Any sports association affiliated to a sports federation which habitually takes part in the organisation of sporting events for which a fee is charged and which generates revenue in excess of a threshold set by decree by the Conseil d’Etat or which employs sportsmen and sportswomen whose total remuneration exceeds a figure set by decree by the Conseil d’Etat, constitutes a commercial company subject to the Commercial Code for the management of these activities.
A sports association whose revenue and remuneration referred to in the first paragraph are below the thresholds referred to in the same paragraph may also set up a sports company to manage its paying activities, under the conditions set out in this section.