Like every year, the Oise prefecture has taken a series of security measures to prevent disturbances to public order during New Year's Eve.
The prefect, Jean-Marie Caillaud, therefore issued an order on December 19 to prohibit in the Oise department:
Sale, transport and use of fireworks prohibited
• From 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 31, 2024 until 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 1, 2025: the purchase, sale, possession, transport and use of fireworks and pyrotechnic articles of categories 2 and 3 listed on the list established by the decree of December 14, 2021 over the entire territory of the municipalities of the Oise department.
As an exception, this prohibition does not apply to people who can justify their use as part of a pyrotechnic show as defined by article 2 of Decree No. 2021-580 of May 31, 2010 and to people who can justify their use as part of a fireworks display previously declared and authorized by the mayor of the municipality.
• From 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 31, 2024 until 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 1, 2025: the distribution, transport, sale and purchase of chemical products, flammable or explosive, in liquid, solid or gaseous form (in particular: fuel, hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, soda, sodium chlorate, methylated spirits and solvents) in drums or transportable containers, in commercial establishments or at service stations located in the Oise department.
Managers of service stations, particularly those with automated fuel dispensing devices or pumps, must post the prefectural decree (accessible on the prefecture website:
https://www.oise.gouv.fr/contenu/telechargement/87371/631708/file/AP%20Saint%20Sylvestre %202024.pdf) and ensure compliance with this requirement.
Ban on consuming alcohol on public roads
• From 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 31, 2024 until 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 1, 2025:
◦ Any takeaway sale of alcoholic beverages from groups 3 to 5 within the meaning of article L. 3321-1 of the Public Health Code;
◦ Any consumption of alcoholic beverages from groups 3 to 5 within the meaning of article L. 3321-1 of
Public health code, on public roads.
