Paris (AFP)

The request to suspend the prefectural decree imposing the control of the health pass in large Parisian shopping centers was rejected by the Paris administrative court, AFP learned on Wednesday, but the applicant announced his intention to appeal.

While the administrative courts competent for Yvelines, Essonne, Hauts-de-Seine or even Haut-Rhin had decided to suspend prefectural decrees imposing this control, the administrative court of Paris rejected the requests for suspension which were presented to him on Tuesday, according to the decision consulted by AFP.

"The administrative court rejected the requests filed, considering in a very surprising way that there was no urgency to rule", reacted to AFP one of the lawyers who lodged an appeal, Yoann Sibille.

"The basic issue relating to the legality of the prefectural decree has not been dealt with at all by the court," he further commented, announcing his intention to appeal this decision.

The Versailles administrative court, the first to have suspended this type of decree, had for its part considered that these restrictions did not provide for "arrangements to allow customers who do not have a pass" to access "goods and services. first need".

Many prefects had started to take these measures in mid-August, requested by the government in the departments where the incidence rate of the epidemic exceeded 200 per 100,000 inhabitants over a week, in order to contain the spread of the epidemic of Covid-19.

In Paris, many famous shopping centers are concerned, such as the BHV, Printemps Haussmann, the main building of Galeries Lafayette, La Samaritaine, Le Bon Marché, Beaugrenelle and Italy 2. Professionals point out the impact of these restrictions on frequentation of all shopping centers.

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