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Article L131-11 of the French Sports Code

Approved federations may entrust their national, regional or departmental bodies with some of their responsibilities in accordance with the mandatory provisions set out in the last paragraph of I of article L. 131-8. They shall monitor the performance of this task and shall in particular have access to documents relating to the management and accounts of these bodies.

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Article L131-12 of the French Sports Code

State employees or public servants remunerated by the State may work as technical sports advisors for approved federations, in accordance with procedures defined by decree in the Conseil d’Etat. The federations may pay them compensation for these duties, subject to the limits and conditions laid down by decree. For the duration of their assignments, sports technical advisors remain under the exclusive hierarchical authority of the Minister for Sport or the…

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Article L131-13 of the French Sports Code

Approved federations may conclude, for the benefit of their affiliated associations or certain categories thereof and with the agreement of the latter, any contract of collective interest relating to the purchase or sale of products or services. The contracts mentioned in the first paragraph may not be concluded without a prior call for competition. Their duration is limited to four years.

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Article L131-13-1 of the French Sports Code

In the collectivities governed by articles 73 and 74 of the Constitution and in New Caledonia, the statutes mentioned in I ofarticle L. 131-8 of the present code may permit the affiliation of any league or sports committee to the regional federation of the same discipline, provided that the regional federation is itself recognised by the international federation and with the prior agreement of the sports federation to which it…

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Article L131-14 of the French Sports Code

For each sport and for a given period, a single approved federation is delegated by the Minister responsible for sport. The granting of the delegation is subject to the conclusion of a delegation contract between the State, represented by the Minister for Sport, and the federation concerned, the duration of which is set by decree in the Conseil d’Etat. The delegating federation may only entrust a professional league created in…

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Article L131-15 of the French Sports Code

Delegated federations : 1° Organise sporting competitions leading to the award of international, national, regional or departmental titles; 2° Make the corresponding selections; 3° Propose a federal performance project consisting of a programme of sporting excellence, a programme of access to top level sport including measures to encourage the detection, including outside national territory, of athletes likely to be included on the lists mentioned in 4° and a programme of…

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Article L131-15-1 of the French Sports Code

The delegating federations, where applicable in coordination with the professional leagues they have created, shall draw up a charter of ethics and professional conduct in accordance with the principles defined by the charter provided for inarticle L. 141-3. They shall set up an ethics committee from among their members, whose independence they shall guarantee. This committee shall ensure that the charter referred to in the first paragraph of this article…

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Article L131-15-2 of the French Sports Code

The delegated federations, where applicable in coordination with the professional leagues that they have created, and within the framework of the guidelines set by the Minister responsible for sport, draw up a national strategy aimed at promoting the principles of the contract of republican commitment mentioned inarticle 10-1 of law no. 2000-321 of 12 April 2000 on the rights of citizens in their relations with administrations and in I of…

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Article L131-16 of the French Sports Code

The delegated federations lay down : 1° The technical rules specific to their discipline as well as the rules intended to control their application and sanction their non-respect by the participants in sporting competitions; 2° Regulations relating to the organisation of any event open to their members; 3° Regulations relating to the legal, administrative and financial conditions to be met by sports associations and societies in order to be allowed…

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Article L131-16-1 of the French Sports Code

Access by a delegated sports federation to personal information relating to gambling transactions, with a view to the implementation of a possible sanction procedure against a player in a sports competition who has bet on one of the competitions in its discipline, is carried out: 1° By request addressed to the Autorité nationale des jeux for operations recorded by a sports betting operator holding the authorisation provided for inArticle 21…

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