Editing Module:COVID-19 pandemic in France (section)

=== Timeline of measures ===

<div class="center">
; National restrictions (within metropolitan France) relating to the COVID-19 Pandemic
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   id:cfeu     value:rgb(0.48,0.40,0.93)  # curfew MediumSlateBlue
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   id:ecol     value:rgb(0.33,0.41,0.18)  # school closures DarkOliveGreen
   id:restau     value:rgb(1,0.64,0)  # restaurant closures Orange
   id:hpas     value:rgb(1,0,0) # health pass Red

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;Legend
#<span style="background-color:DarkOliveGreen">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span> School closures
#<span style="background-color:Orange">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span> Closure of restaurants and museums
#Travel restrictions: <span style="background-color:Blue">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span> full stay-at-home order, <span style="background-color:MediumSlateBlue">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span> part-time curfew, <span style="background-color:LightBlue">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span> beyond 100&nbsp;km
#Legal regime : <span style="background-color:MediumOrchid">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span> sanitary state of emergency, <span style="background-color:Plum">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span> lifting of state of emergency
#<span style="background-color:Red">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span> Health pass restrictions

{| class="wikitable alternance" style="width:100%;"
! scope="col" | Measures enacted
! scope="col" | Effective from
|-
|colspan=2| '''4–14 March 2020 : First bans on gatherings'''
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| Ban on gatherings of more than 5000 people in enclosed spaces
| 5 March 2020<ref name=gouv000041686719>Ban on gatherings of more than 5000 people in an enclosed space
* {{cite web |title=Arrêté du 4 mars 2020 portant diverses mesures relatives à la lutte contre la propagation du virus covid-19 |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000041686833&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id |website=legifrance.gouv.fr |publisher=Legifrance |access-date=24 April 2020 |archive-date=29 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329091228/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000041686833&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id |url-status=live }}
* {{cite web |title=Décret n° 2020-191 du 4 mars 2020 relatif à l'entrée en vigueur immédiate d'un arrêté |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000041686719&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id |website=legifrance.gouv.fr |publisher=Legifrance |access-date=24 April 2020 |archive-date=7 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607004852/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000041686719&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| Ban on all gatherings of more than 1000 people
| 10 March 2020<ref name=gouv000041704079>Ban on all gatherings of more than 1000 people
* {{cite web |title=Arrêté du 9 mars 2020 portant diverses mesures relatives à la lutte contre la propagation du virus covid-19 |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000041704203&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id |website=legifrance.gouv.fr |publisher=Legifrance |access-date=24 April 2020 |archive-date=7 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607004656/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000041704203&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id |url-status=live }}
* {{cite web |title=Décret n° 2020-226 du 9 mars 2020 relatif à l'entrée en vigueur immédiate d'un arrêté |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000041704079&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id |website=legifrance.gouv.fr |publisher=Legifrance |access-date=24 April 2020 |archive-date=7 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607004650/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000041704079&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| Ban on all gatherings of more than 100 people
| 14 March 2020<ref name="arreté13mars2020">* {{cite web |title=Arrêté du 13 mars 2020 portant diverses mesures relatives à la lutte contre la propagation du virus covid-19 |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000041721916&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id |website=legifrance.gouv.fr |publisher=Legifrance |access-date=24 April 2020 |archive-date=7 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607004652/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000041721916&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id |url-status=live }}
* {{cite web |title=Décret n° 2020-226 du 9 mars 2020 relatif à l'entrée en vigueur immédiate d'un arrêté |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000041704079&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id |website=legifrance.gouv.fr |publisher=Legifrance |access-date=24 April 2020 |archive-date=7 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607004650/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000041704079&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="decret23mars2020" />
|-
| Ban on ships carrying more than 100 passengers from calling in on or anchoring in inland and territorial waters
