The document is known to the French;
its designers, much less.
The certificate of exceptional travel, at the origin of a confusion at the top of the State, Saturday, after taunts about its complexity, emanates in fine from Matignon.
But its realization is more complex and escapes any formal procedure.
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"There is no written rule"
, observes a high-ranking officer of the cabinet of the former head of government Édouard Philippe.
Seized by the emergency, during the first confinement, in March 2020, the chief of staff of the Minister of the Interior held the first pen ... by trying to translate the valid certificate in Italy.
“It was the first time,
justifies a government adviser.
Since then, things have evolved and become standardized. ”
"Interministerial mechanics"
The process involves Matignon, the Ministry of the Interior and the Interministerial Crisis Center (CIC), a strategic body activated on March 17, 2020 in the face of the outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic.
Hosted by Beauvau and directed by the prefect Renaud Vedel, it is in fact chaired by the Prime Minister.
"It is a very interministerial mechanism"
, summarizes the spokesperson for Beauvau, Camille Chaize.
"The process mainly involves the Prime Minister and the Interior,"
said an adviser to the executive.
First step before the publication of the form, a decree is taken by the head of government and the main ministers concerned (Health, Interior, Overseas), at the end of a meeting of the CIC and a "RIM", these meetings interministerial structures that are customary for members of the government.
Legal basis of the certificate, this text opens the way for the drafting of the form intended for the French.
There is really the concern of thinking about the different motives and situations.
To avoid recourse, we had to go very quickly.
A cog of government
The document published on Saturday morning was hastily designed, on the night of Friday to Saturday: as soon as the curfew ends, at 6 a.m., the approximately 21 million inhabitants affected by the new measures should be able to fill it out.
“There is really a concern to think about the different motives and situations.
To avoid recourse, we had to go very quickly, ”
explains a cog in the government.
Different versions circulated between the services of Beauvau and Matignon.
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From confinement to curfew, the wording is subtle but has become familiar, the reasons for leaving being generally repeated from one certificate to another - physical activity, essential purchases, administrative and legal procedures ... However, Saturday morning, the form circulated was presented as a symbol of French bureaucracy, with its fifteen derogatory motifs, asterisks, footnote and three kilometer limits - up to 1, 10 and 30 kilometers.
It was finally redesigned, after the head of state's annoyance at the emerging controversy.
"We were aware very early on that this document was complex, its simplification was welcome,"
explains the spokesperson for the Ministry of the Interior.
Proof of Matignon's central role in the process, the press release announcing the new version of the certificate was distributed by the Prime Minister's services.
Press, caregivers, soldiers: à la carte controls
The General Directorate of the National Police (DGPN) sent the police a
"notice"
to help them carry out their checks during the health crisis.
Regarding business travel, she specifies that
"the professional card for health professionals, civil servants, soldiers and elected officials, as well as the press card, are worth a permanent certificate for the home-work trip and business trips. .
If you are in possession of this document when traveling between home and work, it must be accompanied by an identity document in the event of a check by the police.
No other document or supporting document will then be requested. "
