Decisions by the town council or orders by the mayor to transfer or close down sites traditionally open to circuses or funfairs are taken after consultation with the professionals concerned, in accordance with the procedures laid down by the town. .
The State police system may be established in a commune according to its security needs. These needs are assessed with regard to the permanent and seasonal population, the location of the municipality within an urban area and the characteristics of crime. It is established by joint order of the competent ministers when the request comes from the municipal council or, in the event of the latter’s agreement, by decree in…
The commune resulting from the merger of two or more communes or the creation of a new commune is subject to the State police system where, prior to the act pronouncing the merger or the creation of the new commune, the State police was instituted on the territory of at least one of the former communes.
In municipalities with a state police force, the state police forces are responsible, in particular, for enforcing the mayor’s police orders.
The responsibility for repressing breaches of the public peace, as defined in 2° of article L. 2212-2 and placed by that article as a general rule in the hands of the mayor, falls to the State alone in communes where the police are state-run, except in the case of neighbourhood disturbances. In these same communes, the State is responsible for good order when there are occasional large gatherings of men….
Municipal policing is carried out by the mayor, however: 1° The representative of the State in the département may take, for all or several of the communes in the département, and in all cases where this has not been provided for by the municipal authorities, any measures relating to the maintenance of public health, safety and tranquillity. This right may only be exercised by the State representative in the department…
The powers conferred on the mayor by article L. 2213-4 do not prevent the representative of the State in the department from prohibiting, by means of a reasoned order, for several communes or for a single commune after formal notice has been sent to the mayor and has remained without result, access to certain roads or certain portions of roads or certain sectors of the commune or communes to vehicles…
Permissions de voirie are issued by the representative of the State in the département, after the mayor has given his opinion in cases where he is not responsible for issuing them himself.
Precarious or essentially revocable road permissions on public roads which are placed within the remit of the mayor and the purpose of which is, in particular, the establishment in the ground of the public road of pipes intended for the passage or conduct of water or gas may, in the event of refusal by the mayor not justified by the general interest, be granted by the representative of the State…
Public analysis laboratories run by local authorities are an essential part of public health safety policy; these laboratories are an integral part of the risk prevention and health crisis management system. They operate in the fields of veterinary public health, plant health and in monitoring the quality of food, drinking water and the environment. In the event of a serious threat or damage to public health, the representative of the…
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