Mr Christian Vanneste questions Mr Minister of Employment, of social relations, of family, of solidarity and of city about the legal range of regulations of firm. It is with stupefaction that he knew a video which crosses in a continuous loop on several sites since the beginning this first week of April, showing long attack, December 7th of this year in a noctilien of the line 2, in Paris, of a passenger by a group of violent nergum nes. These could make reign their law to the detriment of the passengers, notably of those who were hit, and especially of the one who was stolen then pounded on. On this video, it is possible to determine the complete passivity of the driver which did not protect the passenger and therefore did not assist a person in danger (article 223-6 of penal code). The delegate of the labour union South - Paris public transport system, questioned in 20minutes.fr, thinks that it is normal that the bus driver does not move: We have as left luggage Офис not to leave the post of behaviour: a driver who would make it would run the risk of not seeing himself admitting a possible working accident . Also he would like to know his feeling on this affair and knowledge, more precisely, if regulation left luggage Офисs given to the wage earners by a firm or a labour union are superior to the general principles of right (and in this case, here, in non-assistance to person in danger).

Answer of the Government:

The management of difficult situations on board of the buses of the autonomous State control of the Parisian transport (PARIS PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM) is treated in professional Education of the stagehands , internal document to the firm. This one describes behaviour to be held by the stagehand, who must be adapted depending on circumstances. He can be led to go to the front of clients who seem to have a particular need and to intervene of a way adapted in sensitive situation . In case of violence, procedure aims at making intercede competent services as quickly as possible (department of security of the PARIS PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM or police via general permanence). The decision to intervene belongs to him therefore according to circumstances. It is notably necessary that the representative of the firm aboard could keep link with the competent services which ensure security. Left luggage Офисs given by the firm search therefore a fair balance between the collective and individual protection of the passengers and that of the wage earner. They do not appear, as such, in contradiction with the general obligations influencing the citizens in this type of situation.

Question published to JO: 4/14/2009 page: 3477
Published answer to JO: 12/1/2009 page: 11530