On the occasion of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris, more than 45 volunteers are expected in the capital during the summer of 000. This is an opportunity to recall the status of sports volunteers, their legal definition and the conditions commitment to responsibility

Are amateur and / or professional football clubs liable for the act of their supporters? What is the legislative and regulatory framework under which football clubs are responsible for the act of their supporters at sporting events?

In terms of sports practice (training / competition), in the event of an accident or injury, the implementation of the so-called risk acceptance theory may allow the author of the damage to be exempted from his civil liability. . Definition and limit (violation of the rules of the game)?

According to the decree of May 7, 2021, in the absence of any contraindication to the practice of sport, for minors outside disciplines with special constraints, the production of a medical certificate for the minor athlete is replaced by a certificate from the persons exercising the parental authority.

The Government published on February 10, 2021 a new ordinance (Ordinance n ° 2021-137), modifying ordinance n ° 2020-1599 of December 16, 2020 by extending the financial conditions for the resolution of certain contracts in the sports sector.

Edition of October 19, 2020, file of the football club Luzenac Ariège Pyrénées. Decision of the Council of State of October 6, 2020 which confirms the cancellation of the minutes of the board of directors of the Professional Football League which had not authorized the club to access Ligue 2.

[Press release from Cabinet BERTRAND] Appeal against the decision of the Executive Committee of the French Football Federation (FFF) of April 16, 2020

Cabinet Bertrand is pleased to have been able to assist the Association Sportive et Culturelle de Garges Djibson Futsal for the recognition by the Administrative Judge of the quality of training club for futsal clubs (TA, February 14, 2019), of a player from futsal turned professional football player

The Decree of August 24, 2016 modifies the provisions of the Sports Code concerning the requirement of a medical certificate for the issue and renewal of the sports license. A decree of April 20, 2017 specifies the content of the health questionnaire and the obligation or not of the medical certificate.

On Wednesday February 15, 2017, the Senate definitively adopted the bill aimed at preserving the ethics of sport, strengthening the regulation and transparency of professional sport and improving the competitiveness of clubs.

The 2nd civil chamber of the Court of Cassation, in its judgment of February 13, 2014, takes stock of the application of the "URSSAF franchises" and "flat-rate bases" for sports associations: educators and salaried guides are thus excluded from the URSSAF franchise.

The flat-rate base system allows sports associations to calculate social security contributions on a flat-rate basis rather than on the actual remuneration of the employee. However, it was called into question by the Social Security Financing Law for 2015.

A decision of the Council of State of April 11, 2014 allows us to complete our study of the ABéCéDaire concerning education against remuneration. This judgment returns to the subject to the Value Added Tax (VAT) of the courses given by the holder of a State Certificate of Sports Educator (BEES)

Decree fixing, in application of Law n ° 2016-41 of January 26, 2016 on the modernization of our health system, the conditions for renewing the sports license and lists the sports disciplines which present particular constraints for which a medical examination is required

A bill aimed at preserving the ethics of sport, strengthening the regulation and transparency of professional sport and improving the competitiveness of clubs has just been tabled in the Senate on September 12, 2016 (report of April 19, 2016 by the Great Professional Sport Conference)

The judgment of the second civil chamber of the Court of Cassation of 20 November 2014 makes it possible to recall the elements making it possible to engage the civil liability of an athlete: the proof of a fault characterized by a violation of the rules of the game must be reported

The Council of State annuls two decisions of the Appeal Chamber of the French Basketball Federation (FFBB) and two provisions of the General Regulations, on the grounds that they disregard the principle of individualization of penalties resulting from the Declaration of Human and Citizen Rights of 1789

A sports federation, in order to obtain its approval, has the obligation to have disciplinary regulations in accordance with standard regulations adopted by Decree. This regulation establishes the rules of disciplinary procedure before the sports bodies and committees (federation, league and committee).

FIFA circular of May 3 2013 allows us to revisit the existing system of training compensation when football players transfers.

In 2012, the sports betting affair surrounding the French Handball Championship match, Cesson-Montpellier, shook up sports news. And if a similar affair were to occur in football, what risk do players risk, what disciplinary sanctions?