| 14 March 2020<ref name="arreté13mars2020" /><ref name="arreté14mars2020" /><ref name="decret23mars2020" />
|-
|colspan=2| '''17 March 2020 – 10 May 2020: First national lockdown'''
|-
| Closure of most public establishments. Only "essential services (food shops, pharmacies, banks, newsagents, petrol/service stations...) and all essential public services" are authorised to remain open.<ref name=":essentiel">{{cite web|title=Coronavirus : Édouard Philippe annonce la fermeture des lieux publics " non-essentiels "|date=14 March 2020|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/societe/coronavirus-edouard-philippe-annonce-la-fermeture-des-lieux-publics-non-essentiels-14-03-2020-8280051.php|language=fr-FR|access-date=23 April 2020|archive-date=15 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115175259/https://www.leparisien.fr/societe/coronavirus-edouard-philippe-annonce-la-fermeture-des-lieux-publics-non-essentiels-14-03-2020-8280051.php|url-status=live}}</ref> Citizens asked to "avoid gatherings where possible, limit meetings with friends and family, only use public transport to go to work if presence at the workplace is essential, and to only leave the home to buy essential groceries, to briefly exercise or to vote in local elections"
| 15 March 2020<ref name="arreté14mars2020">* {{cite web |title=Arrêté du 14 mars 2020 portant diverses mesures relatives à la lutte contre la propagation du virus covid-19 |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000041722917&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id |access-date=24 April 2020 |archive-date=8 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408012410/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000041722917&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id |url-status=live }}
* {{cite web |title=Décret n° 2020-249 du 14 mars 2020 relatif à l'entrée en vigueur immédiate de deux arrêtés |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000041722656&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id |access-date=24 April 2020 |archive-date=7 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607004651/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000041722656&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id |url-status=live }}
* {{cite web |title=Arrêté du 15 mars 2020 complétant l'arrêté du 14 mars 2020 portant diverses mesures relatives à la lutte contre la propagation du virus covid-19 |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000041723302&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id |access-date=24 April 2020 |archive-date=2 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200902081629/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000041723302&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id |url-status=live }}
* {{cite web |title=Arrêté du 16 mars 2020 complétant l'arrêté du 14 mars 2020 portant diverses mesures relatives à la lutte contre la propagation du virus covid-19 |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000041728609&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id |access-date=24 April 2020 |archive-date=7 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607004652/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000041728609&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id |url-status=live }}
* {{cite web |title=Arrêté du 17 mars 2020 complétant l'arrêté du 14 mars 2020 portant diverses mesures relatives à la lutte contre la propagation du virus covid-19 |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000041731893&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id |access-date=24 April 2020 |archive-date=7 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607004656/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000041731893&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id |url-status=live }}
* {{cite web |title=Arrêté du 19 mars 2020 complétant l'arrêté du 14 mars 2020 portant diverses mesures relatives à la lutte contre la propagation du virus covid-19 |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000041737443&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id |access-date=24 April 2020 |archive-date=18 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818025312/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000041737443&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id |url-status=live }}
* {{cite web |title=Arrêté du 23 mars 2020 prescrivant les mesures d'organisation et de fonctionnement du système de santé nécessaires pour faire face à l'épidémie de covid-19 dans le cadre de l'état d'urgence sanitaire |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000041746744&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id |website=legifrance.gouv.fr |publisher=Legifrance |access-date=24 April 2020 |archive-date=16 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616041651/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000041746744&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="decret23mars2020" />
|-
| Closure of schools and institutes of higher education
| 16 March 2020<ref name="arreté14mars2020" /><ref name="decret23mars2020" />
|-
| Ban on all religious gatherings except for funeral services with fewer than 20 attendees
| 16 March 2020<ref name="arreté14mars2020" /><ref name="decret23mars2020" />
|-
| Ban on all travel except relating to professional activity, buying essential goods, health or family reasons or brief individual exercise. Those outside the home were required to carry identification and a signed and dated declaration (''attestation'') for any travel.
