Since May 11, the date of deconfinement, employees need an "employer certificate" to take public transport in Ile-de-France. At that time, the Ile-de-France region had signed with the State, communities, employers, unions and transport operators, a charter listing many points concerning the organization in stations and transport, including the Obligation for travelers to have during peak hours an "employer certificate". This indicates for each employee the hours at which he is authorized to return to his workplace. Either “between 6.30 and 9.30 am”, and “in the evening between 4 and 7 pm”.
A sine qua non condition for a resumption in good conditions in transport for more than a month, what about this precious sesame? In his speech on Sunday evening, President Emmanuel Macron did not mention the subject. This Monday morning, the president of Ile-de-France, Valérie Pécresse, warned Monday against the "challenge of recovery" in transport and asked for the removal of the employer certificate after the passage of the region in green zone announced by Emmanuel Macron.
"Freedom to move around in Ile-de-France"
"It is a decision that was really eagerly awaited, it is welcome, but now the challenge of recovery is before us because we need to return to normal, especially in public transport," warned Valérie Pécresse (Libres!, Ex-LR) on France 2. "What I want is that we give back the freedom to circulate in Ile-de-France", therefore "the suppression of this employer certificate that we asked for Ile-de-France residents to get around during rush hour, "demanded the former minister for Nicolas Sarkozy. She asked employers to "continue what is called peak hour smoothing, that is, to let their employees arrive from 6:30 in the morning until 10:30" and afternoon "to let them go from 3:30 to 7:00," she pleaded.
Contacted by 20 Minutes , Ile-de-France Mobilités announces: “We request the rapid deletion of the certificate. It is now up to the government to modify the prefectural decree and we would like it to modify it as soon as possible. »For an end to the employer certificate on June 22? The Minister of Economy Bruno Le Maire for his part said Monday on Franceinfo that he was, "on a personal basis", "favorable" to this lifting of the compulsory employer certificate in transport.
End of certificate on June 22
According to information from RTL , the certificate issued by the employer to use public transport during rush hour in Ile-de-France, should no longer be necessary from Monday 22 June. Information confirmed at the end of the morning by the State Secretariat for Transport to Franceinfo .
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However, the resumption in transport, will have to be done “with protective measures”, indicates Valérie Pécresse according to which “the wearing of the mask will have to remain obligatory still several weeks, probably until the departures on vacation, until mid July, to protect us all. " The president of the region would like to finally learn from the crisis. "This smoothing of peak hours if it could be acquired from this crisis, it helps decongest transport and avoid traffic jams on the roads," insisted the president of the region.
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