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Mask compulsory in Paris: one to two weeks of tolerance before the PV at 135 euros

2020-08-10T17:52:28.523Z


Michel Felkay, director of the municipal police of the City of Paris, explains that his agents will initially focus on ped


At the sight of a brigade of municipal police officers patrolling in Paris Plages (4th arrondissement), Jessica, a 36-year-old mother, quickly readjusts the mask she had let slip under her chin.

Currently on short-time working, this catering employee declares "not to understand" the measures taken to try to limit the spread of the coronavirus: "The same day when the prefecture requires us to wear a mask, the City forbids adults access to misters installed on the banks of the Seine, now reserved for children. And all this in a heatwave and while Paris is empty! ”

Rules to learn

That the rules concerning the wearing of a mask are not easy to apply, Michel Felkay, director of the municipal police of the city of Paris, does not deny it.

“On the café terrace, of course, if you are drinking, you don't wear the mask. Likewise, if you are resting sitting on a sun lounger. But as soon as you get up, you have to put it on. As for cyclists who ride in Paris Plages, they do not have to wear the mask unless they stop. The same goes for scooters. "

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Without forgetting the distinction between the high platforms where everyone can walk with their face uncovered and the very busy banks of the river in the evening and at the end of the week when the mask is compulsory.

Two weeks of mercy

That offenders be reassured: “for one to two weeks, the city's mediators, security and surveillance officers will raise awareness and will not issue a 4th class ticket, ie a fine of 135 euros. However, if in a sector, we see groups of people against each other, we will verbalize earlier, ”warns Michel Felkay.

Sign that the message of the public authorities has passed, most walkers and cyclists wear a mask this Monday afternoon in Paris Plages. Very few are those who dispute the merits of the measure. History and geography teacher, Baptiste, 32, who came from Melun (Seine-et-Marne) by bicycle with his nephew but without any mask, invokes a mistake of inattention: heard on France Info that it was compulsory in Paris and then I forgot! Tomorrow, for sure, we will be masked ”.

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VIDEO. Mask compulsory in Paris: "It is very poorly indicated"

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