The ski lifts of winter sports resorts are closed in France for amateurs ... and the French are asked not to go skiing elsewhere.
This has been the government's will on the subject for several weeks as part of its policy against the Covid-19 pandemic.
The day after the start of winter holidays, a decree on this topic was published overnight from Saturday to Sunday.
People returning from Switzerland or Spain and having practiced skiing there may undergo an imposed quarantine.
The Swiss regions concerned are those of the cantons of Grisons, Jura, Neuchâtel, Uri, Valais and Vaud.
The Spanish regions concerned are the autonomous communities of Andalusia, Aragon, Catalonia and Navarre.
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Are exempt: people with a professional reason to travel to the areas concerned and those who have a negative test for Covid-19.
A possible legal problem
Prime Minister Jean Castex explained why this decision is being implemented.
It is a question of "preventing the French from going to contaminate themselves in the stations".
This principle has been challenged in law by several jurists since its announcement.
How to consider that a person comes back many tracks?
This is one of the questions for which the contours of the answer are blurred.
“In the current state of the texts, I think that this isolation measure would not be legal.
And there can always be remedies in the name of freedom of movement and the principle of non-discrimination, ”declared Serge Slama, professor of public law, at the beginning of December at Le Parisien.