Chapter II: Professional leagues

Where its articles of association so provide, a delegated sports federation may set up a professional league with legal personality: 1° Either to organise the sporting competitions it defines; 2° Or to lay down the conditions for the organisation and participation of sportsmen and women in the sporting competitions it defines.

The professional league is constituted for an unlimited period in the form of an association declared in accordance with the provisions of the law of 1st July 1901 relating to the contract of association. The members of the professional league referred to in 1° of article R. 132-1 are the associations affiliated to the federation and the companies they have set up pursuant to article L. 122-1, which are entitled…

The general meeting of the professional league is made up of representatives of the legal entities that are members of the league. Qualified personalities, representatives of the federation and representatives of the sportsmen and women, coaches, referees and judges, doctors and administrative staff of the league and its members may also attend the General Meeting, in accordance with the provisions of the Articles of Association. The General Meeting meets at…

The professional league is administered by a governing body comprising : 1° Representatives of the sports associations and companies, elected by the general meeting; 2° One or more representatives of the federation, appointed by the competent body of the federation; 3° Representatives of athletes and trainers, appointed by their representative organisations; 4° Qualified personalities, elected by the General Meeting, some of whom are nominated by the competent body of the…

The governing body referred to in article R. 132-4 meets at least three times a year. The articles of association of the professional league shall specify the rules governing the convening and deliberation of the governing body and the conditions under which it shall appoint an executive committee. They stipulate that the governing body may, within the limits of its remit, set up specialised committees whose remit it defines. The…

The articles of association of the professional league shall specify the procedure applicable to the election of the members of its general meeting and of the governing body referred to in article R. 132-4. In particular, they shall provide for the creation of an electoral commission responsible for monitoring the regularity of electoral operations and the conditions under which these operations may be contested.

Where the agreement referred to in article R. 132-9 provides for the professional league to exercise disciplinary powers at first instance by delegation from the federation, the operating rules of the league’s disciplinary body must comply with the provisions set out in Annexe I-6.

The articles of association of the professional league and any amendments made thereto shall come into force following their approval by the General Meeting of the Federation and the publication of the order of the Minister for Sport recording their compliance with the provisions of this Title.