We were in Normandy last week where masks were required OUTSIDE. I was wondering why so many people were masked up outside (we weren’t). A police car drove down a crowded street and made an announcement on the speaker. Those who didn’t have heir mask on promptly put them on. Then we understood!

The wearing of a mask outdoors is (again) mandatory in many major areas, including pretty much most coastal cities/communes/départements along with major cities such as Bordeaux, Toulouse, la Corse, the major communes in the Alpes, the Meurthe-et-Moselle, etc...

List (actual as of 30 July)

https://www.ouest-france.fr/sante/ma...6-ca65981ebc3b

It's not so much we want to wear them outdoors, it's just we don't want a 135 € fine.....:rolleyes:

Not in the common sense regions. :)

En régions Bourgogne-Franche-Comté et Centre-Val de Loire, aucune restriction supplémentaire aux règles nationales (port du masque dans les rassemblements, marchés, aux abords des centres commerciaux, dans les files d’attente…) n’a été prise.

That's because everyone's left those areas to take their vacations. Empty cities = lower rates of transmission = fewer restrictions needed.

It's true that the coasts are busier right now. But Burgundy and the Loire Valley have a fair amount of vacationers as well as locals who have not left. The hotels and Airbnb's are quite busy as are the restaurants. I can tell you the Sunday market was very busy yesterday. But nearly half the people at the market were wearing masks anyways.

Good news: they've opened the email addresses to convert foreign vaccination certificates to French QR codes.
Bad news: it's restricted to French citizens (for now).

If you happen to be a French citizen, here is all the info: https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/le...rocedure-pour/

Of note to most people here, the FAQ states:

Translation:

So it looks like they rushed to get this open as fast as possible and for the time being only want to deal with French citizens coming to France soon (they ask that you have travel plans before August 31st), and will open it up to more people once they've dealt with the most urgent requests first.

We are headed to Paris on August 6th. We are planning to visit Disneyland, Versailles, Eiffel Tower and Louvre. Does anyone have any experience in these locations accepting the CDC card?
Also, has anyone been able to convert their CDC card to a EU QR code AFTER the pharmacies were told not to do so anymore?
Thank you

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The Eiffel Tower's official page also explicitly states it accepts International Vaccination cards, as others have already pointed out. https://www.toureiffel.paris/en/news...s-eiffel-tower

So far:

• Eiffel Tower says they accept "proof of full vaccination from your country of origin".
• The Catacombs says they accept "visitors from outside E.U. may show a vaccination certificate from their country (for instance: CDC Card)."
• Louvre explicitly says they do not accept non-EU cards: "If you arrive from a non EU country and do not have a European Health Pass, you can show a negative PCR or antigen test result less than 48 hours old."

I've seen multiple reports of the Louvre accepting CDC cards, including today, and no reports of them refusing to accept it. Have you seen anything different?

To be pedantic, the Louvre web site does not explicitly mention non-EU cards, although that's the only reasonable reading of their web site. Visit | COVID-19: advice for visitors (louvre.fr) Do they explicitly mention it somewhere else?

Fontainebleau was satisfied by my CDC card today as well.

I have a 10 a hour layover on the 9th. im hoping I can just show my card to have lunch and dinner instead of getting tested at a pharmacy for a qr code.

Italy moving in the right direction. Hopefully will spur the French authorities to be equally specific / clear that foreign Certs will be accepted...

Link: Italy Now Recognises COVID-19 Passes Issued by 5 Third Countries

The registration via email for French citizens (that’s me) is also only for those already in France or planning to arrive by August 31st. I’m arriving in early September so not pleased by that. No proof is required to justify date, but I always go by the rules so won’t lie on such documents. I think this is an interim process until they can automate it since they have limited physical resources to handles these documents. (50 people).

What about coming from Germany? Can I just show my CovPass app in place of the Pass Sanitaire ?