Chapter I: Sports federations

With the exception of sports federations approved on 16 July 1992, only delegated sports federations may use the designation “Fédération française de” or “Fédération nationale de” as well as award or have awarded the designations “Equipe de France” and “Champion de France”, followed by the name of one or more sports disciplines, and include them in their articles of association, contracts, documents or advertising. The chairman, director or manager of…

Organising competitions at the end of which an international, national, regional or departmental championship title or a title likely to be confused with one of these titles is awarded without being the holder of the delegation provided for in article L. 131-14, in breach of the provisions of article L. 131-17, is punishable by a fine of 7,500 euros. However, approved sports federations may issue national or federal champion titles…

Where no sports federation has been delegated responsibility for a particular sport, the powers conferred on the delegating federations by this section and by Articles L. 222-7, L. 222-11, L. 222-15, L. 222-16, L. 222-18, L. 222-19, L. 311-2 and L. 331-4 to L. 331-7 may be exercised, for a specific period and with the authorisation of the Minister responsible for sport, by a specialised commission set up by the…

When the Minister responsible for Sports refers to the administrative court the acts taken by virtue of the delegation mentioned in article L. 131-14 which he considers to be contrary to the law, he may include in his appeal a request for suspension. This request shall be granted if one of the grounds put forward appears, in the light of the investigation, to be such as to create serious doubt…

Without prejudice to the direct appeals available to them, any natural or legal person who considers that they have been wronged by an individual decision taken under the delegation referred to in article L. 131-14 may, within two months of being notified of the decision, ask the Minister responsible for Sport to implement the procedure provided for in article L. 131-20.

Any sports federation which is a member of an international federation which has authorised it to organise the practice of a sporting discipline and for which another federation has been granted the delegation provided for in article L. 131-14 is obliged to proceed, on the proposal of the latter, with : 1° The registration of competitions in this discipline on the international calendar; 2° The registration of top-level athletes in…