The Paris administrative court suspended Thursday, January 13 the prefectural decree which makes it compulsory to wear a mask outdoors in Paris since December 31.
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This decision comes the day after that of the Administrative Court of Versailles, which had suspended a similar decree, a first on the national territory, considering that the measure concerned “An excessive, disproportionate and inappropriate interference (…) on individual liberty”.
“Neither necessary nor strictly proportionate”
The decision concerning this order of the prefecture of police of the capital, set up to deal with the emergence of the Omicron variant, will be published this Friday, added the administrative court of Paris.
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Asked by AFP, the police headquarters reserved its response to receipt of the decision.
“As it was neither necessary nor strictly proportionate, the administrative court wished to suspend the decree”, for his part commented to AFP Me Jean-Baptiste Soufron, who pleaded for the suspension of this decree.
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