BOOK II: PLAYERS IN SPORT

High-level sportsmen and women, coaches, referees and judges contribute, through their activities, to the influence of the nation and the promotion of sporting values. They contribute to the development of sport for all.

The Minister for Sport will draw up the list of elite sportsmen and women, coaches, referees and judges, based on proposals from the federations. Under the same conditions, it draws up the list of “Espoirs” and national team athletes. It adopts, under the same conditions, the federal performance projects defined in 3° of article L. 131-15. A Conseil d’Etat decree sets out the conditions for application of this article.

Inclusion on the list of top-level athletes mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 221-2 is subject to the conclusion of an agreement between the federation and the athlete. This agreement sets out the rights and obligations of the athlete and the federation in terms of training and socio-professional support, competitive practice, medical monitoring, compliance with the rules of sporting ethics and image rights. A decree sets out the…

High-level sportsmen and women and referees and judges on the list mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 221-2 may take part in competitions for jobs in the State, local authorities, their public establishments and any national or semi-public company, without having to meet the diploma requirements for candidates.

The upper age limits set for access to public grades and posts in the State and local authorities do not apply to top-level sportsmen and women or to top-level sports referees and judges on the list referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 221-2. Applicants who are no longer high-level sportsmen and women or high-level sports referees and judges may benefit from a reduction in these age limits…

The specific statute for the body of sports teachers may set a proportion of posts reserved for high-level sportsmen and women, even if they do not belong to the administration, who have been on the list mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 221-2 for at least three years. Candidates must pass the tests of a specific selection competition.

A high-level sportsperson, judge, referee or trainer, recruited as a non-permanent employee, may benefit, in the two years following their removal from the list of high-level sportspersons, in accordance with the procedures laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat, from special conditions of employment designed to facilitate their training and preparation for competitions for access to the civil service, without these having any effect on the duration of the…