French Sports Code
In forceI.-In each region, the regional sports conference is made up of four colleges.
1° The college of State representatives comprises :
a) The Regional Prefect or his representative;
b) The Regional Academic Rector or his representative;
c) The Regional Academic Delegate for Youth, Commitment and Sport or his representative;
d) The Director General of the Regional Health Agency or his representative;
e) The Regional Director of Business, Competition, Consumer Affairs, Labour and Employment or his representative;
f) The Directors of the Sports Resource, Expertise and Performance Centres based in the region, in respect of the missions set out in article L. 114-2 or their representatives;
g) A president or general manager of a higher education establishment governed by Book VII of the Education Code, appointed by the rector of the academic region, or their representative;
2° The college of representatives of local authorities and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation comprises :
a) Five representatives appointed by the region;
b) One representative appointed by each département in the region;
c) As many representatives of the communes as there are départements in the region, appointed by the Association des maires de France, including one in agreement with the Association nationale des élus en charge du sport;
d) As many representatives of public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with responsibility for sport as there are departments in the region, appointed by the Association des maires de France;
e) One representative appointed by each metropolitan area and each urban community with responsibility for sport in the region;
3° The college of representatives of the sporting movement comprises :
a) Two representatives appointed by the French Regional Olympic and Sports Committee, including one from a French Departmental Olympic and Sports Committee in the region;
b) One representative appointed by the French Paralympic and Sports Committee;
c) Two representatives of approved sports federations within the meaning of article L. 131-8 constituted to organise the practice of a single sporting discipline or related Olympic disciplines, one of which is a delegate within the meaning of article L. 131-14 for the homologous Paralympic discipline, one representative of an approved affinity or multisport sports federation, otherwise affiliated to the French Paralympic and Sports Committee, and one representative of a federation set up to organise the practice of a single sport discipline or related non-Olympic disciplines;
d) One high-level athlete designated by the high-level athletes commission of the French National Olympic and Sports Committee;
e) One representative designated by the National Association of Professional Sports Leagues.
The representatives mentioned in c are appointed by the French Regional Olympic and Sports Committee, in agreement with the French Paralympic and Sports Committee for the appointment of the representatives of the sports federations affiliated to it.
4° The college of representatives of other natural and legal persons with an interest in the development of sport and professional organisations representing economic players comprises :
a) A representative appointed by the Mouvement des entreprises de France;
b) A representative appointed by the Confédération des petites et moyennes entreprises;
c) A representative appointed by the Union des entreprises de proximité;
d) A representative appointed by the Union sport et cycle;
e) A representative appointed by the Conseil social du mouvement sportif;
f) One representative appointed by the regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry;
g) Two sports users appointed by the Regional Prefect on the recommendation of sports users' associations, including one on the recommendation of associations of users of commercial establishments where physical and sporting activities are practised;
h) Three representatives appointed by the regional prefect on the recommendation of the most representative trade union organisations, within the meaning of the provisions of the Labour Code, in the sport sector;
i) In the absence of a sports resource, expertise and performance centre mentioned in f of 1° in the region, one representative of a body carrying out equivalent missions appointed jointly by the regional prefect and the region.
II.The members of the Regional Sports Conference other than those mentioned in a to f of 1° are appointed for a period of five years, renewable once. An alternate member is appointed under the same conditions for each of them.
If the seat of a full or alternate member of the conference falls vacant for any reason whatsoever, he or she is replaced under the same conditions, within one month of the vacancy occurring, for the remainder of the term of office.
The internal regulations set out the conditions under which the list of members and alternates is kept up to date.
III - The Agence nationale du sport participates in the work of the regional conference in accordance with the procedures determined by its territorial delegate.
