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.
Civil servants and employees of local authorities or their public establishments who hold a job for less than half the legal working time may be authorised by the local authority to combine this job with the paid exercise of a sporting activity in a sports association or society. The remuneration relating to these activities may be combined up to a limit set by reference to the remuneration received for their…
Articles L. 222-2-1 to L. 222-2-8 apply to: 1° Salaried professional athletes, defined as any person whose remunerated activity is the pursuit of a sporting activity in a legally subordinate relationship with a sports association or a company mentioned in articles L. 122-2 and L. 122-12 ; 2° A salaried professional trainer, defined as any person whose main remunerated activity is to prepare and supervise the sporting activity of one…
The Labour Code is applicable to salaried professional athletes and salaried professional coaches, with the exception of the provisions of articles L. 1221-2, L. 1241-1 to L. 1242-5, L. 1242-7 to L. 1242-9, L. 1242-12, L. 1242-13, L. 1242-17, L. 1243-7 to L. 1243-10, L. 1243-13 to L. 1245-1, L. 1246-1 and L. 1248-1 to L. 1248-11 relating to fixed-term employment contracts.
Articles L. 222-2-1, L. 222-2-3 to L. 222-2-5, L. 222-2-7 and L. 222-2-8 may, with the agreement of the parties, be applied to athletes who are employed by their sports federation as members of a French team, as well as to trainers who primarily supervise athletes who are members of a French team. These same articles may, with the agreement of the parties, apply to professional referees or judges who…
In order to ensure the protection of professional athletes and trainers and to guarantee the fairness of competitions, any contract by which a sports association or a company mentioned in articles L. 122-2 and L. 122-12 secures the services of one of these employees, in return for remuneration, is a fixed-term employment contract.
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