Le président du comité d'organisation des Jeux olympiques et paralympiques (Cojop) de Paris, Tony Estanguet, fait l'objet d'une enquête récemment ouverte par le parquet national financier concernant les modalités de sa rémunération, a appris l'AFP mardi auprès d'une source proche du dossier.
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00:00 The President of the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games Organization Committee, Tony Estanguet,
00:06 is the subject of a recent investigation by the National Financial Prosecutor's Office
00:09 concerning the modalities of his remuneration, learned the AFP on Tuesday from a source close to the file.
00:15 The investigation was handed over to the Paris Judiciary Police last week, said the source.
00:21 Contacted by the AFP, the PNF indicated that it did not wish to communicate at this stage
00:25 on the existence of a possible preliminary investigation relating to Tony Estanguet's remuneration.
00:31 Tony Estanguet received an annual remuneration of 270,000 euros gross until 2020,
00:35 according to figures communicated by the COJOP in 2018.
00:39 This remuneration was then likely to evolve within a limit of 20%,
00:43 according to certain performance criteria, indicated the COJOP at the time.
00:49 But the COJOP being a type of law association 1901,
00:52 the remuneration of its leaders is flattened by the law at sensitively lower levels.
00:57 According to a recent article in the Canard Enchaîné,
00:59 the former athlete would therefore have created a company that invoices non-commercial services to the COJOP he leads.
01:06 "What questions the control of reality and the quality of the services carried out by the Estanguet company,"
01:11 the newspaper continued in October.
01:14 "The framework of the remuneration of the President of the Organization Committee is very strictly framed,"
01:19 reacted the COJOP to the AFP, making its surprise at the announcement of the opening of the investigation.
01:25 "The remuneration of Tony Estanguet has been decided and validated by the First Board of Directors of the Organization Committee on 2 March 2018,
01:33 which in its absence, in a sovereign and independent way, specifies the COJOP.
01:38 The amount of remuneration has been decided on the proposal of a committee of remuneration
01:43 composed of independent experts in charge of ensuring the relevance of our remuneration policy,"
01:48 added the COJOP.
01:50 "These methods of transfer have been validated by the General Economic and Financial Controller,
01:54 after consultation with the URSSAF,"
01:57 the COJOP further specified.
01:59 "The amount of invoices inherent in this remuneration is the subject of an annual audit
02:02 by an independent internal audit cell of the Executive of the Organization Committee
02:06 and an examination by the Committee of Remuneration,"
02:09 the institution further stated,
02:10 "stressing that this process does not correspond to any legal obligation but responds to a will of transparency."
02:17 Early 2021, two reports from the French anti-corruption agency AFA
02:21 on the organization of the Jouaux between July 26 and August 11
02:24 noted risks of reaching probity and conflicts of interest.
02:28 In one of these reports,
02:29 AFA mentioned the case of Tony Estanguet's company,
02:32 pointing to an atypical assembly within the framework of a 1901 law association,
02:36 which is not without difficulty,
02:38 recalls the canard linked.
02:40 The Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games Organization
02:43 is already the subject of three other distinct financial investigations,
02:46 notably for suspicion of favoritism and public fund deflation
02:49 when the markets are attributed.
02:51 Alceteo Gdtllmat.