French General Code of Local Authorities
In forceI.-In the City of Paris, the Prefect of Police exercises the powers and duties conferred upon him by the Consuls' decree of 12 messidor an VIII which determines the duties of the Prefect of Police in Paris and by the texts which have modified it as well as by articles L. 2512-7, L. 2512-14 et L. 2512-17.
II.-However, the Mayor of Paris is responsible for the municipal police in matters of:
1° Public health on the public highway;
2° Public health in buildings used mainly for residential purposes and buildings used partly or wholly for accommodation pursuant to articles L. 2212-2 and L. 2212-4 of this code and Articles L. 1311-1 and L. 1311-2 of the Public Health Code, subject to the provisions set out in the last paragraph of I of Article L. 184-1 and IV of Article L. 143-3 of the Construction and Housing Code.
When these buildings threaten ruin, it exercises the police powers defined in articles L. 126-7 to L. 126-10, L. 142-3 and L. 511-7 of the same code and in article L. 2213-24 of this code and prescribes the safety measures required by the circumstances, in the event of serious or imminent danger threatening these buildings;
3° Neighbourhood noise;
4° Funeral and burial police pursuant to articles L. 2213-7 to L. 2213-10 of this code as well as the policing mentioned in the second paragraph of 2° of this II with regard to ruinous funeral monuments;
5° Maintaining good order at fairs and markets;
6° Policing bathing pursuant to article L. 2213-23 of this code;
7° De police de la conservation dans les dépendances domaniales incorporées au domaine public de la Ville de Paris dans les conditions définies au 3° de l'article L. 2215-1 and articles L. 3221-4 and L. 3221-5 of this code;
8° External fire defence pursuant to article L. 2213-32 of this code.
III.-.For the application of this article, the Prefect of Police exercises, in Paris, the administrative control and power of substitution conferred on the representative of the State in the department by this code and by articles L. 126-36 and L. 511-7 of the Code de la construction et de l'habitation.
IV.-The powers devolved to the mayor by article L. 2212-2-1 are exercised in Paris by the Prefect of Police and the Mayor of Paris, within the limits of their respective attributions.
