The application for approval must be accompanied by the following documents: 1° A copy of the articles of association and by-laws, together with a copy of the receipt for the declaration provided for inarticle 5 of the law of 1 July 1901 on the contract of association; 2° The minutes of the last three general meetings; 3° Balance sheets and operating accounts for the last three financial years; 4° A…
When it informs the Prefect of the département in which the sports association has its registered office of the association’s membership, the approved sports federation attaches the certificate of subscription to the republican commitment contract mentioned in 4° of article R. 121-4.
Approval granted to a sports association or resulting from its affiliation to a sports federation approved by the State pursuant to article L. 131-8 may be withdrawn by the Prefect of the département in which its registered office is located in the event of : 1° Non-compliance of the articles of association with the conditions set out in article R. 121-3 ; 2° Serious breach by the association of its…
If the activities of the sports association or the manner in which it pursues them fail to comply with the commitments set out in the Republican Commitment Contract it has signed, the Prefect of the département in which the association’s registered office is located will suspend or withdraw approval, depending on the seriousness of the breach. Suspension will be for a period of six months. It may be terminated early…
Reasons are given for the prefectoral order suspending or withdrawing approval. It is published in the recueil des actes administratifs of the prefecture of the department in which the registered office is located and, where different, in the recueil des actes administratifs of the prefecture of the department in which the approval order was published. The order suspending or withdrawing approval is communicated to the mayor of the municipality in…
The amounts of revenue or remuneration above which a sports association is required, by virtue of article L. 122-1, to form a commercial company are set at €1,200,000 and €800,000 respectively. To determine whether these amounts have been reached, the average revenue received and remuneration paid over the last three known financial years, as shown in the sports association’s accounting documents, are taken into account.
The income referred to in article R. 122-1 includes the total income (excluding tax) from all ticketed events organised by the association, and in particular : 1° The amount of admission fees paid, in any form whatsoever, for access to these events; 2° Advertising income of any kind; 3° Proceeds from audiovisual exploitation rights paid to the association, including reproduction rights.
The amount of remuneration referred to in article R. 122-1 is made up of all the salaries, bonuses, allowances, benefits in cash or in kind, whether regular or exceptional, received by the sportsmen and women employed by the association; it does not include the tax and social security charges relating to this remuneration.
The standard articles of association applicable to the various forms of sports company mentioned in article L. 122-2 are set out in Annexes I-1 to I-3.
Any agreement by which a sports association or a sports company seeks to transfer, in compliance with the provisions of article L. 122-16, its name, trademark or any other distinctive sign or to authorise the use thereof or to grant a licence for its use to another legal entity governed by private law must be filed, prior to its entry into force, with the prefect of the département in which…
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