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Article L332-18 of the French Sports Code

Any association or de facto group whose purpose is to support a sports association mentioned in article L. 122-1, whose members have committed repeated acts, in connection with or on the occasion of a sporting event, or an act of particular seriousness, constituting damage to property, violence against persons or incitement to hatred or discrimination against persons on the grounds of their origin, sexual orientation or gender identity, sex or…

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Article L332-19 of the French Sports Code

Participating in the maintenance or reconstitution, whether open or disguised, of an association or grouping dissolved in application of article L. 332-18, as well as participating in activities that an association suspended from activity has been prohibited from carrying out in application of the same article, are punishable by one year’s imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros. Organising the maintenance or reconstitution, overt or covert, of an association or…

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Article L332-20 of the French Sports Code

Legal entities held criminally liable, under the conditions set out in article 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offences defined in articles L. 312-14, L. 312-15, L. 312-16, L. 332-8, L. 332-9 and L. 332-10, in the second paragraph of article L. 332-11 and in article L. 332-19 incur, in addition to the fine set out in article 131-38 of the French Criminal Code, the penalties set out…

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Article L332-21 of the French Sports Code

Natural or legal persons guilty of the offences provided for in article L. 332-19 are also liable to the following penalties: 1° Confiscation of movable and immovable property belonging to or used by the association or group maintained or reconstituted ; 2° Confiscation of uniforms, insignia, emblems, weapons and all equipment used or intended for use by the association or grouping maintained or reconstituted.

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Article L333-1 of the French Sports Code

Sports federations, as well as the organisers of sports events mentioned in article L. 331-5, own the exploitation rights to the sports events or competitions that they organise. Any sports federation may assign to sports companies, free of charge, the ownership of all or part of the audiovisual exploitation rights to sports competitions or events organised each sports season by the professional league it has created, provided that these companies…

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Article L333-1-2 of the French Sports Code

When the right to organise bets is granted by a sports federation or by an organiser of sports events mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 331-5 to betting operators holding the authorisation provided for in Article 21 of Law no. 2010-476 of 12 May 2010 relating to the opening up to competition and the regulation of the online gambling sector or exclusive rights to organise and operate sports…

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Article L333-1-3 of the French Sports Code

The associations referred to inArticle L. 122-1 and the sports companies referred to in Article L. 122-2 may grant sports betting operators holding the authorisation provided for in Article 21 of Law no. 2010-476 of 12 May 2010 relating to the opening up to competition and the regulation of the online gambling sector or exclusive rights to organise and operate sports betting games on the basis of the provisions provided…

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Article L333-1-4 of the French Sports Code

The organiser of a sporting event or competition referred to in Article L. 331-5 who prohibits its players from placing bets, directly or through an intermediary, on bets based on this event or sporting competition may, with a view to penalising breaches of this prohibition, request : 1° The Autorité Nationale des Jeux (National Gaming Authority) for access to personal information relating to gambling transactions recorded by an online gaming…

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Article L333-2 of the French Sports Code

The audiovisual exploitation rights assigned to the sports companies are marketed by the professional league under conditions and within limits specified by decree in the Conseil d’Etat. This marketing is carried out in batches, for a limited period and in compliance with competition rules.

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