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Article L122-9 of the French Sports Code

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.

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Article L122-9

Il est interdit à toute personne privée qui contrôle de manière exclusive ou conjointe une société sportive ou exerce sur elle une influence notable, au sens de l’article L. 233-17-2 du code de commerce :

1° De consentir un prêt à une autre société sportive dès lors que son objet social porterait sur la même discipline sportive ;

2° De se porter caution en faveur d’une telle société sportive ou de lui fournir un cautionnement.

Toute personne physique, ainsi que le président, l’administrateur ou le directeur d’une personne morale, qui aura contrevenu aux dispositions du présent article sera punie d’une amende de 45 000 euros et d’un an d’emprisonnement.

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