French Sports Code

Civil servants and employees of local authorities or their public establishments who hold a job for less than half the legal working time may be authorised by the local authority to combine this job with the paid exercise of a sporting activity in a sports association or society. The remuneration relating to these activities may be combined up to a limit set by reference to the remuneration received for their…

Articles L. 222-2-1 to L. 222-2-8 apply to: 1° Salaried professional athletes, defined as any person whose remunerated activity is the pursuit of a sporting activity in a legally subordinate relationship with a sports association or a company mentioned in articles L. 122-2 and L. 122-12 ; 2° A salaried professional trainer, defined as any person whose main remunerated activity is to prepare and supervise the sporting activity of one…

The Labour Code is applicable to salaried professional athletes and salaried professional coaches, with the exception of the provisions of articles L. 1221-2, L. 1241-1 to L. 1242-5, L. 1242-7 to L. 1242-9, L. 1242-12, L. 1242-13, L. 1242-17, L. 1243-7 to L. 1243-10, L. 1243-13 to L. 1245-1, L. 1246-1 and L. 1248-1 to L. 1248-11 relating to fixed-term employment contracts.

Articles L. 222-2-1, L. 222-2-3 to L. 222-2-5, L. 222-2-7 and L. 222-2-8 may, with the agreement of the parties, be applied to athletes who are employed by their sports federation as members of a French team, as well as to trainers who primarily supervise athletes who are members of a French team. These same articles may, with the agreement of the parties, apply to professional referees or judges who…

In order to ensure the protection of professional athletes and trainers and to guarantee the fairness of competitions, any contract by which a sports association or a company mentioned in articles L. 122-2 and L. 122-12 secures the services of one of these employees, in return for remuneration, is a fixed-term employment contract.

The duration of an employment contract referred to in article L. 222-2-3 may not be less than the duration of a sports season, which is set at twelve months. However, a contract concluded during a sports season may have a duration of less than twelve months, under the conditions defined by a national collective agreement or convention or, failing that, by the regulations of the sports federation or, where applicable,…