After being suspended by the courts on Thursday evening, the obligation to wear a mask outdoors in Paris remains applicable in many particularly busy places, where respect for barrier gestures is not guaranteed, announced the prefecture on Monday.
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New decree from the Prefect of Police on the obligation to wear a mask outdoors in Paris.
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– Prefecture of Police (@prefpolice) January 17, 2022
The new decree of the Paris police headquarters concerns:
markets, flea markets, garage sales, unpacking sales;
gatherings, demonstrations, meetings or activities bringing together 10 or more people, organized on the public highway, whatever their purpose;
public transport waiting areas, in particular bus and tram stops and their immediate vicinity;
the surroundings of stations and shopping center entrances, during their opening hours;
the surroundings of schools or universities, when the public enters and leaves;
the surroundings of places of worship, when the public enters and leaves during services and ceremonies;
the queues that form in the public space.
“The current epidemic situation, with an extremely high incidence rate and a still very strong pressure on hospitalization, requires that measures be taken so that the outdoor space, however limited the risks, is not a place of contamination”, justifies the prefecture in a press release. Similar decrees have been taken in all the departments of Ile-de-France.
Thursday, the administrative court of Paris had suspended the prefectural decree making it compulsory to wear a mask outdoors in Paris since December 31.
This decision came the day after that of the Administrative Court of Versailles, which had suspended a similar decree, a first on national territory, considering that the measure carried "an excessive, disproportionate and inappropriate attack (...) on the freedom individual”.