Subsection 4: Discipline of athletes and trainees

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R114-15

Article R114-15

French Sports CodeIn force
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Updated 8 Nov 2023

I.-The director of the centre may impose a disciplinary sanction on any athlete or trainee who contravenes the rules governing the operation of the establishment set out in the centre's internal regulations.

Disciplinary sanctions are :

1° A warning ;

2° a reprimand

3° Exclusion for a fixed period, not exceeding one year;

4° permanent exclusion.

The sanction of exclusion for a fixed period may be suspended in whole or in part. The athlete or trainee is definitively exempted from serving the part of the sanction for which he has been suspended if, for a period of five years after the sanction was imposed, he has not been subject to any other sanction. The imposition of a new sanction during this same period shall entail the revocation of the suspended sanction unless, when imposing the new sanction, the disciplinary authority decides, after consulting the Disciplinary Board, to definitively exempt the athlete or trainee from serving the part of the sanction for which he was suspended.

When the Director is considering imposing a fixed-term or permanent exclusion sanction, he shall first consult the Athlete and Trainee Life Council sitting as a disciplinary panel.

If necessary, the Director may, as a precautionary measure, ban an athlete or trainee from the establishment pending consultation with the Disciplinary Council. If the athlete or trainee is a minor, he or she will be handed over to his or her family or to the person exercising parental authority or guardianship over him or her. This measure does not constitute a sanction.

II - When the Athlete and Trainee Life Council sits as a disciplinary body, its composition remains as set out in article R. 114-14 and it is subject to the rules governing quorum and the adoption of opinions or deliberations set out in that article. It is convened by the Director in accordance with the conditions laid down in the internal regulations. It shall hear the athlete or trainee against whom a sanction is being considered, assisted, if he is a minor, by his legal representative and, whatever his age, by one or more advisers of his choice.

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