| 17 March 2020<ref name="Ferguson_mars 2020">{{cite web|url=https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/sph/ide/gida-fellowships/Imperial-College-COVID19-NPI-modelling-16-03-2020.pdf|author=Imperial College Covid-19 Response Team|title=Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to reduce Covid-19 mortality and healthcare demand|publisher=Imperial College London|date=16 March 2020|access-date=16 March 2020|archive-date=16 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316223332/https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/sph/ide/gida-fellowships/Imperial-College-COVID19-NPI-modelling-16-03-2020.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="impérial_30 mars 2020">{{cite web|url=https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/196556/coronavirus-measures-have-already-averted-120000/|author=Ryan O'Hare, L. van Elsland|title=Coronavirus measures may have already averted up to 120,000 deaths across Europe|publisher=Imperial College London|date=30 March 2020|access-date=30 March 2020|archive-date=12 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412192024/https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/196556/coronavirus-measures-have-already-averted-120000/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=gouv000041737584>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000041737584&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id|title=Décret n° 2020-279 du 19 mars 2020 modifiant le décret n° 2020-260 du 16 mars 2020 portant réglementation des déplacements dans le cadre de la lutte contre la propagation du virus covid-19 &#124; Legifrance|access-date=24 April 2020|archive-date=7 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607004647/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000041737584&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|Ban on [[embalming]]. All suspected or confirmed cases of death due to COVID-19 were to be placed in coffins immediately.
| 24 March 2020<ref name="decret23mars2020">* {{cite web |title=Décret n° 2020-293 du 23 mars 2020 prescrivant les mesures générales nécessaires pour faire face à l'épidémie de covid-19 dans le cadre de l'état d'urgence sanitaire |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000041746694&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id |website=legifrance.gouv.fr |publisher=Legifrance |access-date=24 April 2020 |archive-date=26 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726232302/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000041746694&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id |url-status=live }}
* {{cite web |title=Décret n° 2020-314 du 25 mars 2020 complétant le décret n° 2020-293 du 23 mars 2020 prescrivant les mesures générales nécessaires pour faire face à l'épidémie de covid-19 dans le cadre de l'état d'urgence sanitaire |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000041755775&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id |website=legifrance.gouv.fr |publisher=Legifrance |access-date=24 April 2020 |archive-date=7 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607004711/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000041755775&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id |url-status=live }}
* {{cite web |title=Décret n° 2020-344 du 27 mars 2020 complétant le décret n° 2020-293 du 23 mars 2020 prescrivant les mesures générales nécessaires pour faire face à l'épidémie de covid-19 dans le cadre de l'état d'urgence sanitaire |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000041762421&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id |website=legifrance.gouv.fr |publisher=Legifrance |access-date=24 April 2020 |archive-date=7 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607004649/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000041762421&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id |url-status=live }}
* {{cite web |title=Décret n° 2020-423 du 14 avril 2020 complétant le décret n° 2020-293 du 23 mars 2020 prescrivant les mesures générales nécessaires pour faire face à l'épidémie de covid-19 dans le cadre de l'état d'urgence sanitaire |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000041797938&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id |website=legifrance.gouv.fr |publisher=Legifrance |access-date=24 April 2020 |archive-date=7 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607004648/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000041797938&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|colspan=2| '''11 May 2020 – 1 June 2020: Progressive lifting of lockdown restrictions'''
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| Ban on gatherings of more than 10 people in a public space across all French territory. More generally, all gatherings, meetings, activities, travel and users of public transport were required to respect social distancing rules. Public access to parks, gardens and green spaces in urban areas was prohibited in areas of France classified as 'red zones'. Most businesses could re-open but restaurants, cafes and bars remained shut. A travel declaration (''attestation'') was no longer needed for travel outside one's place of residence. Full lockdown restrictions remained in the overseas department of [[Mayotte]].
