Chapter II: Professional sport

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.

The duration of an employment contract referred to in article L. 222-2-3 may not be less than the duration of a sports season, which is set at twelve months. However, a contract concluded during a sports season may have a duration of less than twelve months, under the conditions defined by a national collective agreement or convention or, failing that, by the regulations of the sports federation or, where applicable,…

I.-The fixed-term employment contract shall be drawn up in writing in at least three copies and shall include a reference to articles L. 222-2 to L. 222-2-8. It shall include : 1° The identity and address of the parties; 2° The date of recruitment and the period for which it is concluded; 3° A description of the job held and the activities in which the employee participates; 4° The amount…

The regulations of the sports federation or, where applicable, of the professional league may provide for a procedure to approve the fixed-term employment contract of the professional athlete and trainer and determine the procedures for approval as well as the sporting consequences if the contract is not approved. The conditions under which failure to approve the contract may prevent it from coming into force are determined by a national collective…

Clauses providing for the unilateral termination of the fixed-term employment contract of a professional athlete or trainer are null and void.

I.-Any contract entered into in breach of the substantive and formal rules set out in articles L. 222-2-1 to L. 222-2-5 shall be deemed to be for an indefinite period. II – Failure to comply with the substantive and formal rules set out in the same articles L. 222-2-1 to L. 222-2-5 is punishable by a fine of €3,750. A repeat offence is punishable by a fine of €7,500 and…