French Sports Code

In the event of a breach of the provisions of articles L. 222-5, L. 222-7 to L. 222-18, R. 222-20, R. 222-31 and R. 222-32 as well as the provisions of the sports agents’ regulations issued on the basis of article L. 222-18, impose the following sanctions on sports agents: 1° A warning; 2° A financial penalty which may not exceed the amount of the fines provided for 5th class…

In the event of a breach of articles L. 222-5, L. 222-7, L. 222-10, L. 222-12 to L. 222-14, L. 222-17, L. 222-18, R. 222-35 and R. 222-36 as well as the provisions of the sports agents’ regulations enacted on the basis of article L. 222-18, impose the following sanctions on associations and companies affiliated to the Federation or to the professional league it has set up, as well as…

Disciplinary proceedings are initiated by the Delegate for Sports Agents, who investigates the case in accordance with the adversarial principle. The person being prosecuted is notified of the complaints, given a period in which to respond and may consult the entire case file before the hearing. The defendant is summoned to the hearing. They may be represented by a lawyer or assisted by one or more persons of their choice….

The sports agents’ commission publishes the sanctions imposed pursuant to article L. 222-19 on sports agents, licence-holders, associations and affiliated companies, in accordance with the conditions set out in the sports agents’ regulations. Once the conciliation procedure provided for in articles R. 141-5 to R. 141-9 has been completed, appeals against these sanctions may be lodged with the competent local administrative court.

The standard disciplinary regulations for approved sports federations set out in Annex I-6 do not apply to disciplinary proceedings based on the provisions of article L. 222-19.