BOOK II: PLAYERS IN SPORT

If they are employees of the State or a local authority or their public establishments, high-level athletes, referees or judges on the list mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 221-2 benefit from special conditions of employment, without prejudice to their career, in order to continue their training and take part in sporting competitions, under conditions set by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.

The administrative authority may, after consulting the works council or, failing that, the staff representatives, enter into an agreement with a public or private company designed to facilitate the employment of a high-level sportsperson, referee or judge and his or her professional retraining. The purpose of this agreement is also to define the rights and obligations of the athlete, referee or judge with regard to the company, to ensure that…

Article L. 331-6 of the Education Code sets out the rules governing the preparation of pupils in secondary education establishments with a view to practising sporting excellence, reaching the highest level and practising a sport professionally, when they have signed an agreement as referred to in article L. 211-5 of this Code.

The rules relating to the preparation of students, in higher education establishments, with a view to practising sporting excellence and reaching the highest level and the professional practice of a sporting discipline, when they have concluded an agreement mentioned in article L. 211-5 of this Code, are set out in article L. 611-4 of the Education Code.

A decree specifies the rights and obligations of top-level sportsmen and sportswomen, elite sportsmen and sportswomen, national team sportsmen and sportswomen, and top-level sports referees and judges. It defines in particular: 1° The conditions of access to specialised school, university and vocational training, in conjunction with the State and the regions; 2° Sports and citizenship training procedures; 3° Methods of guidance designed to build an adapted professional project, as well…

The funds allocated to top-level sportsmen and women registered on a list mentioned in article L. 221-2 of this code, with a view to financing their professional training within the meaning of part six of the Labour Code, in the context of State-approved training courses, with a view to professional integration or conversion, are treated as professional expenses to be deducted from the basis of assessment for social security contributions….

A top-level sportswoman registered on the list of top-level sportswomen mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 221-2 retains the rights inherent to this status, as defined by the present code, for a period of one year from the date of the medical finding of her pregnancy.

The delegated sports federations, in conjunction with the State, companies and local authorities, provide socio-professional support for their licence holders registered on the list of elite sportsmen and women mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 221-2. To this end, each delegated sports federation appoints a referent responsible for this socio-professional monitoring.