Although this by-law deals with private property of the commune, the contents of this by-law does not appear to have the purpose of protection of the private domain of the commune, but is intended to rule public frequentation uin order to reduce legal risks of the commune or its mayor. Therefore, as it would be widely extended and of year long duration, il appears to be a by-law of administrative police. Therefore, the Administrative Court is competent in that specific case.
Since this by-law is imprecise and applies to well-known climbing areas, such a general and absolute regulation is out of proportion with its stated aims.
Article 1 : the by-law nº68 dated 31 July 2000 by the mayor of Rougon is cancelled.
Article 4 : the commune of Rougon is condemned to pay 5000 F to each of the 6 requiring associations as said in article L761-1 (to compensate costs of legal action by these associations) of the Administrative Justice Code: FCAF, CAF Île-de-France, CAF Marseille Provence, CAF Cannes-Côte-d'Azur, Association Lei Lagramusas.
FFME learned in September 2001 the the Mayor of Rougon appealed against that judgement in April 2001. However, in this case, his appeal does not set the interdiction again, so that climbing is still permitted until the new judgement.