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Partially condemns transport safety law by the Constitutional Council

Anticipated by experts yet found constitutionally questionable upon enactment, the recent law stirs debate among professionals.

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Partially condemns transport safety law by the Constitutional Council

Title: Constitutional Council Censors French Transport Security Law in April 2025

Here's a filtered and rephrased breakdown of the recent event, complete with tidbits of relevant insights.

The Constitutional Council took action last week, striking down selected rules within the transport safety law, passed last month, particularly those granting private guards the authority to use force.

The text of the law allowed security personnel from SNCF and RATP to enforce order, compelling anyone causing disturbances to vacate stations, platforms, or vehicles. However, as the Constitutional Council ruled, such power belongs solely to police authorities, making these provisions a constitutional breach. The challenge was initiated by a group of rebellious deputies, including ecologists and socialists.

Despite this limitation, security staff can still deny access to troublesome individuals. Yet, they may not employ force against resistant individuals, the Council specified. The current Minister of Transport, Philippe Tabarot, had originally drafted the bill during his time as a senator.

Key Provisions

Anticipated by professionals, the law encompasses permanent body-camera usage for inspectors along with the ability for security staff - railway security for SNCF and GPSR for RATP - to conduct pat-downs without requiring prefects' approval or intervene near stations. These provisions were upheld by the Constitutional Council.

However, the Council also struck down the experimental implementation of front and side cameras on school buses in Mayotte, as the Council observed continuous image capturing of numerous individuals, including minors, without provoking circumstances. "These measures violate the right to privacy," the institution determined.

The Constitutional Council also deemed several articles to be legislative riders – provisions insufficiently linked to the main text. One such article focused on arming SNCF security agents with tasers, who already carry lethal weapons. The Council also challenged an article extending the experimentation of algorithmic video surveillance during large events, such as the Paris-2024 Olympics.

For an in-depth analysis, check out our article "Constitutional Council Censors Algorithmic Video Surveillance" on our site, sourced by AFP.

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  1. Despite the Constitutional Council's censorship of certain provisions within the transport safety law passed in March 2025, the law still permits the use of body cameras for inspectors and allows security staff to conduct pat-downs without prior approval.
  2. The Constitutional Council, in its ruling, deemed that private guards should not be granted the authority to use force as per the transport safety law, as this power belongs solely to police authorities, thereby breaching the constitution.
  3. In politics, the challenge against the transport safety law was initiated by a group of rebellious deputies, including ecologists and socialists.
  4. The Constitutional Council also struck down the experimental implementation of front and side cameras on school buses in Mayotte, noting that the continuous image capturing of numerous individuals, including minors, without provoking circumstances violates the right to privacy.
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