| 11 May 2020<ref name="decret11mai2020">{{cite web |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000041858681 |number=SSAZ2011567D |title=Décret #2020-545 du 11 mai 2020 prescrivant les mesures générales nécessaires pour faire face à l'épidémie de covid-19 dans le cadre de l'état d'urgence sanitaire |website=legifrance.gouv.fr |publisher=Legifrance |access-date=5 March 2023 |archive-date=5 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305183321/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000041858681 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| Ban on travel outside the department of residence or exceeding a 100&nbsp;km radius from one's place of residence, except in specified circumstances. Citizens were still required to carry identification, and a signed declaration, for any travel outside a 100&nbsp;km radius of one's residence or for travel on public transport during peak hours. Masks were made compulsory on public transport. More generally, all gatherings, meetings, activities, travel and usage of public transport were required to respect social distancing rules. Public access to parks, gardens and green spaces in urban areas was prohibited in areas of France that are classified as 'red zones'. Full lockdown restrictions remained in the overseas department of [[Mayotte]].
|  12 May 2020<ref name="decret11mai2020-2">{{cite web |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000041865329/ |number=SSAZ2011695D |title=Décret #2020-548 du 11 mai 2020 prescrivant les mesures générales nécessaires pour faire face à l'épidémie de covid-19 dans le cadre de l'état d'urgence sanitaire |website=legifrance.gouv.fr |publisher=Legifrance |access-date=5 March 2023 |archive-date=5 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305183327/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000041865329/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|  Parks in red zones reopened.
|  30 May 2020<ref name="decret11mai2020-3">{{cite web|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000041930509|number=SSAZ2013364D|title=Décret #2020-645 complétant le décret #2020-548 du 11 mai 2020 prescrivant les mesures générales nécessaires pour faire face à l'épidémie de covid-19 dans le cadre de l'état d'urgence sanitaire|website=legifrance.gouv.fr|publisher=Legifrance|access-date=5 March 2023|archive-date=5 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305183325/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000041930509|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|colspan=2| '''2–22 June 2020'''
|-
|Restaurants and museums allowed to re-open across most of France, although a ban on indoor seating in restaurants is maintained in the 'orange zones' of [[Île-de-France]], French Guiana and Mayotte. A declaration was no longer required for travel exceeding 100&nbsp;km.
|  2 June 2020<ref name="decret31mai2020">{{cite web |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000041939818 |number=SSAZ2013547D |title=Décret #2020-663 du 31 mai 2020 prescrivant les mesures générales nécessaires pour faire face à l'épidémie de covid-19 dans le cadre de l'état d'urgence sanitaire |website=legifrance.gouv.fr |publisher=Legifrance |access-date=5 March 2023 |archive-date=16 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516201935/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000041939818 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|Demonstrations that abide by social distancing guidelines are permitted. [[Île-de-France]] becomes a 'green' zone, allowing restaurants and cafes to open fully, although [[French Guiana]] and Mayotte remain 'orange'.
|  15 June 2020<ref name="decret14juin2020">{{cite web |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000041991876/ |number=SSAZ2014912D |title=Décret #2020-724 du 14 juin 2020 modifiant le décret #2020-663 du 31 mai 2020 prescrivant les mesures générales nécessaires pour faire face à l'épidémie de covid-19 dans le cadre de l'état d'urgence sanitaire |website=legifrance.gouv.fr |publisher=Legifrance |access-date=5 March 2023 |archive-date=5 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305183327/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000041991876/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|A declaration (''attestation'') is no longer required to travel on public transport during rush hour.
| 16–21 June 2020{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}
|-
|Cinemas were re-opened.
|  22 June 2020<ref name="decret21juin2020">{{cite web |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000042020786 |number=SSAZ2015588D |title=Décret #2020-759 du 21 juin 2020 modifiant le décret #2020-663 du 31 mai 2020 prescrivant les mesures générales nécessaires pour faire face à l'épidémie de covid-19 dans le cadre de l'état d'urgence sanitaire |website=legifrance.gouv.fr |publisher=Legifrance |access-date=5 March 2023 |archive-date=5 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305183328/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000042020786 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|colspan=2| '''11–19 July 2020'''
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|Majority of restrictions lifted, although a ban on gatherings of more than 5000 people remained, and nightclubs stayed closed, and masks remained obligatory on public transport. The state of emergency remained in effect in the overseas departments of [[French Guiana]] and [[Mayotte]] until 16 September.
