The professional league may, for the marketing and management of the audiovisual exploitation rights assigned to the sports companies, create a commercial company subject to the French Commercial Code, subject to the agreement of the delegating sports federation that created the professional league.
The audiovisual exploitation rights assigned to the sports companies are marketed by the commercial company created by the professional league, under conditions and within limits specified by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.
This marketing is carried out under the conditions set out in the second paragraph of article L. 333-2.
The trading company set up by the professional league may not delegate, transfer or assign all or part of the activities entrusted to it.
The trading company’s articles of association and any amendments thereto are approved by the general meeting of the delegating sports federation concerned and by the Minister responsible for sport. The articles of association of the commercial company specify in particular the decisions that cannot be taken without the agreement of the members or minority shareholders as well as the procedures for guaranteeing compliance with the principles mentioned in article L. 333-3. The decisions of the commercial company may not be contrary to the delegation referred to in article L. 131-14 or undermine the object of the professional league or the powers sub-delegated to it by the federation pursuant to the same article L. 131-14.
The articles of association of the commercial company shall provide for the presence of a representative of the delegating sports federation on the governing bodies of the commercial company, in an advisory capacity.
The professional league may not hold less than 80% of the capital and voting rights of the trading company. A decree issued by the Conseil d’Etat determines the categories of natural persons and legal entities, under French or foreign law, who may not hold an interest in the capital or voting rights of the trading company.