Article R331-43 of the French Sports Code
November 7, 2023
Approval is granted only if all the requirements set out in article R. 331-41 have been met.
Approval is granted only if all the requirements set out in article R. 331-41 have been met.
The authority that issued the approval may, at any time, verify or have verified compliance with the conditions under which the approval was granted. Approval may be withdrawn or suspended for a maximum period of six months, after hearing the manager, if the competent committee finds that one or more of the conditions it imposed are not being complied with.
Apart from the case, punishable underarticle L. 411-7 of the Highway Code, of organising races of land motor vehicles on roads open to public traffic without authorisation, organising a concentration or event of land motor vehicles without the prior declaration or authorisation provided for in article R. 331-20 of this Code is punishable by the penalties laid down for fifth-class offences. The same penalties apply to organisers who provide false…
Operating a circuit which does not have the approval provided for inarticle R. 331-35 is punishable by the penalties laid down for 5th class offences. Failure by the circuit manager to comply with one or more of the conditions under which approval was granted is punishable by a 4th class fine.
A public combat sports event governed by this section is any fight or demonstration open or broadcast to the public in disciplines where the fight or demonstration may end, in particular or exclusively, when, as a result of a blow, one of the opponents is in a state in which he is unable to defend himself and may even be unconscious.
Public combat sports events: 1° Organised by a delegated sports federation, its regional or departmental bodies or by one of its members; 2° Involving a discipline for which this federation has been delegated in accordance with article L. 131-14; 3° And registered in the calendar of this federation, are not subject to the obligation to be declared in advance to the prefect of the département in which the event is…
Athletes, judges, referees, trainers, organisers and, in general, any person involved in the organisation of these events must comply with the rules laid down by the federations in application of article R. 131-32 and, where they exist, with the provisions laid down by order of the Minister for Sport aimed at limiting the risks to which the practice of combat sports exposes participants.
The Prefect may prohibit the holding of a public combat sports event in the cases and under the conditions set out in article L. 331-2.
The declaration shall be accompanied by the opinion of the delegating federation competent to lay down the technical and safety rules for the discipline for which it has been delegated. The request for an opinion must be sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or delivered by hand against receipt, to the relevant delegating federation, prior to the declaration to the Prefect. The federation must give its opinion within…
In disciplines for which no federation has been delegated, the declaration is accompanied by a declaration on the organiser’s honour to comply with the technical and safety rules laid down by order of the Minister for Sport.
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