BOOK II: PLAYERS IN SPORT

No person may obtain or hold a sports agent’s licence if he : 1° Has been the perpetrator of acts that have given rise to a criminal conviction for acts contrary to honour, probity or morality; 1° bis Has been convicted of an offence underarticle 1741 of the General Tax Code; 2° Has been subject to personal bankruptcy or one of the prohibition or disqualification measures provided for in Book…

The incompatibilities and incapacities provided for in Articles L. 222-9 to L. 222-11 apply to employees of a sports agent or of the company that he has set up to carry out his activity. It is forbidden to be the agent of more than one sports agent or of more than one company within which the activity of sports agent is carried out.

When a sports agent forms a company to exercise his profession, its managers, partners or shareholders are subject to the incompatibilities and incapacities set out in articles L. 222-9 to L. 222-11. When a sports agent forms a legal entity to exercise his profession, his partners or shareholders may under no circumstances be : 1° An association or company employing sportspeople for remuneration or organising sporting events; 2° A sports…

When a sports agent sets up a legal entity to exercise his profession, its managers, partners or shareholders may not be athletes or trainers for whom the agent may exercise the activity mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 222-7.

The activity of sports agent may be exercised on national territory, under the conditions set out in articles L. 222-5 to L. 222-22, by nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area: 1° When they are qualified to practise in one of the States mentioned in the first paragraph of this article in which the profession…

A national of a Member State of the European Union or of a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area authorised to exercise the activity of sports agent in one of these States may enter into an agreement with a sports agent for the purpose of introducing an interested party to the conclusion of a contract as referred to in article L. 222-7, subject to a limit…

A national of a State that is not a member of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and who does not hold a sports agent’s licence referred to in article L. 222-7 must enter into an agreement with a sports agent for the purpose of introducing an interested party to the conclusion of a contract referred to in the same article L. 222-7….

A sports agent may only act on behalf of one of the parties to the contracts mentioned in Article L. 222-7. The written contract pursuant to which the sports agent performs the activity of bringing together the parties interested in the conclusion of one of the contracts mentioned in article L. 222-7 specifies : 1° The amount of the sports agent’s remuneration, which may not exceed 10% of the amount…

Under the delegation of powers granted to them, the delegating federations and, where applicable, the professional leagues that they have set up ensure that the contracts referred to in articles L. 222-7 and L. 222-17 protect the interests of the athletes, trainers and discipline concerned and comply with articles L. 222-7 to L. 222-17.To this end, they lay down rules relating to: 1° Communication of the contracts mentioned in article…

The competent delegated federations shall impose sanctions on sports agents, licence-holders and affiliated associations and companies in the event of : 1° Failure to notify : a) the contracts referred to in article L. 222-7 ; b) Contracts referred to in the second paragraph of article L. 222-17; c) The agreements referred to in articles L. 222-15-1 and L. 222-16; 2° Failure to comply with articles L. 222-5 and L….