Galeries Lafayette, Printemps, BHV, Le Bon Marché and la Samaritaine will introduce health pass control from Monday.
In addition to these brands, which are very popular with tourists, there are the Parisian shopping centers Italie 2, Center Beaugrenelle and Vill'up, as well as the Aéroville shopping center near Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport.
The five Parisian department stores (Galeries Lafayette, Printemps, BHV, Le Bon Marché and la Samaritaine) will introduce health pass control from Monday, the police headquarters announced on Saturday.
In addition to these brands, which are very popular with tourists, there are the Parisian shopping centers Italie 2, Center Beaugrenelle and Vill'up, as well as the Aéroville shopping center near Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport, all with an area of more than 20,000 m2.
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These 9 shopping centers "will have to require a valid health pass from their customers as well as the wearing of a mask," the statement said.
"The rights-of-way of the three Parisian airports" (Roissy, Orly and Le Bourget) will also have to check the health passes, whereas until now they were only required to take the plane.
Paris is not the only city concerned
In neighboring Val-de-Marne, eight shopping centers including Belle Epine (Thiais), as well as two Ikéa stores, will also be affected, according to a prefect order.
But not the Créteil Soleil center.
The measure is taken in Paris, according to the prefecture, "for the sake of consistency and harmonization on the Parisian agglomeration" and "in consultation with the prefects of Seine Saint Denis, Val de Marne and Hauts de Seine" .
The prefects of Seine-Saint-Denis and Hauts-de-Seine, however, had not yet issued a decree on Saturday afternoon.
On Wednesday the government extended the use of the health pass to businesses over 20,000 m2 in departments with an incidence rate greater than 200 per 100,000 inhabitants over a week.
A total of 104 centers and department stores over 20,000 m2 will be affected
"In Paris, if the overall incidence rate remains slightly below 200 per 100,000 inhabitants, it is much higher in the age groups from 10 to 39 years old (343 in the age group from 20 to 29 years old). ) ", justifies the prefecture.
In total, 104 centers and department stores of more than 20,000 m2 will be affected by the control of the health pass from Monday in metropolitan France, according to a count established on Saturday by AFP on the basis of prefectural decrees, almost all in half. south of France and in the Paris region.
The decision to establish a health pass remains in the hands of the prefects who, according to the law validated last week by the Constitutional Council, cannot do so if it compromises "people's access to essential goods and services as well as 'to means of transport ".