The complaint was registered on 1 July 2025. It relates to Articles  2 (the right to just conditions of work), 3 (the right to safe and healthy working conditions), 6 (the right to bargain collectively), 7 (the right of children and young persons to protection) and 11 (the right to protection of health) of the revised European Social Charter. UNFP alleges that, although French regulations and case law expressly recognise professional footballers as ‘employees’ and make them subject to the provisions of the Labour Code, France does not ensure that professional footballers, and in particular professional footballers who are minors, enjoy the minimum guarantees afforded to employees in terms of just working conditions, working hours, weekly rest, annual leave, prevention of risks to their health and safety, and collective bargaining, and does not protect their health, in violation of the aforementioned provisions of the Charter.   

 Case-document No. 1, Complaint registered on 1 July 2025 (French only)

  Case-document No. 2, Observations by the Government on admissibility (French only)

   Case-document No. 3, UNFP's response to the Government's observations on admissibility (French only)

The European Committee of Social Rights declared the complaint admissible on 16 March 2026.

 Decision on admissibility of the Complaint No. 247/2025