Chapter II: Teaching sport for remuneration

The provisions of this paragraph do not apply to nationals of a Member State of the European Union or a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area who wish to supervise, lead, teach or train exclusively in snowboarding and are subject to the provisions of Title XV of the amendedOrder of 11 April 2012 relating to the specific training for the State diploma of national alpine ski instructor.

In application of the provisions of articles R. 212-88 and R. 212-92, nationals of a Member State of the European Union or a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area who wish to supervise, lead, teach or train in alpine skiing and related activities, within the framework of the freedom of establishment or the freedom to provide services, must declare themselves to the Minister responsible for sport. The…

For the supervision of downhill 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 ski instructor in downhill skiing, insofar as it includes: -technical skills ; -theoretical and…

In the context of freedom of establishment, when the Minister responsible for sport considers, after receiving the opinion of the permanent alpine 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. 212-184, attaching the opinion of the permanent section to the file. After…

In the context of the freedom to provide services, when the Minister responsible for sport considers, after consulting the permanent alpine 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. 212-193.

The aptitude test to which the prefect or the minister responsible for sport may decide to subject the applicant, in whole or in part, for the activities mentioned in 1° and 2° of article R. 212-91 and for the activity of mid-mountain guide, under the conditions provided for in article R. 212-90-1 and in 3° of article R. 212-93, aims to verify the applicant’s ability to supervise participants safely. It…

Declarants who have obtained a ranking of one hundred points or less for men and eighty-five points or less for women on the scale corresponding to the technical disciplines of alpine skiing (slalom or giant slalom) set by the International Ski Federation are deemed to have the ability to use technical skills. They are exempt from the technical test. This ranking, certified by the president of the declarant’s national federation…

The aptitude test is organised at national level under the responsibility of the Ecole nationale des sports de montagne, site of the Ecole nationale de ski et d’alpinisme, in conjunction with the Minister responsible for sports, at the locations and dates set annually by the permanent alpine skiing section of the training and employment commission of the Conseil supérieur des sports de montagne.