Section 2: Obligation to declare activity

For the supervision of Nordic cross-country skiing and related activities, the substantial difference, within the meaning of article R. 212-90-1 and 3° of article R. 212-93, likely to exist between the professional qualification of the applicant and the professional qualification required on national territory, is assessed with reference to the training for the State diploma of national Nordic cross-country ski instructor insofar as it includes: -technical safety skills ; -theoretical…

In the context of freedom of establishment, when the Minister responsible for sport considers, after receiving the opinion of the permanent cross-country skiing section of the training and employment commission of the Higher Mountain Sports Council, that there is a substantial difference, he refers the matter to the commission for the recognition of qualifications mentioned in article R. 212-84, attaching the opinion of the permanent section to the file. After…

In the context of the free provision of services, when the Minister responsible for sport considers, after consulting the permanent cross-country skiing section of the training and employment commission of the Higher Mountain Sports Council, that there is a substantial difference, he may decide to subject the applicant to all or part of the aptitude test provided for in 3° of article R. 212-93.

The purpose of the aptitude test to which the Prefect may decide to subject the applicant in whole or in part, under the conditions laid down in article R. 212-90-1 and in 3° of article R. 212-93, is to check the applicant’s ability to supervise participants safely. It consists of two tests: 1° The performance test of the technical ability test provided for in Title VII of the amendedOrder of…

Declarants who have obtained a ranking equal to or less than two hundred points for men and two hundred and fifty points for women on the scale corresponding to the “distance” ranking set by the International Ski Federation are deemed to have the ability to use technical safety skills. They are exempt from the technical safety test. This ranking, certified by the president of the declarant’s national federation or his…

The aptitude test is organised at national level under the responsibility of the Ecole nationale des sports de montagne, site of the Centre national de ski nordique et de moyenne montagne in conjunction with the relevant regional directors of youth, sport and social cohesion, at the locations and dates set annually by the permanent cross-country skiing section of the training and employment commission of the Conseil supérieur des sports de…

The jury for the aptitude test is the jury provided for inarticle 16 of the modified order of 26 April 2013 relating to the specific training for the state diploma of national Nordic cross-country ski instructor. From among the members of the jury, the president appoints a commission responsible for assessing the test to verify theoretical and practical knowledge and safety skills, made up of qualified technicians who hold one…

In the event that the Minister for Sport considers that there is no substantial difference, or where a substantial difference has been identified and the applicant has passed the aptitude test, the Prefect will issue the applicant with a certificate of freedom of establishment and a sports educator’s professional card or a receipt for a declaration of provision of services, which will mention the following conditions of practice: Supervision, instruction,…