FOOTBALL: Saint-Étienne supporters are not welcome in Dijon
The Côte-d’Or prefecture issued an order on Tuesday July 19 prohibiting access to the Gaston Gérard stadium and its surroundings for the DFCO-ASSE Ligue 2 match on July 30.
Order of the Côte-d’Or prefecture of July 19, 2022:
Prefectural Order No. 878 prohibiting parking, traffic on public roads and access to the Gaston Gérard stadium on the occasion of the football match of July 30, 2022 between Dijon Football Côte-d’Or (DFCO) and Sports Association of Saint-Etienne (ASSE)
The prefect of the Côte d’Or
Having regard to the penal code;
Having regard to the general code of local authorities, in particular its articles L. 2214-1 and L. 2215-1;
CONSIDERING the Sports Code, in particular Articles L. 332-1 to L. 332-18 as well as R. 332-1 to R. 332-9;
GIVEN Law No. 2017-1510 of October 30, 2017 strengthening internal security and the fight against terrorism;
CONSIDERING Decree No. 2004-374 of 29 April 2004 as amended relating to the powers of prefects, the organization and action of State services in the regions and departments;
GIVEN the decree of July 29, 2020 appointing Mr. Fabien SUDRY, prefect of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Region, prefect of the Côte-d’Or;
CONSIDERING the circular of the Minister of the Interior INTK2127556J of September 10, 2021, supplemented by the circular INTK2133195J of December 31, 2021 relating to administrative police measures to combat violence in stadiums;
GIVEN the circular from the Minister of the Interior INTD2205085J of April 25, 2022 relating to risky sporting events and bans on the movement of supporters;
CONSIDERING that under Article L. 332-16-2 of the Sports Code, the representative of the State in the department may, by order, limit the freedom to come and go of persons availing themselves of the quality of supporters of a team or behaving as such on the premises of a sporting event and whose presence is likely to cause disturbances to public order;
WHEREAS the Association Sportive de Saint-Étienne (ASSE) will meet Dijon Football Côte-d’Or (DFCO) on Saturday July 30, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. on the occasion of the first day of Ligue 2;
WHEREAS the number of spectators expected should avoid 10,000 spectators; that the E visitor parking lot F will be insufficient to accommodate the Saint-Etienne supporters;
CONSIDERING that the behavior of the supporters of Saint-Étienne is regularly likely to disturb public order during meetings at home and during trips; that it is therefore appropriate to recall the violent incidents which occurred during the Jura Sud / ASSE meeting on January 2, 2022 during which the Saint-Etienne supporters lit smoke bombs and mortars; and the ASSE / AJA Auxerre match of May 29, 2022 during which Saint-Étienne supporters invaded the field;
WHEREAS relations between the Saint-Etienne supporters and the club’s leaders are particularly deteriorated; and that consequently, ASSE has no information relating to the travel arrangements made by the supporters;
WHEREAS there is a proven risk of public order disturbances during this meeting;
WHEREAS the local security forces are also mobilized to ensure the safety of the population in the sensitive neighborhoods of the Dijon conurbation, currently the scene of numerous acts of urban violence;
CONSIDERING that the mobilization of security forces, even in very large numbers, is not sufficient to ensure the safety of individuals, and in particular that of the supporters themselves;
CONSIDERING that under these conditions, the presence on the public highway, around the stadium where the match will take place, of people claiming to be supporters of the Saint-Étienne club or behaving as such, during the match of July 30, 2022, involves serious risks for the safety of persons and property;
ON the proposal of the director of the cabinet of the prefect of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, prefect of the Côte d’Or,
STOPPED
Article 1: On Saturday July 30, 2022 from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., it is forbidden for anyone claiming to be a supporter of the Association Sportive de Saint-Étienne (ASSE) or behaving as such, to access the Gaston stadium. Gérard and circular or park on the public road within the perimeter delimited in the appendix.
Article 2: The possession, transport and use of any pyrotechnic device, firecracker and smoke bomb and any object that may act as of projectiles.
Article 3: This decree may be the subject, within two months of its publication in the Prefecture and in the town hall, of a contentious appeal before the administrative court of Dijon which may be accompanied by an appeal in summary proceedings. provided for by article L. 521-2 of the code of administrative justice.
Article 4: The general secretary of the Côte-d’Or prefecture, the chief of staff of the prefect of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, prefect of the Côte-d’Or, and the departmental director of public security are responsible, each in his own sphere, for the execution of this decree which will be published in the collection of administrative acts of the prefecture, transmitted to the town hall of Dijon and translated for a copy to the public prosecutor at the judicial court of Dijon.
Done in Dijon, July 18, 2022
The prefect,
original signed
Fabien SOUDRY