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Article L222-2-11 of the French Sports Code

A professional athlete who participates freely, on his own behalf, in a sporting competition is presumed not to be bound to the organiser of the competition by a contract of employment.

The presumption of salaried status provided for inarticle L. 7121-3 of the French Labour Code does not apply to an athlete whose conditions of practice are defined in the first paragraph of this article.

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Article L222-2-11

Le sportif professionnel qui participe librement, pour son propre compte, à une compétition sportive est présumé ne pas être lié à l’organisateur de la compétition par un contrat de travail.


La présomption de salariat prévue à l’article L. 7121-3 du code du travail ne s’applique pas au sportif dont les conditions d’exercice sont définies au premier alinéa du présent article.

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