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Covid-19: the obligation to wear the mask outdoors in the Val-de-Marne challenged in court

2022-01-14T17:35:51.183Z


An appeal filed against the prefectural decree which imposed the mask from December 31 was examined this Friday afternoon before the


Like the Parisians, will the inhabitants of Val-de-Marne be able to drop the mask… outdoors?

This Friday, the decree taken by the prefect Sophie Thibault to impose from December 31, to walk masked was challenged in court, after those of Paris and Yvelines suspended respectively Wednesday and Thursday.

A hearing was held in summary proceedings at the administrative court of Melun (Seine-et-Marne).

“It is a measure which makes consensus against it, argues Me Jacques-Alexandre Bouboutou, joined this Friday afternoon, at the exit of the court.

Including on a scientific level, several studies demonstrate the ineffectiveness of the mask outdoors.

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This public law specialist was seized by a resident of Kremlin-Bicêtre, who "saw the decision of Paris on Twitter", relates the defender, who says he ignores the opinions of his client, about the vaccination pass.

During the hearing, the party relied on the arguments of the Council of State.

Because if the sages of the highest jurisdiction have validated the obligation to wear a mask, they have affixed certain conditions to it.

The court's decision expected in the evening

Among other things, the high court considers that the wearing of a mask outdoors must be limited “to places and times of high population circulation” and the obligation “justified by the epidemiological situation observed in the territory concerned”.

It was on December 29 that the prefect of Val-de-Marne, like most of her counterparts, issued her decree to impose the wearing of a mask outside from December 31.

A measure that divided the Val-de-Marnais encountered at the time on the banks of the Marne.

The decision of the administrative court was expected in the evening.

This Monday, Me Bouboutou must plead in Val-d'Oise for the same reasons, while his appeal filed in Hauts-de-Seine was rejected.

Each time, it was individuals who called on him.

Source: leparis

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