Patrick Droz

Secrétariat Central Tél. +41 52 640 13 59 / Fax: +41 1 306 50 51

Patrick Droz Tél. +41 78 847 55 11

Fulachstrasse 199 Attention: Nouvelle adresse e-mail:

CH-8200 Schaffhausen francefloorball@yahoo.fr

Do you need any info about French floorball? www.francefloorball.fr.fm

International Floorball Federation

Central Board / Mister Stefan Kratz

Box 1047

SE-17121 Solna

Sweden

Nantes, December 6, 2002

Application for provisional membership

Dear Sirs,

Dear Mister Kratz

According to article 12 of the statutes of the International Floorball Federation, the French National Floorball and Unihockey Association (FNFUA) applies for a provisional membership.

Please find enclosed the following documents:

- Address-list of the board members of the FNFUA (including the headquarters)

- Statutes (edition August 2002) of the FNFUA

- Rules of Procedure (edition August 2002) of the FNFUA

- Minutes from the foundation meeting

- Registration confirmation of the French Authorities

Unfortunately, we cannot provide yet a confirmation of the National Sports Confederation, regarding that in France, a sporting association has to exists at least 12 months before getting an approval by the French Ministry of Youth and Sports (see attached extract of the "Loi 1901", the national French law 1901, which is handling all association matters in France). As soon as we get this approval in October 2003, we'll immediately send it to the IFF.

We kindly ask you to examine our application and sincerely hope to get a positive response after your boarding meeting on January 11, 2003 in Prague. Please do not hesitate to contact us, if you need further information. We'd be glad to be part of the big floorball family and look forward to hear from you.

Best regards

FRENCH NATIONAL FLOORBALL AND UNIHOCKEY ASSOCIATION

Manuel Alexandre Patrick Droz

President General Secretary

Address of the Headquarters

of the Association

Association Nationale Française

de Floorball et d'Unihockey ANFFU

13, rue de l'Ouest

F-44100 Nantes (France)

Board Members

President

Manuel Alexandre

10, impasse du haut chemin

F-44120 Vertou (France)

Tél. +33 (0) 6 61 92 12 65 (mobile)

E-Mail: floorball@wanadoo.fr

Vice-President

Christophe Bruyas

44, avenue de Vessy

F-01210 Ferney-Voltaire (France)

Tél. +33 (0) 4 50 40 64 66 (home)

E-Mail: christophe.bruyas@freesbee.fr

Treasurer

Yann de Gouville
8 rue de Florence

F-75008 Paris (France)
Tél. +33 (0) 1 42 93 61 70 (home)

Tel. +33 (0) 6 64 89 73 60 (mobile)
E-Mail: yann.degouville@worldonline.fr

General Secretary

Patrick Droz

Fulachstrasse 199

CH-8200 Schaffhausen (Switzerland)

Tél. +41 52 640 13 59 (home)

Tél. +41 78 847 55 11 (mobile)

E-Mail: francefloorball@yahoo.fr

Fax: +41 1 306 50 51

Homepage: http://www.francefloorball.fr.fm

Official E-Mail: francefloorball@yahoo.fr

Hotline of the secretary: 0041 78 847 55 11

Statutes

of the French National Floorball

and Unihockey Association (FNFUA)

(Edition of August 2002)

Primary Article Foundation

According to the guidelines of the French law of the 1st of July 1901, an association is founded among the affiliated members known as "Association Nationale Française de Floorball et d'Unihockey ANFFU" (French National Floorball and Unihockey Association FNFUA).

Article 2 Objects of the FNFUA

The objects of this association are to organize, to structure and to promote the floorball sport in France and - on the international level - to represent the French clubs and the national team at the IFF (International Floorball Federation).

1. to unite and to help persons who are practicing floorball in clubs as well as in schools and in universities.

2. to offer the mediums permitting floorball action such as courses, stages, formation, events, audio and video material, competitions, congresses, magazines, coaches, referees, diplomas.

3. to prevail its rules, to develop, encourage and to regulate the practice, the studies and the instructions.

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Article 3 Legal seat of the FNFUA

The location of the legal seat of the FNFUA is fixed in France, Rue de l'Ouest 13, 44100 Nantes.

Article 4 Duration of the FNFUA

The duration of the existence of the association is unlimited.

