Covid-19: the prefectural decree making it compulsory to wear a mask outdoors in Paris is suspended by – franceinfo

After the Yvelines, Paris. The administrative court of the capital suspended on Thursday January 13 the prefectural decree which made it compulsory to wear a mask outdoors in the streets of Paris since December 31, AFP learned from the court. That decision will be released on Friday, the court said. Asked by AFP, the prefecture of police of the capital, at the origin of this order, reserved its response to the reception of the decision.

This decision comes the day after that of the administrative court of Versailles, which had suspended a similar decree in Yvelines, a first on national territory, considering that the measure was “an excessive, disproportionate and inappropriate interference (…) with individual freedom”.