Alpes-Maritimes. the use and sale of fireworks is prohibited from December 1 in the entire department

Le Figaro Nice

Christophe Gonzalez, prefect of the Alpes-Maritimes region, appears to have heard a plea from Nice mayor Christian Estrozzi about fireworks and the threat they pose as the year’s festive season approaches.

Thus, for a period of one month from December 1, the sale of fireworks and the use of fireworks by individuals will be prohibited in the entire territory of the department, according to the order issued by the state services on Monday. “TAny transfer or sale of fireworks of category F3 and F4, pyrotechnic articles of theater category P2 and other pyrotechnic articles of category T2 is prohibited in all communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department from 1 December 2022 to 1 January 2023 inclusive.“, the prefecture elaborates.

“Events and gatherings in the Alpes-Maritimes department during the end of the year celebrations are likely to lead to flooding”justifies the prefect by citing “noise” As well as “dangers» pyrotechnic devices on public roads. Bernard Gonzalez also notes:the risk of panic that may occur […] places of large gatherings, especially in the context of a terrorist threat.»

As early as November 18, Christian Estrozzi and his first assistant commissioner for security affairs, Anthony Bore, wrote to the prefect to express their concern about the proliferation of such illegal behavior in various districts of the city. According to the municipality, these actions take their origin in particular from Romain Gavras’s Athena, which has been streaming on Netflix since this year, and in which three brothers find themselves at the center of a conflict that erupts in their Ile-de-neighbourhood. France. Christian Estrozzi and Anthony Borre wrote to the streaming platform asking for a warning to be broadcast at the beginning of the film.