Article 5 Neutrality of the FNFUA

The FNFUA is political and confessional neutral. The association ensures the liberty of free opinion and strictly prohibit all illegal discrimination. It respects the democratic rules of the sport, the rules of security and hygiene.

Article 6 Constitution of the FNFUA

The FNFUA consist of::

1. active members, which have paid the annual fee and which are legally representing their floorball association / club.

2. benign members (civil persons), which's annual fee shall be minimum twice the active annual fee

Article 7 Membership within the FNFUA

For becoming a member of the association, the club / association applying for membership shall accept the present statutes and pay the annual fee, which is fixed by the general assembly. The board members can refuse an application by motivating the reasons to the applicant. The members have the obligation to respect and to prevail the statutes, the rules, the decisions and all other guidelines of the FNFUA and its authorities. In the statutes of the club, there must be a guideline, mentioning that the club has to be liable to the statutes of the FNFUA, the IFF and the National French Olympic Committee.

In case of a modification of the FNFUA statutes , the members have to adapt their statutes within the next 12 months, if the modifications require this way of proceeding. The modification of the club statutes requires the approval of the FNFUA, which can delegate this duty.

The members have to decline all acts which could harm the interest and the reputation of the floorball sport in general and the association in particular. The members have the obligation to take part at the general assembly of the FNFUA.

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Article 8 Application for membership to the FNFUA

A club applying for membership shall address its application to the FNFUA.

Clubs which have no adult members, shall join a written confirmation of an adult responsible (representative of a school, of a public or private institution, of Junior+Sports and similar institutions).

The teams which are a section of a multiple sport organization, should - if the statutes of this organization doesn't mention a floorball activity - join a written confirmation of the committee, mentioning that this kind of sport has become an object of the organization.

If the statutes of the club are in accordance with the statutes of the FNFUA and if all other conditions for an application are fulfilled, the FNFUA admits temporary its new member. The application shall be accepted during the next general assembly.

Article 9 Loss of membership

The membership expires by resignation (withdrawal), the decease and / or the dissolution pronounced by the board of the association for serious reasons.

Article 10 Revenues of the FNFUA

The revenues of the FNFUA consist of:

a) the annual fee

b) selling of articles

c) services supplied by the FNFUA

d) subsidies granted by the state or by public institutions

e) contributions

f) all other revenues, which are not contrary to the valid rules.

Article 11 The ordinary assembly of the FNFUA

The ordinary general assembly meets at least once per annum and includes/understands all the members of the association up to date of their contribution. At least fifteen days before the fixed date, the members of association are convened and the agenda is registered on the convocations. The general assembly, after having deliberated, comes to a conclusion on the management reports, the accounts of the financial year and the orientations to come. It provides the nomination or the renewal of the board members. It fixes the amount of the annual contribution. The decisions of the assembly are made in the majority of the present members.

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Article 12 Representation at the board

All associations / all the clubs affiliated to the FNFUA are represented at the board to the maximum by 3 members elected by their association at the time of their general assembly. These members are elected for the year. They are re-eligible. The board of directors is being renewed each year per half. For the first year, the members are designated by drawing lots. In the case of vacancy of station, the board of directors provides temporarily for the replacement with his members. Their final replacement is carried out at the next general assembly. The capacity of the members thus elected ends at the time where the mandate of the replaced members should normally expire. The minors younger than 16 years can take part in the general assembly and they are eligible to the board of directors, but cannot be eligible to the board of the FNFUA. The board of directors chooses, among its members, with the secret vote, the central board of the FNFUA made up of:

a) a president
b) a vice-president
c) a treasurer
d) a general secretary
e) a body of revision of the accounts

Article 13 Board meeting

The board of directors meets at least 3 times per annum and all the times that it is convened by the president or at least by 1/4 of its members. The decisions are made in the majority of the votes of the present persons. In the case of a tie, the vote of the president is dominating. The vote by proxy is not authorized. The presence of at least half of its members is necessary so that the board of directors can deliberate validly.

Article 14 Extraordinary general assembly

If needed, or on the request of the 1/4 of its members, the president can convene an extraordinary general assembly; the conditions of convocation are identical to the ordinary general assembly. The modification of the statutes or the dissolution of the association would then be on the agenda. The deliberations are taken in the majority of the 2/3 of the members present.

Article 15 Rules of procedures

The rules of procedure established by the board of directors and ratified by the general assembly, will specify and complete the statutes.

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Article 16 Year of the association / financial year

The year of association goes from May 1 to April 30.

