Even if teleworking remains encouraged by the government, deconfinement has started gradually. We take stock of the new exceptional travel certificates.
On May 11, ” it will be possible to go out freely in the street without a certificate », Declared Christophe Castaner, Thursday May 7, during the presentation of the plan of deconfinement of the government.
The Minister of the Interior clarified that this will only be possible within the limit of 100 km ” as the crow flies Around the home. The site of the national gendarmerie adds “ or further, but remaining within his department “.
If you leave this zone, anywhere in France, you will have to complete a exceptional travel declaration. But if you stay within a 100km radius and get checked, ” a simple proof of address »You will be asked …
Except, in Ile-de-France, in public transport during peak hours, where an exceptional system has been put in place for reasons of high traffic on the RATP network and health risks related to Covid-19. Thus, from 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. and from 4 to 7 p.m., you will need to bring a certificate. There are two models.
Specific certificates in Ile-de-France
In addition to the compulsory wearing of the mask, only the Île-de-France (red zone) therefore requires for the moment a certificate at certain time slots for ” access to collective public transport […] and their adjoining spaces “.
According to the region’s website, to avoid congestion during rush hours and enforce hygiene and social distancing measures, ” between 6.30 a.m. and 9.30 a.m. and between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m., access is reserved for people traveling for one of the following reasons “ :
- work, either “Journeys between the place of residence and the place or places of exercise of the professional activity, and professional journeys which cannot be postponed” ;
- school, in other words “Journeys between the place of residence and the educational establishment made by a person who is educated there or who accompanies a person enrolled and the journeys necessary to go to exams or competitions” ;
- health for “Consultations and specialized care that cannot be provided at a distance or near the home” ;
- family “For compelling family reasons, for assistance to vulnerable people and for childcare” ;
- police services due to “An obligation to present to the national police or gendarmerie services […], imposed by the administrative police authority or the judicial authority ” ;
- resulting justice “A summons from an administrative court or a judicial authority” ;
- charitable activities that involve “Travel for the sole purpose of participating in missions of general interest at the request of the administrative authority and under the conditions that it specifies”.
Who needs what?
To justify your trip, you will have to complete one of the two certificates created by the Ile-de-France region.
First scenario: you are an employee and you take transport to go to work (reason 1), your employer must complete a specific certificate available here [PDF]. You can find a preview in the image below.
Second scenario: if you want to take transport from 6.30 a.m. to 9.30 a.m. and from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. for a completely different reason than professional, you will have to fill out, this time, the generic certificate [PDF].
Like the one in place during confinement, everything is based on the principle of the declarative. For example, you must go to a medical appointment at 5 p.m. at the other end of the capital, then you will check box number 3 and thus you will be able to take public transport without any problem.
For auto-entrepreneurs or self-employed workers – therefore without an employer but whose travel remains professional – it is sufficient to complete the generic certificate and tick reason 1. Below, you have an overview of the certificate in question.
Until July 10, 2020
Do you have to renew your certificate for each trip? It depends on the motive.
” For recurring trips responding to reasons 1 and 2 (professional and school trips), certificates can be defined for the duration of the health emergency, unless the health situation changes. », Details the prefecture of Paris and Ile-de-France.
The duration of this state of health emergency has been extended until July 10, 2020 inclusive, after the Parliament vote on May 9. In the case of the professional certificate, your employer will only have to specify the deadline on the certificate. ” In the case of school travel, the certificate can cover the entire duration of schooling during the period of health emergency. », Specifies us by email the authority of the Ile-de-France.
Are they available on smartphone? Regarding the format, these certificates must be printed or copied. No digital certificate has yet been published. Corn, “ the Île-de-France region requested a digital format “, We are explained by email.
Access coupons for TER
If the situation in Ile-de-France public transport is tense, this goes far beyond the Ile-de-France network. In the event that you must exceed 100 km around your residence and take the TER, several provisions have been put in place by SNCF depending on the region.
In Bourgogne Franche Comté, Loire Valley Center, Hauts de France, Normandy and Occitania, to access certain trains, you must therefore bring a ” access coupon »Available free of charge on the SNCF website three days before your departure. The objective is to limit the number of trains (in reduced numbers) that will circulate.
” It is a restrictive system but it is the price of security », Declared Franck Dhersin, the vice-president of the Hauts-de-France region in charge of transport at the microphone ofEurope 1. ” Not everyone will have a coupon since only 20% of trips are insured He warns.
How do you know if you are affected? You must cCheck the map of the lines subject to the access coupon, on the SNCF site for your region – the links according to the territories are in the previous paragraph.
Below, here is the example of the plan of the lines of the Hauts de France region concerned by the device. Once you know if your train requires an access coupon, you canWe must book it by indicating the day and time of your trip.
Finally, you will download it for free or import it to your application SNCF assistant.
Nothing for bikes and cars
On the contrary, if you do not take public transport because you have a car, a bicycle or a scooter within a radius of 100 km from your home, you do not need anything except a proof of address (an invoice for less than three months, an identity document, etc.). In this case, the new formula is rather simplified – albeit conditioned to the color of your department.
But, if you have to go beyond that, you will have to complete a new certificate modeled on the format of the old one, “ invoking a compelling professional or family reason “.
This is national and concerns the whole of French territory since it is generated by the Ministry of the Interior. Regarding the support, it is always possible to get it on your smartphone from the website of the Ministry of the Interior, but also to copy it or print it.
“Educational” controls
However, the wearing of these certificates, in particular those specially required for public transport in the Ile-de-France region, has not yet entered into force.
On May 11 and 12, checks will be carried out everywhere in France as ” pedagogic – as an admission of the complexity induced by the system and the attestations which accumulate.
As a warning, ” checks will be organized in stations, air terminals or on certain sections of motorways and busy roads. They may also be on arrival at tourist destinations. “Warned Christophe Castaner.
In the event of non-compliance with the measures, the sanction will remain the same, announced the Minister:
” The amount of the fine does not change, 135 euros, likely to increase in the event of a repeat offense. “
For the moment no details have been communicated on the potential price increase. All these provisions will be anchored in the French legislative framework as soon as the health emergency bill, validated by Parliament, will be passed by the Constitutional Council.
Sources: Ministry of the Interior, Ile-de-France region, government.