Regulatory part - Decrees

Except where it results from affiliation to a sports federation approved by the State, the approval provided for in article L. 121-4 is issued by the prefect of the département in which the sports association has its registered office. The prefectoral decree granting approval is published in the prefecture’s recueil des actes administratifs.

To obtain approval, a sports association whose purpose is the practice of one or more physical or sporting activities must be affiliated to an approved sports federation. An association that contributes to the development or promotion of sport and sporting activities, without the practice of sport itself being one of its objects, may obtain approval without having to be affiliated.

The associations mentioned in article R. 121-2 may only obtain approval if their articles of association include the following provisions: 1° Provisions relating to the democratic operation of the association. The articles of association provide for : a) The participation of each member in the general meeting ; b) The appointment of the Board of Directors by the General Meeting by secret ballot and for a limited period; c) A…