sport). In France, all athletes who are employed by the French armed forces are granted with all of the investigated social protections. The Italian Social Security Authority provides all of the listed social [...] trend in almost all EU member states. However, the avenues and instruments pursued differ considerably. Even though sports federations are usually the first addressees, in almost all member states the [...] European standardization, all countries reveal that they have concerns about their workers. The existence of a public health system with free or very low-cost access is common to all countries. However, there