VACCINE PASS. The end of the vaccination pass and the wearing of the mask will take place on March 14, particularly in restaurants, cinemas and museums. On the other hand, public transport remains affected by the mask. We take stock.
[Mis à jour le 6 mars 2022 à 12h06] From Monday March 14, the vaccine pass will be “suspended” announced the government. Prime Minister Jean Castex indicated that the measure will be applied “everywhere”, Thursday March 3 on the 1 p.m. news on TF1. If it will be possible to go to a restaurant, take the train or go to an amusement park without a vaccination pass, on the other hand, in the hospital, a health pass will always be required. Minors aged 12 to 15 should also not need to have a health pass in places where the vaccination pass applies from March 14.
On this same date of March 14, the mask will no longer be compulsory inside establishments receiving the public. With the improvement in the health situation, the government had already taken the decision on February 28 to abolish the obligation to wear a mask in closed places subject to the vaccination pass (restaurants, bars, cinemas, sports halls or even spectacle). From now on, it is the wearing of a mask in all closed places which will no longer be compulsory from March 14, such as in shops, administrations or companies, with the exception of public transport and medico-social establishments. We make the point below:
What is the end date of the vaccination pass?
On March 14, 2022, the vaccination pass is suspended “in all places where it was required (leisure and cultural places, commercial catering activities, fairs and trade shows)” announces a communicated of the government published on March 3 following the intervention of Prime Minister Jean Castex on the JT of 1 p.m. The vaccine pass will have finally lasted less than two months, since it entered into force on January 24, 2022.
Where will the vaccination pass be lifted on March 14, 2022?
From Monday March 14, 2022, the vaccination pass will no longer be compulsory “wherever it applies” on French territory, announced Prime Minister Jean Castex during his intervention on the 1 p.m. news on TF1 on March 3. . It will therefore no longer be required to present the QR-Code of your vaccination pass at the entrance to these establishments open to the public:
- Restaurants, bars and cafes
- Transport long distance (TGV, Intercités, night trains, domestic flights and inter-regional coaches)
- Campsites, hotels and holiday centers
- Sports establishments (gym, swimming pool, gymnasium, ice rink, horse riding facilities etc)
- Lifts
- Museums and monuments
- Amusement parks
- Concerts and festivals
- Movie theater
- Theaters and other performance halls
- Trade shows, fairs and seminars
- Casinos and other gaming halls
- boat cruises
- discos
- Shopping centers and department stores
Will the vaccination pass be compulsory in transport on March 14?
From March 14, the vaccination pass will no longer be necessary to take the train, plane or boat, whether short or long distance. All interregional public transport (TGV, Intercités, night trains, domestic flights) will no longer be subject to this rule. However, wearing a mask will remain compulsory on all public transport.
On March 14, the vaccination pass will no longer be necessary in medico-social establishments. On the other hand, “the health pass will remain the rule in” health establishments, retirement homes, establishments welcoming people with disabilities who are particularly fragile “, after March 14, as will the vaccination obligation for caregivers, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced on March 3.
What is the end date for wearing the mask indoors?
The end of wearing a mask was announced for Monday March 14, 2022 by Prime Minister Jean Castex on the 1 p.m. newscast on TF1, on the same date as the end of the vaccination pass. It will therefore no longer be necessary to wear a mask in companies, in stores, schools, colleges, high schools, universities, nightclubs or in public administrations. But beware, wearing a mask will remain compulsory, on March 14, in all public transport “given the crowding” as well as in all medico-social establishments (hospitals, EHPAD, autonomous residences and retirement homes) . In a press release, the government also recommends wearing a mask “for positive people and contact cases at risk, symptomatic people and health professionals”.
In which places subject to the vaccination pass is the mask no longer compulsory?
Since February 28, the obligation to wear a mask in certain places conditioned by the vaccination pass has been lifted indoors. The mask is thus no longer compulsory in interior spaces subject to the vaccination pass, with the exception of transport (TGV, Intercités, night trains, long-distance coaches and domestic flights). With regard to restaurants, bars and cafés, cinemas, museums and monuments, performance and concert halls, party and game rooms, libraries, discotheques, trade shows and fairs, campsites, hotels and holiday centers, sports establishments, or even amusement parks.
Where is the health pass still compulsory?
Prime Minister Jean Castex announced that the health pass remains compulsory, as of Monday March 14, only in all “health establishments, retirement homes, establishments welcoming people with disabilities who are particularly fragile” . This means that you will always need to have a complete vaccination schedule, a Covid-19 recovery certificate, or have carried out a PCR or antigen test within 24 hours, to access hospitals, retirement homes and medico-social establishments. . Minors aged 12 to 15 should be exempt from the health pass in all other places where it applies, as adults will be from the vaccination pass, from March 14, 2022.