|  11 July<ref name="loi9juillet">{{cite web|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000042105897|number=SSAZ2018127D|title=Décret #2020-860 du 10 juillet 2020 prescrivant les mesures générales nécessaires pour faire face à l'épidémie de covid-19 dans les territoires sortis de l'état d'urgence sanitaire et dans ceux où il a été prorogé|website=legifrance.gouv.fr|publisher=Legifrance|access-date=5 March 2023|archive-date=5 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305183318/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000042105897|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|colspan=2| '''20 July 2020 – 16 October 2020: Extension of mask-wearing rules'''
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|Masks made mandatory in an extended range of public places.
|  20 July 2020<ref name="loi20juillet">{{cite web |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000042124104/ |number=SSAZ2018225D |title=Décret #2020-884 du 17 juillet 2020 modifiant le décret #2020-860 du 10 juillet 2020 prescrivant les mesures générales nécessaires pour faire face à l'épidémie de covid-19 dans les territoires sortis de l'état d'urgence sanitaire et dans ceux où il a été prorogé |website=legifrance.gouv.fr |publisher=Legifrance |access-date=5 March 2023 |archive-date=5 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305183329/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000042124104/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|Prefectures given powers to expand mandatory mask-wearing measures
|  29 July 2020
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|On 4 August 2020, Paris makes mask wearing compulsory for pedestrians outdoors in some streets in the city and extends the area several times over the following weeks.
|  4 August 2020<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2020/08/10/paris-la-carte-des-lieux-publics-ou-le-masque-est-obligatoire_6048616_4355770.html|title=La carte des lieux publics de Paris où le masque est obligatoire|newspaper=Le Monde|date=10 August 2020|access-date=21 September 2020|archive-date=16 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316005013/https://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2020/08/10/paris-la-carte-des-lieux-publics-ou-le-masque-est-obligatoire_6048616_4355770.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|Paris and the department of [[Bouches-du-Rhône]] are classed as 'red' departments in which the virus is actively circulating.
|  13 August 2020<ref name="loi13aout">{{cite web |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000042234234 |number=SSAZ2021873D |title=Décret #1035 du 13 août 2020 modifiant le décret #2020-860 du 10 juillet 2020 prescrivant les mesures générales nécessaires pour faire face à l'épidémie de covid-19 dans les territoires sortis de l'état d'urgence sanitaire et dans ceux où il a été prorogé |website=legifrance.gouv.fr |publisher=Legifrance |access-date=5 March 2023 |archive-date=5 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305183323/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000042234234 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|19 additional departments are classed as 'red': Alpes-Maritimes, Essonne, Gard, Gironde, Guadeloupe, Haute-Garonne, Hauts-de-Seine, Hérault, Loiret, Martinique, Rhône, Sarthe, Seine-et-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-d'Oise, Val-de-Marne, Var, Vaucluse and Yvelines.
|  27 August 2020
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|Mask-wearing is made compulsory outdoors in the whole of Paris and its inner suburbs ([[Hauts-de-Seine]], Seine-Saint-Denis and [[Val-de-Marne]]) for pedestrians age 11 and older.
|  28 August 2020
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|Mask-wearing required in workplaces.
|  1 September 2020<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.economie.gouv.fr/entreprises/masque-obligatoire-entreprise|title=Chef d'entreprise : Tout savoir sur le port du masque au travail|access-date=21 September 2020|archive-date=15 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210315123147/https://www.economie.gouv.fr/entreprises/masque-obligatoire-entreprise|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|Schools reopen with mask requirements for teachers and students age 11 and older.
