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Binational marriages: authorisation to enter France to get married must be granted

Several binational couples and an association have asked the Conseil d'État's urgent applications judge to add marriage to the compelling reasons ...

5G: The Conseil d'État validates the prior authorisation regime for the operation of 5G operators' relay antennas

Bouygues Télécom and SFR have asked the Conseil d'État to annul the prior authorisation regime that telephone operators are subject to for the ope ...

Restrictions on the movement of vaccinated persons are justified.

An 83-year-old pensioner asked the urgent applications judge of the Conseil d’État to suspend the Government's travel restrictions so ...

Release window for films released in cinemas: the calendar for defining the new rules is not suspended

A court order in December 2020 requires TV channels and video-on-demand platforms to jointly define a new broadcasting calendar for films released ...

The urgent applications judge of the Conseil d’État rejects the request to adjust the curfew during Easter week

The appeal: Two associations asked the Conseil d’État to allow Catholics to go to a place of worship after 7pm during Easter week.
The ...

The Conseil d’État rules against suspending the measures to remove two Russian nationals from French national territory

The appeal: Two Russian nationals challenged the deportation order - concerning their deportation from France to Russia - issued by the Prefect of ...

Dolphin bycatch: the requests filed by Sea Shepherd go beyond the scope of the powers of the urgent applications judge

The appeal: The NGO Sea Shepherd asked the urgent applications judge of the Conseil d’État to suspend fishing that poses a risk of dol...

Temporary authorisation of neonicotinoids for sugar beet in 2021 stems from the law

Validated by the Constitutional Council, the law of 14 December 2020 temporarily authorised the use of neonicotinoids for sugar beet, while other ...

The urgent applications judge does not suspend the partnership between the Ministry of Health and Doctolib for the management of COVID-19 vaccination appointments

Associations and trade unions asked the Conseil d'État’s urgent applications judge to suspend the partnership between the Ministry of Health and D ...

Urgent reasons for travel: The Conseil d'État suspends this requirement for French citizens returning from abroad, but maintains it for travel to the French West Indies

The Conseil d'État deemed it disproportionate to require an urgent reason for French nationals wishing to return to France, as the impact of such ...

Criminal procedure during the COVID-19 epidemic: the Conseil d’État censors two measures of the French Ordinance of 25 March 2020

The Conseil d'État considers that the possibility of imposing video-conferencing before the criminal courts, as well as the automatic extension of ...

The Conseil d’État suspends the blanket ban on outings from elderly care homes

The urgent applications judge of the Conseil d'État is suspending the ban on outings imposed on EHPAD (French elderly care home) residents, recomm ...

The Conseil d’État rules that it must be possible for clients to see their lawyer even after 6pm, in spite of the curfew

The urgent applications judge, ruling on an application by the Montpellier bar association, has ruled that travelling to see a legal professional, ...

Cinemas, theatres and entertainment venues: the urgent applications judge does not suspend their closure to the public because of a worsening health emergency

In response to a request from leading figures in the cultural sphere for the reopening of cinemas, theatres and entertainment venues, the Conseil ...

Expected actions and evidence from the French government on air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions: the Conseil d’État sets out the follow-up to its decisions of July and November 2020

The Conseil d’État, responding to applications by associations and local authorities, ordered the French government to take action on ...

Confirmation of the suspension of the order of the mayor of Nice temporarily banning seasonal rentals in his municipality

The Conseil d'État's urgent applications judge ruled that, in the absence of an overriding reason linked to specific local circumstances, the ban ...

Criminal proceedings during the health state of emergency: the urgent applications judge suspends the possibility of imposing video conferences

Lawyers’ professional associations asked the Conseil d’État to suspend, as a matter of urgency, provisions that allowed video conferences to be im ...

Brown bear warning shots – Decision dated 4 February

The appeal: Several environmental and wild animal associations called on the Conseil d'État to rule against firing warning shots to scare brown be ...

COVID-19 vaccination campaign

COVID-19 vaccination campaign: the decision not to include, as a matter of priority over the rest of the population, all inmates in the first phas ...

The urgent applications judge suspends the French government’s decision to interrupt the issue of family reunification visas

The urgent applications judge at the Conseil d’État has responded to applications by several associations by suspending the French government’s de ...

Amendment of provisions of the French Internal Security Code on personal data processing – Urgent decisions of 4 January 2021

Applications: Several associations and trade unions applied to the Conseil d’État to stay the execution of three decrees of 2 December 2020 amendi ...

Cinemas, theatres and performance venues: the urgent applications judge dismisses the suspension of closures in response to the deteriorating and uncertain health situation

The urgent applications judge at the Conseil d’État has held that the closure of arts venues is justified only by the recent deterioration in the ...

Alternative meals in school canteens, which are merely an option for regional authorities, do not clash with the principle of secularism when they are offered

The Conseil d’État ruled that it is neither mandatory nor prohibited for regional authorities to offer pupils special meals to ensure that they do ...

Winter sports: the Conseil d'État will not suspend the closure of ski lifts

On 4 December 2020, the French Prime Minister banned public access to lifts in ski resorts, with the exception of professionals and children who ar...

Closure of bars and restaurants, Decision made by urgent applications judge on 8 December

The appeal : The Union des Métiers et des Industries de l'Hôtellerie (UMIH, or the Union of Hotel Trades and Industries) has asked the...

Conseil d’État’s urgent applications judge rejects request for suspension of dissolution of Barakacity association

The Conseil d’État’s urgent applications judge ruled that the offending remarks of the chairman of the association can be attributed to the associ ...

Conseil d’État tests spoken dialogue prior to hearings

From now on and for an 18-month period, the most complex and sensitive cases may be enhanced by a spoken dialogue between the judges and the parti ...

The Conseil d’État’s urgent applications judge rejected the request for suspension of the closure of the Grande Mosquée de Pantin

The Conseil d’État’s urgent applications judge ruled that the remarks made by the leaders of the Grande Mosquée de Pantin and the ideas or theorie ...

Greenhouse gas emissions: The Government must justify within 3 months that the reduction path to 2030 can be achieved

For the first time, the Conseil d’Etat had to rule on a case regarding the fulfilment of France’s commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. ...

The provisions protecting a taxpayer against changes in the interpretation of tax laws do not apply in case of artificial arrangements

Sitting in its highest judicial body i.e. the Litigation Assembly, the Conseil d’Etat considers that Article L. 80 A of the Tax Procedures Book, w ...