Type A - Collective Bargaining Agreements
European Union countriesFranceFootballMale
Title
Professional Football Charter / National Collective Convention on the Football Sector
Document title (original)
Charte du Football Professionnel / Convention Collective Nationale des Métiers du Football
Initial adoption
01/01/1973
Latest revision
01/01/2022
Termination date
indefinite
Signatories
Foot Unis; Union Nationale des Footballeurs Professionnels (National Union of Professional Footballers, UNFP); Union Nationale des Entraîneurs et Cadres Techniques Professionnels du Football (National Union of Professional Football Coaches and Technical Staff, UNECATEF)
Additional actors involved in the process
Ministère des Sports, Ligue de Football Professionnel (Professional Football League, LFP), Fédération Française de Football (French Football Federation, FFF)
Actors covered
Professional French football clubs (companies/associations); remunerated players and coaches employed by these clubs
Characteristics
Bipartite, tripartite
Tripartite
Binding, non-binding
Binding
Implementation status
Fully implemented
Provisions/Coverage
Wage/Salary
Yes
Contractual requirements
Yes
Working time
Yes
Training conditions/sport specific requirements
Yes
Leave
Yes
Vocational training
No
Health and welfare (e.g. safety provisions, medical support)
Yes
Social protection
Yes
Social protection specification
Continued payment (sickness/incpacity), occupational accident provisions, pension funds ("caisse de prévoyance"), unemployment insurance
Image and commercial rights
Yes
Enforcement and dispute resolution
Yes
Other
Establishment of joint commissions, freedom of association and expression (trade union rights), representation of players, talent development (formation of players), travel conditions