Here they are finally. Saturday evening May 9, the authorities published the new certificates which will have to be presented from Monday to take public transport in Île-de-France during peak hours. These are only draft versions, but they can be used to travel on Monday. The final version must be published before tomorrow.
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The employer certificate (accessible at this link), which allows you to use public transport during rush hour to get to your workplace, must be completed by the company. The employee's last name, first name and date of birth must be indicated, as well as his address, profession and place of professional practice. The document does not need to be filled in every day, an “ expiry date ” can be indicated. Finally, the certificate must include the name and stamp of the employer.
Provisional model of professional travel certificate in public transport in Île-de-France Prefecture of Paris
The certificate will be essential to take public transport in Ile-de-France on the beaches from 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. then 4 to 7 p.m., Monday to Friday. Outside these frameworks, the use of public transport will be free, but on condition of respecting the rules in force, including social distancing. This certificate " aims to give priority to those who go to work ", while the RATP has considerably reduced its passenger carrying capacity during deconfinement, to " 15% of normal ".
The document will be " controlled, because there will be filtering at the entrance to major stations, " said Sunday the president of the region, Valérie Pécresse. " The government has responded favorably to my request, but belatedly, we will have a tolerance until the middle of next week on these certificates, " said the former minister.
Until Tuesday inclusive, the controls will therefore have an " educational aim " only. Once this period has passed, “ in the absence of these supporting documents, access is refused and people are escorted outside the public collective transport spaces concerned. These people are also exposed to a contravention, the terms of which are fixed by the public health code , ”specifies the prefecture.
A second certificate for those with " a compelling reason to travel "
In addition, " people with a compelling reason to travel ", such as childcare, a summons, a job interview or a medical appointment, can also take transport on these time slots. In these cases, a “ self-certificate ” (accessible at this link) must be completed by the persons concerned. " Persons holding a professional card may validly present it, instead of a certificate ", in both cases, specifies Île-de-France Mobilités. This second type of certificate includes, like those that the French had to complete in recent weeks, several check boxes depending on the reason for the trip.
Exceptional self-certification model for the use of collective public transport in Île-de-France at certain time slots. Prefecture of Paris
Confirmed Thursday by the Secretary of State for Transport, Jean-Baptiste Djebbari, this new document is the result of consultation between many actors, including the town hall of Paris, the Île-de-France region, the SNCF, the RATP, the Medef, CPME, CFDT, CFTC or even the Paris-Île-de-France CCI. In this " charter " defining the methods of using collective transport in Île-de-France, presented on Wednesday, the various signatories undertake in particular to encourage teleworking as well as to spread out the hours of service for those who cannot telecommute in order to avoid peak hours ”, on the following periods: 5.30 am to 6.30 am, 6.30 am to 7.30 am, 7.30 am to 8.30 am, 8.30 am to 9.30 am and 9.30 am to 10.30 am for arrivals and 3.30 pm to 4.30 pm, 4.30 pm to 5.30 pm, 5.30 pm - 6.30 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. for departures.
