A Conseil d’Etat decree sets out the conditions for application of article L. 312-12. This decree specifies the deadlines for the safety commission to give its opinion and for the mayor to take his decision.
Organising a public sporting event in a non-approved venue or in breach of the requirements imposed by the approval is punishable by two years’ imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 euros.
The penalties laid down in article L. 312-14 apply to the issuing or transfer, whether free of charge or for consideration, of admission tickets to a sporting event in excess of the number of spectators set by the approval order.
The penalties provided for in article L. 312-14 are doubled if the offender is also convicted of manslaughter or unintentional bodily harm.
In the event of a conviction for one of the offences mentioned in articles L. 312-14 to L. 312-16, the court may prohibit the organisation of public sporting events in the enclosure. Provisional enforcement of the prohibition may be ordered.
Sports associations, companies and federations take out insurance to cover their own civil liability, that of their salaried or volunteer employees and that of sports users. Licence holders and participants are considered to be third parties. These guarantees also cover referees and judges in the exercise of their activities.
Failure by the head of a sports association to take out insurance cover in accordance with the conditions set out in article L. 321-1 is punishable by six months’ imprisonment and a fine of €7,500.
It is compulsory to take out a civil liability insurance policy for recreational underwater fishing. Proof of insurance must be presented to any authority responsible for policing this activity.
Practitioners cannot be held liable for material damage caused to another practitioner by something in their custody, within the meaning of the first paragraph of article 1242 of the Civil Code, when practising a sport during a sporting event or training for this sporting event in a place reserved permanently or temporarily for this practice.
Sports associations and federations are obliged to inform their members of the benefits of taking out a personal insurance policy covering physical injury to which they may be exposed as a result of their sporting activities. They must also inform their members of the existence of guarantees relating to legal and psychological support and the payment of legal costs incurred by victims of sexual, physical and psychological violence.
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