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Article D131-36-1 of the French Sports Code

The following are participants in sporting competitions within the meaning of article L. 131-16:

1° Professional sportsmen and sportswomen, high-level sportsmen and sportswomen and sportswomen exercising their activity within a sports association, a sports company, their training centre or a legal entity taking part in a sporting competition used as a support for betting ;

2° Persons involved in sports, medical and paramedical supervision and exercising their activity within the framework of sports competitions used as a support for betting or with the players mentioned in 1°;

3° Professional or high-level referees and judges, referees and judges of a sports competition used as a support for betting as well as any person who participates, directly or indirectly, in the refereeing or judging of these competitions;

4° Managers, employees and members of the bodies of the sports federation and its decentralised bodies as well as those of the professional league that the federation has created, where applicable;

5° Managers, employees, volunteers and members of sports associations and sports companies taking part in a sports competition used as a support for betting;

6° Licensed or authorised sports agents and sports lawyers;

7° Managers, employees, volunteers, accredited persons or service providers of the organisers of a sporting competition used as a support for betting;

8° Managers and employees of professional organisations representing sportsmen and women, referees, trainers and professional clubs.

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Article D131-36-1

Sont acteurs des compétitions sportives au sens de l’article L. 131-16 :


1° Les sportifs professionnels, les sportifs de haut niveau et les sportifs exerçant leur activité au sein d’une association sportive, d’une société sportive, de leur centre de formation ou d’une personne morale participant à une compétition sportive servant de support à des paris ;


2° Les personnes participant à l’encadrement sportif, médical et paramédical et exerçant leur activité dans le cadre des compétitions sportives servant de support à des paris ou auprès des acteurs mentionnés au 1° ;


3° Les arbitres et juges professionnels ou de haut niveau, les arbitres et juges d’une compétition sportive servant de support à des paris ainsi que toute personne qui participe, directement ou indirectement, à l’arbitrage ou au jury de ces compétitions ;


4° Les dirigeants, salariés et membres des organes de la fédération sportive et de ses organismes déconcentrés ainsi que ceux de la ligue professionnelle que la fédération a créée, le cas échéant ;


5° Les dirigeants, salariés, bénévoles et membres des associations sportives et des sociétés sportives participant à une compétition sportive servant de support à des paris ;


6° Les agents sportifs licenciés ou autorisés en prestation de service et les avocats mandataires sportifs ;


7° Les dirigeants, salariés, bénévoles, personnes accréditées ou prestataires des organisateurs d’une compétition sportive servant de support à des paris ;


8° Les dirigeants et salariés des organisations professionnelles représentatives des sportifs, arbitres, entraîneurs et clubs professionnels.

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