Victory for the managers of Toulouse sports halls.

On Friday, they won their case in front of the administrative court after contesting a prefectural decree which had forced their closure last week.

"For Paris and Hauts-de-Seine, the prefect has received an injunction to modify his decree," a lawyer also rejoices.

Summoned to close last week by virtue of a prefectural decree, the sports halls of Toulouse can reopen, after being successful on Friday before the administrative court, as in Rennes on Thursday.

"The summary judge of the Toulouse administrative court suspended part of the prefect's order, the ban on welcoming the public to sports halls and gymnasiums," said lawyer Robin Tesseyre, who pleaded the cause of France Active, the main union of sports and fitness centers in France.

An expected response for Guadeloupe

"After Rennes, we obtained the reopening in Toulouse for Haute-Garonne. For Paris and Hauts-de-Seine, the prefect received an injunction to modify his decree, failing which the suspension will be automatic Monday evening", s 'is delighted Sébastien Bracq, the lawyer who coordinates about fifteen proceedings launched in France.

On the other hand, the request for suspension was met with rejection before the administrative courts of Bordeaux, Lille, Nice, Montreuil, Lyon, Grenoble, Rouen, Marseille and Montpellier.

Friday evening, he was waiting for an answer for Guadeloupe.

"Our members did not understand"

The rooms "can reopen and operate as before the decree, in compliance with the drastic measures they impose on their members", underlines Me Bracq.

Relief quickly spread to theaters.

"We are happy, we did not understand why we had to close, we reopen (Saturday). Our members did not understand, because we had put all the measures in place. With all the trouble we went to ... ", reacted Elodie Piazza, manager of the Keep Cool Atlanta room in Toulouse.

According to Elodie Piazza, users of her establishment "felt more secure in the room than in other places, they found it an injustice".

The Paris administrative court, seized urgently by several companies with sports halls in Paris, ordered the Police Prefecture on Thursday to review its closing order by Monday.

Friday, a hundred demonstrators marched in the streets of Paris against the closure "unjustified" according to them sports halls.