Section 1: General mission

The French National Olympic and Sports Committee carries out activities of common interest on behalf of or with the federations, while respecting the prerogatives granted to each of them by the present code. It is involved in the promotion of the various sporting disciplines in the programmes of audiovisual communication companies.

The French National Olympic and Sports Committee has exclusive responsibility for constituting, organising and leading the French delegation to the Olympic Games and multi-sport competitions sponsored by the International Olympic Committee. On the proposal of the federations concerned, it registers athletes and then signs them up definitively.

The Committee may delegate some of its tasks to the decentralised bodies it has set up in the form of Regional Committees and Departmental Olympic and Sports Committees.

Under the terms of an agreement entered into with the State, the French National Olympic and Sports Committee may receive financial and personnel assistance to carry out its missions.