by Steve Martindale
Following President Emmanuel Macron’s address to the nation on Wednesday 28th October, the country is once again under a national lockdown “until at least 1st December”. Although the number of positive Covid-19 cases had been rising rapidly through the month of October, it had been thought that the government would bring in regional lockdowns for the worst-hit areas and possibly introduce tighter curfews. Rumours of a full national lockdown began to circulate the day before the president’s announcement, but réconfinement still took many by surprise.
The new rules are much the same as for the first national lockdown in March of this year, with all “non-essential” businesses closed. You are not permitted to leave your house unless you have a good reason and have a completed form stating the purpose of your journey. The standard (and sadly familiar) attestation de déplacement dérogatoire is again available both via a webpage on your smartphone and as an English download, but has a few extra reasons for leaving your home this time round.
Click on the links below to download the relevant form:
Attestation de déplacement obligatoire (EN) – click here
Attestation de déplacement obligatoire (FR) – click here
Justificatif de déplacement professionnel (FR) – click here
Justificatif de déplacement scolaire (FR) – click here
One crucial difference of this lockdown is that schools are staying open and a third form has been created to this effect, a justificatif de déplacement scolaire. This form only needs to be filled in once and can be used for any subsequent journey to pick up or drop off your child at school. As previously, there is also a justificatif de déplacement professionnel for anyone leaving their house for a valid professional or business reason.
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