BOOK III: SPORT

The Minister of the Interior may, by order, prohibit the individual or collective movement of persons claiming to be supporters of a team or behaving as such at the site of a sporting event and whose presence is likely to cause serious disturbance to public order. The order sets out the duration of the measure, which is limited in time, the specific circumstances on which it is based and the…

The representative of the State in the département or, in Paris, the Préfet de Police may, by decree, restrict the freedom of movement of persons claiming to be supporters of a team or behaving as such at the site of a sporting event and whose presence is likely to cause serious disturbance to public order. The order sets out the duration of the measure, which is limited in time, the…

The measures taken under articles L. 332-11, L. 332-13, L. 332-14, L. 332-16, L. 332-16-1 and L. 332-16-2 are the subject of an annual public report by the departments of the Ministry of the Interior.

Approved sports federations, professional leagues created pursuant to article L. 132-1, supporters’ associations and associations whose purpose is to prevent violence at sporting events approved by the administrative authority and any association mentioned in articles 48-1, 48-4, 48-5 or 48-6 of the law of 29 July 1881 on the freedom of the press, and which has been registered for at least three years at the time of the events, may…

Any association or de facto group whose purpose is to support a sports association mentioned in article L. 122-1, whose members have committed repeated acts, in connection with or on the occasion of a sporting event, or an act of particular seriousness, constituting damage to property, violence against persons or incitement to hatred or discrimination against persons on the grounds of their origin, sexual orientation or gender identity, sex or…

Participating in the maintenance or reconstitution, whether open or disguised, of an association or grouping dissolved in application of article L. 332-18, as well as participating in activities that an association suspended from activity has been prohibited from carrying out in application of the same article, are punishable by one year’s imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros. Organising the maintenance or reconstitution, overt or covert, of an association or…

Legal entities held criminally liable, under the conditions set out in article 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offences defined in articles L. 312-14, L. 312-15, L. 312-16, L. 332-8, L. 332-9 and L. 332-10, in the second paragraph of article L. 332-11 and in article L. 332-19 incur, in addition to the fine set out in article 131-38 of the French Criminal Code, the penalties set out…

Natural or legal persons guilty of the offences provided for in article L. 332-19 are also liable to the following penalties: 1° Confiscation of movable and immovable property belonging to or used by the association or group maintained or reconstituted ; 2° Confiscation of uniforms, insignia, emblems, weapons and all equipment used or intended for use by the association or grouping maintained or reconstituted.