French Sports Code

The State’s public training establishments and local public training establishments in the fields of sport, youth and popular education provide initial training for people who manage, run, supervise and teach physical and sporting activities and contribute to their ongoing training. However, the training of staff from local authorities and their public establishments is carried out in accordance with the statutory provisions applicable to them. The public training establishments mentioned in…

Approved sports federations provide training and further training for their managers. To this end, they may receive assistance from the public training establishments mentioned in article L. 211-1. When they concern functions exercised for remuneration, the diplomas they award meet the conditions set out in article L. 212-1. Diplomas relating to the exercise of an activity on a voluntary basis, within the framework of non-profit-making structures, may be obtained either…

The approved federations provide training and further training for referees and judges in their disciplines, under conditions defined by their respective statutes. The training of referees and judges includes raising awareness of the fight against cardiac arrest and first aid. It also includes awareness-raising or preventive action on the principles of the Republic, secularism and the prevention and detection of radicalisation. The content, scope and implementation of this article shall…

Training centres run by a sports association or a sports company are approved by the administrative authority, on the recommendation of the relevant delegated federation.