|  1 September 2020<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfmtv.com/sante/des-3-6-ou-encore-11-ans-a-partir-de-quel-age-les-enfants-doivent-ils-porter-un-masque_AN-202008250141.html|title=Dès 3, 6 ou encore 11 ans: à partir de quel âge les enfants doivent-ils porter un masque?|website=BFMTV|access-date=21 September 2020|archive-date=10 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310020950/https://www.bfmtv.com/sante/des-3-6-ou-encore-11-ans-a-partir-de-quel-age-les-enfants-doivent-ils-porter-un-masque_AN-202008250141.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|colspan=2| '''17 October 2020 – 14 December 2020: Introduction of curfews and second national lockdown '''
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|Overnight curfew (9pm to 6&nbsp;am) in Paris and suburbs; Marseille, Lyon, Lille, Saint-Etienne, Rouen, Toulouse, Grenoble and Montpellier. Gatherings of more than six people discouraged.
|  17 October 2020<ref name=dec2020-1262>{{cite web|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000042430554|number=SSAZ2028015D|title=Décret #2020-1262 du 16 octobre 2020 prescrivant les mesures générales nécessaires pour faire face à l'épidémie de covid-19 dans le cadre de l'état d'urgence sanitaire|access-date=5 March 2023|archive-date=5 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305183323/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000042430554|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|Overnight curfews extended to 38 French departments.
|  24 October 2020<ref name=dec2020-1294>{{cite web|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000042459641|number=SSAZ2019438D|title=Décret #2020-1294 du 23 octobre 2020 prescrivant les mesures générales nécessaires pour faire face à l'épidémie de covid-19 dans le cadre de l'état d'urgence sanitaire|access-date=5 March 2023|archive-date=5 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305183325/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000042459641|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|Second national lockdown begins, with similar restrictions to the first national lockdown except that primary- and secondary school children can still attend school.
|  30 October 2020<ref name=decret29octobre2020>{{cite web|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000042475143|number=SSAZ2029612D|title=Décret #2020-1310 du 29 octobre 2020 prescrivant les mesures générales nécessaires pour faire face à l'épidémie de covid-19 dans le cadre de l'état d'urgence sanitaire|access-date=5 March 2023|archive-date=5 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305183330/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000042475143|url-status=live}}.</ref>
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|Non-essential services can re-open and exercise restrictions relaxed to 3 hours a day within a 20&nbsp;km radius of one's place of residence.
|  28 November 2020<ref name=decret28novembre2020>{{cite web|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000042574467|number=SSAZ2033094D|title=Décret #2020-1454 du 27 novembre 2020 modifiant le décret #2020-1310 du 29 octobre 2020 prescrivant les mesures générales nécessaires pour faire face à l'épidémie de covid-19 dans le cadre de l'état d'urgence sanitaire|access-date=5 March 2023|archive-date=5 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305183323/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000042574467|url-status=live}}.</ref>
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|colspan=2| '''15 December 2020 – 26 February 2021 '''
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|Travel restrictions are lifted and a declaration (''attestation'') is no longer needed to leave one's residence apart from during overnight curfew hours of between 8&nbsp;pm and 6&nbsp;am every day.
|  15 December 2020<ref name=decret15decembre2020>{{cite web|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/article_jo/JORFARTI000042665660|number=SSAZ2035391D|title=Décret #2020-1582 du 14 décembre 2020 modifiant les décrets #2020-1262 du 16 octobre 2020 et #2020-1310 du 29 octobre 2020 prescrivant les mesures générales nécessaires pour faire face à l'épidémie de covid-19 dans le cadre de l'état d'urgence sanitaire|access-date=5 March 2023|archive-date=5 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305183346/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/article_jo/JORFARTI000042665660|url-status=live}}.</ref>
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|Curfew hours extended nationally to between 6&nbsp;pm and 6&nbsp;am every day.
