Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

The introduction, possession or use of rockets or fireworks of any kind in a sports arena during the staging or public broadcasting of a sporting event is punishable by three years’ imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros. By way of derogation from the first paragraph, on an experimental basis and for a period of three years from the date of promulgation of law no. du aimed at democratising sport…

The act of introducing or attempting to introduce, without legitimate reason, any object likely to constitute a weapon within the meaning ofarticle 132-75 of the Criminal Code into a sports venue during the staging or public broadcasting of a sporting event is punishable by three years’ imprisonment and a fine of €15,000. The court may also order the confiscation of the object that was used or intended to be used…

Throwing a projectile that endangers the safety of persons into a sports stadium during the staging or public broadcasting of a sporting event is punishable by three years’ imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros. Using or attempting to use the movable or immovable installations of the sports stadium as a projectile is punishable by the same penalties.

Disrupting a competition or endangering the safety of persons or property by entering the competition area of a sports venue is punishable by one year’s imprisonment and a fine of €15,000. For the offence referred to in the first paragraph, the public prosecution may be extinguished, under the conditions set out in articles 495-17 to 495-25 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, by the payment of a fixed fine of…

When committed as a repeat offender under the conditions set out in the second paragraph of article 132-11 of the French Criminal Code, or as part of a group, entering or remaining in the competition area of a sports venue without legitimate reason is punishable by a fine of €7,500.

Persons guilty of one of the offences defined in article L. 332-3, the first sentence of article L. 332-4 and articles L. 332-5-1, L. 332-8, L. 332-10-1 and L. 332-19 of this Code are also liable to the additional penalty of being banned from entering or being in the vicinity of a venue where a sporting event is taking place, for a period not exceeding five years. Taking into account…

When a person is convicted of one of the offences mentioned in article L. 332-11 as a repeat offender, the additional penalty provided for in this article may also be imposed.

Any person who, in breach of the prohibition provided for in articles L. 332-11 and L. 332-12, enters or goes to or near a venue where a sporting event is taking place or who, without legitimate reason, fails to comply with the obligation to respond to summonses sent to him or her at the time of the sporting event, is liable to two years’ imprisonment and a fine of €30,000.

Where the convicted person is of foreign nationality and domiciled outside France, the court may, if justified by the seriousness of the offences committed, impose, in place of the additional penalty defined in the first and last paragraphs of article L. 332-11, a ban from French territory for a maximum period of two years.

Under conditions specified by decree of the Conseil d’Etat, the prefect of the département or, in Paris, the prefect of the police, shall communicate to sports associations and companies and to approved sports federations the identity and photograph of persons having been sentenced to an additional penalty pursuant to articles L. 332-11 to L. 332-13 . It may communicate them to the supporters’ associations mentioned in article L. 332-17. The…