Article 17 Organ of the association

In the intention informing its members, the ANFFU publishes and holds up to date an Internet site, on which the official publications and the invitations are published.

Article 18 Effective date

These statutes come into effect on August 10, 2002, the official creation date of the FNFUA.

FRENCH NATIONAL FLOORBALL AND
UNIHOCKEY ASSOCIATION (FNFUA)

The President The General Secretary

Manuel Alexandre Patrick Droz

Rules of procedure

of the French National Floorball
and Unihockey Association (FNFUA)

(Edition August 2002)

integral part of the statutes of the

French National Floorball and Unihockey Association (FNFUA)

Preamble

The statutes of the French National Floorball and Unihockey Association (FNFUA), created on August 10, 2002 in Paris, provide in article 15, " that rules of procedure established by the board of directors and ratified by the general assembly will specify and complete the statutes ". For this purpose, the following guidelines are adopted:

Article 1 Object of these rules

The present rules of procedure aim to define, to supplement or to specify the useful methods for a correct operation of the French National Floorball and Unihockey Association (FNFUA), such as they appear in particular in the statutes of the association.

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Article 2 Diagram of organization and operation of the association during

its first year of existence

2.1. Composition of the board of the FNFUA

In order to allow a flexible start of the association, a board made up of a president, a vice-president, a treasurer and a general secretary is elected at the time of the creation meeting of association. The rules envisaged in article 12 of the statutes of the FNFUA will come into effect after the first year of existence of the association.

2.1.1. The president

The president is elected by a vote in the simple majority of the participants during the creation meeting. His mandate expires the day of the first ordinary general assembly of the association in 2003. He leads the association and represents it with respect to the national authorities (for example prefecture) as well as to the international authorities (for example The International Floorball Federation IFF)

2.1.2 The vice-president

The vice-president is elected by a vote in the simple majority of the participants during the creation meeting. His mandate expires the day of the first ordinary general assembly of the association in 2003. He leads the association and represents it with respect to the national authorities (for example prefecture) and international authorities (for example The International Floorball Federation) in case of absence of the president.

2.1.3. The treasurer

The treasurer is elected by a vote in the simple majority of the participants during the creation meeting. His mandate expires the day of the first ordinary general assembly of the association in 2003. He holds up to date the accountancy of the association, presents the budget, which is initially approved by the president, and deals with the financial transactions related to the association, while respecting the budget.

2.1.4. The General secretary

The general secretary is elected by a vote in the simple majority of the participants during the creation meeting His mandate expires the day of the first ordinary general assembly of the association in 2003. He holds up to date the Internet homepage and informs the people interested in the floorball / unihockey in France, in order to be able to set up the sporting events envisaged by the association (see point 3 below).

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2.1.5. Minutes of the creation meeting

Minutes of the creation meeting will be written, including/understanding the following points:

- the date, the hour and the place of the meeting

- mode of convocation of the meeting

- the agenda

- the indication of the people present

- documents and reports/ratios possibly submitted to discussion

- a summary of the debates

- decisions

The approval of the minutes is registered at the first item on the agenda of the first board meeting of the FNFUA.

2.2. Affiliation of new members

Each floorball / unihockey club organized in France can adhere to the FNFUA and can take part in the national championship envisaged in article 3 below. For the first year of existence of the FMFUA, the clubs do not have to be organized according to the rules of the law 1901. It is enough to be registered for the championship. Of course it is allowed that the teams organize friendly matchs against each other. If there is a need of referees / goalkeepers, the FNFUA can give a certain support.

2.3. Organization of the first general assembly in 2003

After the adhesion of new members, a first general assembly will take place in July 2003, in order to get through the statutes through, to elect the FNFUA board members and the members of the directors board.

Article 3 Organization of floorball events

In order to permit a better development of the floorball interests in France and for better making known this sport, the FNFUA envisages to organize the following events:

3.1. National floorball championship on the small field

Considering that for the moment there are only a few teams in France and that it would be consequently difficult to organize a regular championship on the large field with the related infrastructure (sufficient number of players by team, large sports hall, rinks, equipment), the FNFUA proposes to organize a championship on the small field during the month of May 2003.

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- Tournament played during one weekend with all french teams (place still to determine)

- Surface of play 24x14 meter (instead of 40x20 meter)

- 3 player against 3 (instead of 5 player against 5)

- The Swiss Unihockey Association can provide the referees for the weekend

- If there is a need of goalkeepers, the FNFUA could provide a solution together with the Swiss Unihockey

Association.

