverage for the event is required. For example, an introductory article in the Thursday edition, follow-up articles on Friday, Saturday and Sunday editions, plus a rally report in the Monday edition.

For a weekly or monthly publication, a substantial amount of coverage for the event is required and a major portion of the overall content should be on the subject of WRC.

Publications or agencies applying for a rally-by-rally photographer accreditation must supply evidence of independent coverage of a minimum of 15 pictures per pass issued at each event they have been accredited for in the previous year’s Championship.

Quality

The highest standards of fairness and accuracy are expected as a minimum quality requirement from the press.

Circulation

Accreditation decisions are based on the relative media market in the country of the applicant. As such, the usual minimum circulation for a national weekly or monthly publication is 20,000 copies. For a national daily, the minimum circulation is 50,000 copies.
Freelance journalists must apply for credentials via their own agencies. The onus is on the freelance applicant to prove the supply of regular stories to at least three publications meeting the FIA Accreditation Criteria.

Photo agencies must be able to prove that the pictures have been regularly sold to publications matching the FIA criteria and have been paid for at the normal commercial rate. A publication must be able to prove that the pictures published are the original work of the publication's accredited photographer.

3.2 Websites

To be eligible for consideration for Internet Accreditation an applicant must register online and comply with or fulfill the Accreditation Criteria.
Only journalists will be granted website accreditation and only one representative per website will be accredited.

The applicant must be a professionally-run website dedicated to reporting on the Championship and its events or a professionally-run general news or sports website with a dedicated Championship section. In each case all coverage of the Championship must be free of charge to the public.

The applicant must submit satisfactory evidence of publication on the website of news coverage of each Championship event in the previous Championship season, also with the dates of publication, correctly bylined.

Only coverage of Championship events will qualify for consideration. General feature articles that are non-event specific will not qualify.

The applicant must undertake to publish for each round of the Championship: at least one news story of 250 words or more on each of Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, and at least one feature article of 500 words or more for each event.
The representative journalist must be a full-time professional journalist with a national press card or equivalent and must be employed or engaged by the website wholly or primarily for the coverage of the Championship.

The website must maintain a clear contacts section linked from the homepage and containing full contact details, and all contributors, photographers and sources must be properly credited.

The website must have a suitable written Privacy Policy, a Right to Reply/Complaints Policy and otherwise comply with all relevant laws, regulations, guidelines and good practice.

The applicant must respect intellectual property rights of the FIA and third parties. This includes the strict prohibition on the taking of any moving picture images, sound recordings, use of trademarks, title or logos or the transmission of certain kinds of results as set out in the Accreditation Agreement.

The FIA will allocate Internet Accreditation taking into account the above criteria. Due to limited space available for media at Championship events, compliance with the above cannot guarantee Internet Accreditation.

4. RALLY-BY-RALLY ACCREDITATION PROCEDURE

Applications from publications/websites for their national event must be addressed to the National Press Officer of each rally.

The procedure for international rally-by-rally accreditation is divided into an Online Registration phase followed by the Accreditation Procedure.

1. All international requests for rally-by-rally accreditation must be made online through the Eventhos online accreditation system.
2. Applications must be received at least three weeks before the event concerned, unless a longer term applies. No application can be made via the system after the deadline. Applications which are late or incomplete may not be considered.
3. Applications must meet all relevant criteria, including the Accreditation Principles and the Accreditation Criteria set out above. All supporting material, including sample proofs of coverage, should be supplied online.
4. Requests must include a formal application letter written on the applicant's letterhead, signed by the editor or a senior member of the editorial staff.
The letter must include the name(s) of the representative(s), copies of the official national press card(s) where applicable, job title(s), information on the publication and/or website, previous coverage, a formal undertaking to publish a report related to the event concerned and written confirmation that no additional FIA passes have been or will be requested for other purposes.
Publications and websites from countries not using Roman letters must supply a certified translation into English of the publications’ credits page and the proofs’ by-lines.
5. The FIA will verify whether the application meets all relevant criteria and will inform the applicant by email. If successful, an Accreditation Agreement will be included for signature.
If the representative(s) are unable to attend the event, or if a change of representative(s) is requested, the FIA Communications Department must be notified as soon as possible.
6. The representative(s) must produce the signed Accreditation Agreement when collecting the credential at the event. NO ACCREDITATION CAN BE COLLECTED WITHOUT THIS DOCUMENT.
If a decision is disputed, the individual application will be referred to the FIA Director of Communications for final decision.

The FIA liaises closely with National Press Offices and National Sporting Authorities to confirm the validity of a given application.

5. RADIO REPORTERS & COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS

All applications from national radio broadcasters should be sent to the Press Officer through the Eventhos platform who will liaise with WRC Promoter regarding these applications.

Applications from international radio broadcasters should be directed to WRC Promoter through the Eventhos platform.

All commercial photographers should apply through the Eventhos platform stating the nature of their business.