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Article L211-1 of the French Sports Code

The State’s public training establishments and local public training establishments in the fields of sport, youth and popular education provide initial training for people who manage, run, supervise and teach physical and sporting activities and contribute to their ongoing training. However, the training of staff from local authorities and their public establishments is carried out in accordance with the statutory provisions applicable to them. The public training establishments mentioned in…

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Article L211-2 of the French Sports Code

Approved sports federations provide training and further training for their managers. To this end, they may receive assistance from the public training establishments mentioned in article L. 211-1. When they concern functions exercised for remuneration, the diplomas they award meet the conditions set out in article L. 212-1. Diplomas relating to the exercise of an activity on a voluntary basis, within the framework of non-profit-making structures, may be obtained either…

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Article L211-3 of the French Sports Code

The approved federations provide training and further training for referees and judges in their disciplines, under conditions defined by their respective statutes. The training of referees and judges includes raising awareness of the fight against cardiac arrest and first aid. It also includes awareness-raising or preventive action on the principles of the Republic, secularism and the prevention and detection of radicalisation. The content, scope and implementation of this article shall…

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Article L211-5 of the French Sports Code

Access to training provided by a centre mentioned in article L. 211-4 of this code is subject to the conclusion of an agreement between the beneficiary of the training or his legal representative and the sports association or company. The agreement determines the duration, level and terms of the training. It stipulates that at the end of the training, if he intends to practice the sport in which he has…

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Article L211-7 of the French Sports Code

Training programmes for physical activity and sport professions include teaching on sport for the disabled. They also include teaching on preventing and combating all forms of violence and discrimination in the context of physical and sports activities, in particular sexual violence.

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Article L212-1 of the French Sports Code

I.-Only holders of a diploma, professional qualification or certificate of professional qualification may, for remuneration, teach, lead or supervise a physical or sporting activity or train its participants, as their main or secondary occupation, on a regular, seasonal or occasional basis, subject to the provisions of the fourth paragraph of this article and of article L. 212-2 of this code: 1° Guaranteeing the holder’s competence in terms of the safety…

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Article L212-1-1 of the French Sports Code

This section and section 3 of this chapter do not apply to persons who perform the duties mentioned in article L. 212-1 for foreign sports delegations and teams at sporting events mentioned in article L. 230-2. This derogation is limited to the supervision of members of the teams and delegations taking part in these events, for the duration of the event.

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