Visiting FIFA’s general secretary Jerome Valcke called for quick legislative approval of a bill on Brazil’s hosting of the 2014 World Cup.

“There is a time you have to give birth to this law,” Valcke told re-porters in Brasilia.

“We are so closer to give birth to this law... we are ready to bring it out.”

The bill gives FIFA exclusive rights to pictures, sound and other forms of expression linked to the World Cup and slaps penal and financial sanctions for any illegal reproduction.

Valcke was accompanied by the country’s Sports Minister Aldo Rebelo and by Brazilian football icon Ronaldo, who last year accepted an invitation to become head of the 2014 World Cup organising committee.

“We also have a strong commitment from the Congress to vote on the 2014 bill in the first part of March,” said Rebelo, who acknowledged that a few points remained to be solved.

FIFA, keen to prevent sales of tickets on the black market, has agreed to lower prices of admission tickets for students and seniors in line with the World Cup Law.

Discount tickets represent 10 per cent of total tickets for the World Cup in a country where the minimum wage is $332 per month.

This week, Valcke is to visit stadiums in the northeastern cities of Fortaleza and Salvador de Bahia – two of the 12 cities that will stage World Cup games.

Brazilian authorities are racing to build or renovate the 12 stadiums in time for one of the world’s premier sporting events.