French Sports Code

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…

When, through repeated actions that jeopardise the safety of persons or property at sporting events, through the commission of a serious act at one of these events, through membership of an association or de facto grouping that has been dissolved pursuant to article L. 332-18 or by virtue of his or her participation in activities that an association whose activities have been suspended has been prohibited from carrying out pursuant…

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…