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A new requirement for signage in sports halls

Publié le 10 juin 2025 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

Physical activity or sports establishments (private or public) will soon be obliged to inform their clients of the arrangements for preventing, reporting and accompanying victims (or witnesses) of violence or discrimination.

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The decree of 16 May 2025 includes the obligation for physical activity or sports establishments to display in a ‘place visible to all’ information on the arrangements for collect reports, ofsteer andaccompany self-esteem victims or witnesses of situations "likely" to be characterized as physical or mental violence or situations of abuse.

The aim of this mandatory display is to prevent and better combat acts of violence and discrimination that may take place in establishments open to the public and in the context of physical or sporting activities.

The institutions concerned must comply with this obligation as of november 19, 2025.

What are the display methods?

The display must obligatory enter contact details:

  • of Sports Signal, the national unit for handling reports of violence in sport;
  • support arrangements for victims or witnesses of physical, psychological or psychological violence.

It must be carried out in paper form in a ‘place visible to all’ and A3 (297 x 420 mm). This is one of these 2 models downloadable :

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Reminder

Physical and sporting activities establishments must also display, in a place visible to all, a copy of:

  • the diplomas and qualifications of the persons practicing in the establishment;
  • professional cards of persons working in the establishment (or trainee certificates where appropriate);
  • texts laying down the health and safety guarantees and technical standards applicable to the framework for physical and sporting activities;
  • the certification of the insurance contract concluded by the operator of the establishment.

What are the situations of abuse?

The following are situations of abuse:

  • discriminatory remarks;
  • hazing;
  • right-of-way situations;
  • complicity and non-denunciation of such facts.

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