|  16 January 2021<ref name=decret15janvier2020>{{cite web|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000042993250|number=SSAZ2101748D|title=Décret #2021–31 du 15 janvier 2021 modifiant les décrets #2020-1262 du 16 octobre 2020 et #2020-1310 du 29 octobre 2020 prescrivant les mesures générales nécessaires pour faire face à l'épidémie de covid-19 dans le cadre de l'état d'urgence sanitaire|access-date=5 March 2023|archive-date=5 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305183329/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000042993250|url-status=live}}.</ref>
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|Closure of shops above a given size
|  31 January 2021<ref name=decret31janvier2020>{{cite web|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000043081402|number=SSAZ2103545D|title=Décret #2021–99 du 30 janvier 2021 modifiant les décrets #2020-1262 du 16 octobre 2020 et #2020-1310 du 29 octobre 2020 prescrivant les mesures générales nécessaires pour faire face à l'épidémie de covid-19 dans le cadre de l'état d'urgence sanitaire|access-date=5 March 2023|archive-date=5 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305183327/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000043081402|url-status=live}}.</ref>
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|colspan=2| '''26 February 2021 – 2 May 2021: Third set of regional and national lockdowns relating to Alpha variant'''
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|Weekend lockdowns imposed in the Côte d'Azur and Dunkirk regions
|  26 February 2021<ref name=decret26fevrier2020>{{cite web|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000043185125|number=SSAZ2106324D|title=Décret #2021-217 du 25 février 2021 modifiant les décrets #2020-1262 du 16 octobre 2020 et #2020-1310 du 29 octobre 2020 prescrivant les mesures générales nécessaires pour faire face à l'épidémie de covid-19 dans le cadre de l'état d'urgence sanitaire|access-date=5 March 2023|archive-date=5 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305183321/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000043185125|url-status=live}}.</ref>
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|Daily lockdowns imposed in 16 departments including the whole of [[Île-de-France]], [[Hauts-de-France]], [[Upper Normandy]] and the department of [[Alpes-Maritimes]] in [[Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur]]. For these areas, a declaration (''attestation'') is required for travel beyond 10&nbsp;km of one's place of residence while non-essential travel to other regions is prohibited. All non-essential shops are to close, albeit with an expanded definition of what is considered essential.

Curfew hours shifted nationally to between 7&nbsp;pm and 6&nbsp;am every day.
|  20 March 2021<ref name="20 mars">{{cite web|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000043268538|number=SSAZ2109025D|title=Décret #2021-296 du 19 mars 2021 modifiant les décrets #2020-1310 du 29 octobre 2020 prescrivant les mesures générales nécessaires pour faire face à l'épidémie de covid-19 dans le cadre de l'état d'urgence sanitaire|access-date=5 March 2023|archive-date=5 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305183319/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000043268538|url-status=live}}.</ref>
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| Daily lockdown rules as above, but extended to the whole of Metropolitan France.
|  3 April 2021
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| Closure of schools and higher education establishments
| 5 April 2021<ref name="5 apr">{{cite web|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000043327303|number=SSAZ2110799D|title=Décret #2021-384 du 2 avril 2021 modifiant les décrets #2020-1262 du 16 octobre 2020 et #2020-1310 du 29 octobre 2020 prescrivant les mesures générales nécessaires pour faire face à l'épidémie de covid-19 dans le cadre de l'état d'urgence sanitaire|access-date=5 March 2023|archive-date=5 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305183326/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000043327303|url-status=live}}.</ref>
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|colspan=2| '''3 May 2021 – 12 July 2021: Progressive lifting of lockdown restrictions'''
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| Non-essential travel permitted beyond 10&nbsp;km during the day, secondary schools re-open (with primary schools re-opening on 25 April).