All interested French clubs have the possibility to take part participate at this first championship, even without being a member of the FNFUA. The tournament rules (in particular with regard to the engagement of foreign players) will be established in time.

3.2. French floorball nationalteam

As a new member of the International Floorball Federation, France must begin its international competition with the Pool C World Championship / Pool C qualification tournament held in 2004, to qualify for the Pool B World Championship 2006. The national team will be composed of players with the French citizenship, playing in France or in a foreign country.

To create a competitive national team, practice camps will be organized by the FNFUA, conducted by a national coach (a selector) nominated by the board of the FNFUA. By obtaining adhesion to the International Floorball Federation, France will get the opportunity to face other national teams, member of the IFF

3.3 Presentation of the sport in France in schools or during

sporting fairs in the large cities

The example of the other nations showed, that the development of the floorball / unihockey passed initially by the schools. It is therefore necessary to try to interest the teachers in schools, so that they make known this sport with their pupils. The FNFUA will have the duty to pass from time to time in schools in order to make one day of instruction to the teachers by offering the time and the material. Another possibility are demonstrations of French clubs during sporting fairs in the large cities or during other sporting events in France.

Article 4 Affiliations of the FNFUA to other authorities

The French National Floorball and Unihockey Association follows the objective to become - in a first time - provisional member of the International Floorball Federation (IFF) and - in a second time - to become an ordinary member.

The French National Floorball and Unihockey Association would like to be accepted by the French Ministry of Youth and Sport. Nevertheless such an approval is only possible after one year of existence of the Association. During its first year of existence, the FNFUA will do its possible to fulfill all conditions for an approval by the Ministry.

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Article 5 New rules of procedure after the first general assembly

The present rules of procedure contain certain rules determining for the first year of existence of the French National Floorball and Unihockey Association It is clear, that they will have to be modified for the first general assembly, that will be held in July 2003, specifying the points concerning the board of the FNFUA and the duties of the board members.

Article 6 Final disposals

These rules of procedure become effective by date of creation of the French National Floorball and Unihockey Association. They can be modified in the first year of existence of the association during a meeting of the board of the FNFUA. The modifications must be accepted by a simple majority.

FRENCH NATIONAL FLOORBALL AND

UNIHOCKEY ASSOCIATION (FNFUA)

The president The General Secretary

Manuel Alexandre Patrick Droz

Rules of procedure

of the French National Floorball
and Unihockey Association (FNFUA)

(Edition August 2002)

integral part of the statutes of the

French National Floorball and Unihockey Association (FNFUA)

Preamble

Article 1 Object of these rules

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Article 2 Diagram of organization and operation of the association during

its first year of existence

2.1. Composition of the board of the FNFUA

2.1.1. The president

2.1.2 The vice-president

2.1.3. The treasurer

2.1.4. The General secretary

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2.1.5. Minutes of the creation meeting

Minutes of the creation meeting will be written, including/understanding the following points:

- the date, the hour and the place of the meeting

- mode of convocation of the meeting

- the agenda

- the indication of the people present

- documents and reports/ratios possibly submitted to discussion

- a summary of the debates

- decisions

The approval of the minutes is registered at the first item on the agenda of the first board meeting of the FNFUA.

2.2. Affiliation of new members

2.3. Organization of the first general assembly in 2003

Article 3 Organization of floorball events

In order to permit a better development of the floorball interests in France and for better making known this sport, the FNFUA envisages to organize the following events:

3.1. National floorball championship on the small field

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- Tournament played during one weekend with all french teams (place still to determine)

- Surface of play 24x14 meter (instead of 40x20 meter)

- 3 player against 3 (instead of 5 player against 5)

- The Swiss Unihockey Association can provide the referees for the weekend

- If there is a need of goalkeepers, the FNFUA could provide a solution together with the Swiss Unihockey

Association.

3.2. French floorball nationalteam

3.3 Presentation of the sport in France in schools or during

sporting fairs in the large cities

Article 4 Affiliations of the FNFUA to other authorities

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Article 5 New rules of procedure after the first general assembly

Article 6 Final disposals

FRENCH NATIONAL FLOORBALL AND

UNIHOCKEY ASSOCIATION (FNFUA)

The president The General Secretary

Manuel Alexandre Patrick Droz