Article L131-1 of the French Sports Code
November 8, 2023
The purpose of sports federations is to organise the practice of one or more sports. They operate completely independently.
The purpose of sports federations is to organise the practice of one or more sports. They operate completely independently.
Sports federations are constituted in the form of associations, in accordance with the law of 1st July 1901 relating to the contract of association or, in the departments of Haut-Rhin, Bas-Rhin and Moselle, with the local civil code. School and university federations and unions are subject to the provisions of this code and the livres V and VIII of the Education Code.
Sports federations bring together sports associations. They may bring together as members, under the conditions laid down in their articles of association: 1° Individuals to whom they issue licences directly; 2° Profit-making organisations whose purpose is the practice of one or more of their disciplines and which they authorise to issue licences; 3° Organisations whose purpose is not the practice of one or more of their disciplines but which contribute…
With the exception of school and university sports federations, sports federations are run by one or more bodies elected by the federation’s members.
The bodies referred to in 2° and 3° of article L. 131-3 elect representatives from among their members to the governing bodies of the sports federation under the conditions laid down in its articles of association and within the following limits: 1° The number of representatives of affiliated or approved bodies is proportional to the number of members in each category, where that category represents at least 10% of the…
A sports licence is issued by or on behalf of a sports federation. It entitles the holder to take part in the activities organised by the federation and its affiliated structures and, in accordance with the procedures laid down in its articles of association, in its operations. With a view to issuing the licence, sports associations collect the full identity of persons who may be concerned by the provisions ofarticle…
In order to promote access to all forms of sporting activity, sports federations and youth and popular education associations approved by the Minister for Youth may introduce appropriate rules that do not endanger the safety of participants.
I. – Approval may be granted by the Minister responsible for sport, under conditions defined by decree in the Conseil d’Etat, for a renewable period of eight years, to federations which, with a view to participating in the performance of a public service mission, have adopted articles of association containing certain mandatory provisions and disciplinary regulations in accordance with a standard set of rules and have signed the contract of…
In compliance with the contract of republican commitment mentioned in article L. 131-8, approved sports federations participate in the implementation of public service missions relating to the development and democratisation of physical and sporting activities. They may not delegate all or part of the public service tasks entrusted to them, except to the professional leagues set up pursuant to article L. 132-1. Any agreement to the contrary is deemed null…
Approved federations may exercise the rights conferred on civil parties in respect of offences that directly or indirectly harm the collective interests of their members and the sports associations and societies that are members of them.
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