Chapter II: Professional leagues

The Federation and the Professional League shall jointly exercise the following powers: 1° Examining applications for the approval of training centres run by associations and companies that are members of the professional league; 2° Drawing up the calendar of professional competitions; 3° The conditions under which sportsmen and women are made available to teams bearing the name “Equipe de France”; 4° Implementation of the federal medical regulations; 5° Exercising the…

Subject to the provisions of articles R. 132-10 and R. 132-11, the regulation and management of the competitions mentioned in article R. 132-1 fall within the remit of the professional league.

The agreement determines the conditions under which the federation may grant the professional league, for a period not exceeding the term of the agreement, the marketing of the rights to exploit professional competitions. The provisions of the first paragraph relating to the term of the concession do not apply to concessions in progress on the date of entry into force of the regulatory part of this Code and whose term…

The agreement specifies, where applicable, whether the participation of professional teams in competitions on the federal calendar or organised by the professional league falls within the remit of the affiliated sports associations or the companies they have set up pursuant to article L. 122-1.

The agreement specifies the conditions under which the federation’s governing body may overturn decisions taken by the professional league’s bodies that are contrary to the federation’s articles of association or regulations.

The financial provisions are set out in a protocol attached to the agreement.

The agreement and its appendices come into force after they have been approved by the general meetings of the federation and the professional league and by the Minister for Sport.