French Sports Code

Article L. 7124-9 of the Labour Code applies to remuneration of any kind received for the practice of a sporting activity by children aged sixteen and under who are subject to compulsory education. The conclusion of a contract either relating to the practice of a sporting activity by a minor, or the cause of which is the practice of a sporting activity by a minor, does not give rise to…

Breaches of the rules on remuneration mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 222-5 are punishable by a fine of €7,500. A repeat offence is punishable by six months’ imprisonment and a fine of €15,000.

The activity of bringing together, for remuneration, the parties interested in concluding a contract either relating to the exercise of a sporting or training activity for remuneration, or which provides for the conclusion of an employment contract having as its object the exercise of a sporting or training activity for remuneration, may only be exercised by a natural person holding a sports agent’s licence. The licence is issued, suspended and…

A sports agent may set up a company or be an agent of a company in order to carry out his profession.

No person may obtain or hold a sports agent’s licence : 1° If he exercises, directly or indirectly, in law or in fact, on a voluntary or remunerated basis, sports management or training functions either in an association or company employing sportsmen and sportswomen for remuneration or organising sports events, or in a sports federation or a body that it has set up, or if he has been required to…

No person may exercise, directly or indirectly, in law or in fact, on a voluntary or remunerated basis, sports management or training functions either in an association or company employing sportsmen and women for remuneration or organising sports events, or in a sports federation or a body set up by it if he or she has exercised the profession of sports agent during the previous year. No person may be…

No person may obtain or hold a sports agent’s licence if he : 1° Has been the perpetrator of acts that have given rise to a criminal conviction for acts contrary to honour, probity or morality; 1° bis Has been convicted of an offence underarticle 1741 of the General Tax Code; 2° Has been subject to personal bankruptcy or one of the prohibition or disqualification measures provided for in Book…

The incompatibilities and incapacities provided for in Articles L. 222-9 to L. 222-11 apply to employees of a sports agent or of the company that he has set up to carry out his activity. It is forbidden to be the agent of more than one sports agent or of more than one company within which the activity of sports agent is carried out.

When a sports agent forms a company to exercise his profession, its managers, partners or shareholders are subject to the incompatibilities and incapacities set out in articles L. 222-9 to L. 222-11. When a sports agent forms a legal entity to exercise his profession, his partners or shareholders may under no circumstances be : 1° An association or company employing sportspeople for remuneration or organising sporting events; 2° A sports…

When a sports agent sets up a legal entity to exercise his profession, its managers, partners or shareholders may not be athletes or trainers for whom the agent may exercise the activity mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 222-7.