French biz pushes back against controversial ‘Collomb circular’
The French concert industry is taking legal action to prevent plans by interior minister George Collomb to charge events for the cost of policing
News By | 26 November 2018
French industry associations Prodiss and SMA have initiated legal action to annul the so-called ‘Collomb circular’ (circulaire Collomb), the controversial document that revealed plans to force live events to reimburse the government for the cost of policing.
The proposals, authored by interior minister Gerard Collomb, would see festivals billed for the cost of deploying police and gendarmes for anything other than terror-related incidents – an expense previously borne by the state.
The idea was met with incredulity across most of the…
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