The measure can be implemented on Wednesday for “digital advertisements and advertisements whose operation or lighting is controlled remotely”, and from June 2023 for others.
Le Monde with AFP
Any light advertising, enlightened or digital, must be extinguished “in the event of a threat to the security of supply of electricity”, according to a decree published Tuesday October 18 in the Official Journal, after the presentation of the Energy Sobriety Plan by the Government.
Any advertising must be extinguished in the event “serious and imminent threat to the security of supply of electricity”, that is during the periods on which electricity transport network (RTE) issues a “Red Ecowatt” signal, specifies The decree
The Ecowatt tool, designed as an “energy weather” and set up by RTE with the Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME), allows users to see in Real time The level of electricity available in the country thanks to a three -color signal: green (normal), orange (tense) and red (very tense). In red, the signal is synonymous with inevitable cuts if nothing is done to lower or shift consumption.
Some indoor advertising also concerned
The measure, adopted within the framework of the law power power at the beginning of August, can therefore be implemented on Wednesday for “digital advertisements and advertisements whose operation or lighting is pilotable remotely “, and from 1 er June 2023 for others.
A previous decree, published in early October, provided for the general prohibition, even in the absence of tensions on the electricity supply network, light advertisements at night between 1 hour and 6 hours everywhere in France , with the exception of airports, stations or metro stations.
Now, in the event of a high tension for the supply of electricity, all advertisements, including in airports, stations and stations or public transport stops, are concerned, without however “compromising the public safety objectives, of national defense as well as the safety of sensitive facilities and works “, specifies the text of the law. This will also concern indoor advertisements if they are “visible from the public road”, which must be extinguished or failing this.
