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Towards a compensation fund for victims of motorcycle sport

Sport - Towards a compensation fund for victims of motorcycle sport -

While the National Assembly is currently working on the problem of sports-related risks (read MNC of January 26, 2012: a bill to clarify responsibilities in motorcycle sport), the Minister of Sports David Douillet promises the creation of a fund compensation for victims of sports accidents.

While the National Assembly is currently working on the problem of sports-related risks (read), the Minister of Sports David Douillet promises the creation of a compensation fund for victims of sports accidents.

As part of the debates on the responsibility of the organizers in the event of an accident following the reversal of the court of cassation (read), the deputies heard yesterday evening David Douillet (read).

"Some organizers will be forced to give up their activity"

"This reversal of jurisprudence will place a very heavy burden on the organizers of sporting events and the federations", recalled the minister: "if the number of damages to be compensated becomes much greater, the insurers of these organizers or federations will increase very strongly their insurance premiums. This is already the case in certain disciplines ".

"In this context, it is obvious that some organizers will be forced to give up their activity, for lack of being able to pay or make their licensees pay such bonuses", he continued: "it would be extremely regrettable for French sport . Sports and sporting events which hitherto occupied an important place in our sporting heritage would indeed disappear. This could be the case of such emblematic events as the Tour de France, the Jules-Verne trophy, the Enduropale du Touquet, the Paris-Bercy Supercross or the Alsace rally, in WRC ".

"The death warrant of competitions like the Bol d’Or"

"The financial impact of this case law is therefore devastating for the organizers, the federations and also the athletes, with a significant risk of no longer being able to insure", for his part confirmed Jean-Pierre Door, deputy (UMP) of Loiret and president of the study group on mechanical sports (read), adding that "liability insurance being an obligation, it would then be the death sentence of competitions such as the next 24 hours of Le Mans, the Rallye d ‘Alsace, the Bol d’Or by motorbike and, why not, the Tour de France cyclist ".

"I listen to the sports movement: it is he who drew my attention to this problem", assured David Douillet by repeating that "if the federations and the organizers of sporting events became uninsurable, French sport would be in a situation very fragile ".

Hence his desire to "think about the creation of a compensation fund" because if "we can understand, from a sporting point of view, that we also want to exclude bodily injury from the no-fault liability regime due to things, it is necessary that the victims can have a recourse ", estimated the minister.

"Anticipate things"

Asked by the deputy (PS) of Dordogne Pascal Deguilhem on the sources of financing of this fund, David Douillet replied that we did not create "such a fund by snapping the fingers: we will meet and define a program together. The first Minister has agreed to the creation of a working group involving the Ministry of Sports, the Ministry of Justice and Freedoms and the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry. This working group will examine the issues related to bodily injury in sports accidents and will study in particular the advisability of creating a compensation fund for victims of sports accidents.This fund could be supplemented by companies or patrons – we have talked about the Sports Foundation. The rugby federation has well planned such a device! "

The minister also considered that "the two essential evils of the sports world are, on the one hand, the corruption of sport through online games and betting, and on the other hand doping, scourges against which we must fight very ardently ".

Suspected – in particular by the former sports minister Marie-George Buffet, Member of Parliament (PC) for Seine-Saint-Denis – of supporting a law directly inspired by the interests of Formula 1 via the French Federation of Motorsport (FFSA), David Douillet specified that he "anticipated things before a federation – which I will not name – is confronted with insurance premiums of around 20 million euros, while its budget is only 15 million euros ".

Finally, the Minister of Sports confirmed to the President of the French Motorcycling Federation (FFM), Jacques Bolle, whom he met with several deputies at the end of this debate, that he would "personally get involved in the setting up of this compensation fund, the importance of which he understood for the future of many sports disciplines, ”says the FFM. To be continued on Site: stay connected !

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