The rules vary according to the nationality of the person who wishes to work as a sports educator in France: French, European or third-country national.

The procedures for making the prior declaration to the prefect of the department in which the sports educator wishes to settle, are not the same depending on how the sports educator wishes to practice.

Either he decides to settle for a long time in France (general case), or he only wishes to provide services on a one-off basis (freedom to provide services).

The sports educator may exercise his activity in one of the following legal forms:

• Individual business VID (EI) : He/she exercises in his/her own name and is subject to income tax (IR). He may benefit from the micro-company scheme if he complies with the turnover threshold conditions (micro-tax system and micro-social scheme).
• Business : He can set up his business and choose to practice alone or with associates. Creating an exercise business optimizes the tax burden by providing different options for allocating revenue among partners. Options can reduce income tax (IR) or business tax (SI) and payroll taxes.

If he wishes to practice in business, the sports educator can choose to practice in business of liberal exercise (SEL): SELARL , SELAS.

Registration must be done online on the company Formalities Window website:

Company Formalities Window

It has to be done not more than 1 month before the start of the activity or 8 days after the start of the activity at the latest.

This declaration is used to inform all the bodies concerned by the launch of the activity (INSEE, social bodies, Urssaf, public finance center, etc.).

Insee shall assign a Siret number. This is a unique national identification number that identifies the establishment. It is composed of Siren (first 9 digits) which identifies the company and the Nic (last 5 digits) which is modified in particular when the address of the establishment is changed.

When registering the company, Insee also grants it a EPA code. For the sports educator, the APE code is 85,51Z.

The person who was convicted of one of the subsequent crimes or offenses may not exercise the profession of sports educator:

• Willful harm to the lives of others: murder, poisoning...
• Injury to physical or mental integrity :: torture, barbarism, violence, threats.
• Endangering others
• Interference with the freedoms of others: enslavement, exploitation, kidnapping and confinement, misuse of means of transport.
• Offending the dignity of others: discrimination, trafficking in human beings, procuring, etc.
• Offenses against minors and the family : abandonment of the minor, abandonment of the family, etc.
• Extortion and blackmail
• Undermining the fundamental interests of the nation: treason, espionage, information to a foreign power
• Bleaching
• Illicit use of substances or plants classified as narcotic drugs or incitement to the illicit use of narcotic drugs
• Arms and ammunition trafficking and drug trafficking

It should not also be subject to a prohibition from practicing a commercial, industrial or liberal activity.

It may not teach, lead or supervise a sporting activity with minors if it has been subject to one of the following administrative measures:

• Prohibition of participation in the management and supervision of institutions and bodies responsible for the reception of minors in holiday and leisure centers and youth groups
• Suspension of the management and management activities of institutions and bodies responsible for the reception of minors in holiday and leisure centers and youth groups

The purpose of the retraining course is to update his professional skills.

It's not always mandatory. Indeed, it only concerns sports educators who practice and teach sports next activities :

• Climbing
• Canyonism
• Parachuting
• Underwater diving
• Speleology
• Free flight

The sports educator must submit to a refresher training every 6 years from the date on which he graduated.

They must register with the Sports Resource, Expertise and Performance Center (CREPS) in the region in which they operate before 31 December of 6^e year which follows the one during which he graduated or completed his last retraining course.

The internship is not free. The amount varies according to the CREPS and the sporting activity.

To continue their activity, the sports educator must think about renewing your prior declaration.

It must be carried out within one of the following periods, depending on the type of practice of the profession:

• Continuous Exercise (Installation) : every 5 years
• Temporary or occasional exercise (freedom to provide services) : every year

Renewal must be requested from the departmental service for youth, engagement and sports (SDJES).

If he does not renew his prior declaration, the sports educator can no longer exercise his activity.

The charter of ethics and ethics is binding on all sports educators practicing in France. There are differences depending on the type of sports activity taught and the place of instruction.

The main rules common to each of the activities are:

• Behave in an exemplary manner towards others
• Behave appropriately with moderate speech, reactions, and emotions
• Comply with rules on supervision, safety, competition and training
• Refusing violence and cheating
• To inform athletes and practitioners about the excesses of doping and its effects on health
• Prevent and combat incivility, violence, discrimination, behavior contrary to the values of sport, hazing or harassment
• Do not use position to have excessive emotional contact with athletes and practitioners