The sports agent licence examination comprises : 1° An initial test to assess the candidate’s ability to practise the profession of sports agent by ensuring that he has the knowledge required to do so, in particular in social, tax and contractual matters as well as in the field of insurance and that of physical and sporting activities; 2° A second test to assess the candidate’s knowledge of the regulations laid…
The sports agents’ interfederal commission sets the programme for the first test and whether it is written or oral. Acting as an examination board, it draws up the subject of the test, sets the marking scale and determines the mark obtained by each candidate. It communicates this mark to the sports agents’ commission of the delegating federation responsible for the sports discipline for which the person concerned has applied. The…
The second test is organised for each sport by the sports agents’ commission of the relevant delegated federation. This commission sets the programme for the test and whether it is written or oral. Constituted as an examination board, it draws up the subject of the test, sets the marking scale and determines the mark obtained by each candidate. The sports agents’ commission declares candidates admitted to the examination who have…
A sports agent who has obtained a sports agent’s licence issued by a delegated federation without having been exempted from the first test and who applies for the issue of a licence in another discipline is exempted from the first test. Candidates who are admitted to the first test and fail the second will retain the benefit of the first test if they sit the next examination session in the…
Where provided for in the sports agent regulations, persons admitted to the sports agent examination or who are exempted from it undergo training prior to the issue of the sports agent licence. The content and duration of this training are set by the sports agents’ commission. The training may not be assessed as a condition for the issue of a sports agent’s licence. The regulations governing sports agents may provide…
Where provided for in the sports agent regulations, sports agent licence holders undergo ongoing training to update their knowledge.
If there are serious and concrete doubts as to the sports agent’s level of knowledge of the French language, the competent authority may require, after verification of the professional qualifications and before issuing the sports agent’s licence, that the sports agent submit to a test in order to guarantee the safe placement of athletes and trainers.
Nationals of Member States of the European Union or parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area mentioned in article L. 222-15 who wish to establish themselves on French territory in order to exercise the profession of sports agent must submit a declaration to the sports agents’ commission of the relevant delegated federation. If the interested party intends to carry out his activity in the context of several sporting…
The declaration must be accompanied by the following documents 1° Proof of the declarant’s nationality ; 2° If the declarant considers that he fulfils the conditions laid down in 1° of Article L. 222-15, the certificate of competence or the training certificate issued by a Member State of the European Union or a State party to the European Economic Area in which the taking up and pursuit of the profession…
The sports agents’ commission acknowledges receipt of the declaration. If it is not accompanied by all of the required documents, the committee will ask the interested party to produce the missing documents. This request is sent within one month of receipt of the application. Within one month of receipt of the complete application, the committee will notify the applicant of its decision regarding recognition of his qualification. However, the committee…
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