Any private individual who exclusively or jointly controls a sports company or exercises significant influence over it, within the meaning ofArticle L.233-17-2 of the French Commercial Code, is prohibited from:
1° To grant a loan to another sports company if its corporate purpose relates to the same sporting discipline;
2° To act as guarantor for such a sports company or to provide it with a guarantee.
Any natural person, as well as the chairman, director or manager of a legal entity, who contravenes the provisions of this article will be liable to a fine of 45,000 euros and one year’s imprisonment.