|  3 May 2021<ref name="3 mai">{{cite web|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000043467326|number=SSAZ2113750D|title=Décret #2021-541 du 1 mai 2021 modifiant les décrets #2020-1310 du 29 octobre 2020 prescrivant les mesures générales nécessaires pour faire face à l'épidémie de covid-19 dans le cadre de l'état d'urgence sanitaire|access-date=5 March 2023|archive-date=16 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516202035/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000043467326|url-status=live}}.</ref>
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| Non-essential shops, cinemas, theatres, museums and restaurants/bars/cafes with outdoor seating allowed to re-open. Curfew pushed back to 9&nbsp;pm.
|  19 May 2021
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| Restaurants/bars/cafes allowed to re-open indoors to 50% capacity. Curfew pushed back to 11&nbsp;pm. Health pass required to access establishments holding gatherings of over 1000 people.
|  9 June 2021
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| Outdoor mask-wearing rules relaxed
|  17 June 2021
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| Nightly curfew abolished
|  20 June 2021
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|colspan=2| '''13 July 2021 – 1 February 2022: Restrictions relating to Delta and Omicron variants'''
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| Re-introduction of sanitary state of emergency in the overseas departments of [[Réunion]] and [[Martinique]], with an 11&nbsp;pm curfew introduced in Réunion and a 9&nbsp;pm curfew introduced in Martinique.
|  13 July 2021
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| All people over 12 require a health pass to access venues welcoming over 50 people (e.g. museums, theatres, cinemas, festivals and sport/leisure centres). Such a health pass is valid either from a week after being fully vaccinated, within 2 days of a negative PCR or antigen test, or within 11 days – 6 months after having recovered from Covid.
|  21 July 2021
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| Health pass extended to bars/restaurants/cafes as well as intercity travel by public transport.
|  9 August 2021
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| Facemasks made compulsory for all primary school children
|  15 November 2021
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| Unvaccinated people who have not recently recovered from Covid willing to go to venues where the health pass is enforced must have had a negative PCR or antigen test within the preceding 24 hours, as opposed to 48 hours previously.
|  29 November 2021
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| Closure of nightclubs
|  11 December 2021
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| Anyone over the age of 65 who has not had the booster within 4 months of their second dose, or anyone who initially received the J&J/Janssen single-dose vaccine before 15 October who has not had a second dose before 15 December, must receive a booster to reactivate their health pass.
|  15 December 2021
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| Ban on indoor gatherings of over 2000 people and outdoor gatherings of more than 5000 people. Consumption of food and drink banned in large venues and on public transport. Table-seating compulsory at restaurants and bars. Minimum age for wearing facemasks in markets and public transport reduced from 11 to 6. [[Remote work]] mandated for at least 3 days a week.
|  3 January 2022
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| Anyone over the age of 18 who has not had a dose of the vaccine in the preceding 7 months will have their health pass deactivated and must receive a booster to reactivate their health pass.
|  15 January 2022
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| Unvaccinated people over the age of 16 are no longer able to get a health pass by providing a negative test result, unless they are partially vaccinated but have not yet completed the full course of doses. However, they can activate their health pass by providing a certificate that proves they cannot receive the vaccine on legitimate medical grounds (''attestation de contre-indication'')
|  24 January 2022
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|colspan=2| '''2 Feb 2022 – 1 Aug 2022 : Progressive lifting of restrictions, transition to endemic phase of Covid'''
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| Masks no longer required in outdoor public spaces. Mandatory remote working abolished. Restrictions on sizes of public gatherings removed.
|  2 February 2022
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| Nightclubs reopen, table service no longer compulsory in restaurants and bars, ban on consumption of food and drink in public transport and indoor public spaces lifted.
|  16 February 2022
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| Relaxation of mask rules in primary schools
|  21 February 2022
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| Masks no longer required in indoor public spaces that require a vaccine pass to enter, except on intercity public transport.
|  28 February 2022
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| Masks no longer required in any indoor public spaces apart from in public transport or hospitals and care homes. Health pass laws repealed.
|  14 March 2022
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| Masks no longer required in public transport.
|  16 May 2022
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| Sanitary state of emergency lifted. Parliamentary approval required for further measures.
|  1 August 2022
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