The laws of sport

The 1901 law, the Mazeaud law, the Avice law, the Buffet law, the Sport Code and the 2022 law: what each text changed.

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Each topic is weighted the way the exam weighs it.

1901 law: what is it?
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The law allowing anyone to form a non-profit association freely; most sports clubs are such associations.
It founded the associative model of French sport.
Five friends want to found a non-profit volleyball club. Under which regime?
- A 1901-law association
- A public limited company
- A State department
- A delegated federation
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A 1901-law association
Two people are enough; once declared at the prefecture with its articles, the association gains legal personality. In Alsace-Moselle, the local law of 1908 applies instead.
Mazeaud law: what is it?
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The law of 29 October 1975 on the development of physical education and sport, recognising the role of the State and the federations.
Among other things it set the framework for elite sport.
Why look up a rule in the Sport Code today rather than in the Avice law?
- The Avice law only covered school sport
- The Code is older than the Avice law
- Federations write the Sport Code themselves
- The Code gathers the texts in force, kept up to date
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The Code gathers the texts in force, kept up to date
In 2006, the Avice law was codified and then almost entirely repealed: its articles now live on, amended, in the Code.