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

===Restrictions on movement===
Starting from 23 March 2020,<ref name="AutoQ7-37"/> everyone in a public space was required to carry a self-completed declaration, known as an "Attestation de déplacement dérogatoire", which stated one's reasons for being out in public. Without this declaration individuals could be fined if found engaging in non-essential movement.<ref name="AutoQ7-38"/> Acceptable reasons for being outside included: shopping for food and essential needs, traveling to and from a place of work, if the work could not be performed at home, accessing necessary healthcare, traveling for essential family matters including childcare or care of the elderly or to assist vulnerable people, exercising within 1&nbsp;km of the home for up to 1 hour during permitted hours, for an administrative legal matter (such as a summons), or at the direction of an administrative authority. Initially it was necessary to carry a paper copy of the declaration but later a [[QR code]] based electronic equivalent for smartphones became an option. Most of the requirements of these measures expired on 11 May 2020 with the expiration of the general stay-at-home order however new requirements subsequently came into effect limiting general travel to a range of 100&nbsp;km from one's residence without a permit. The 100&nbsp;km limitation remained in effect until 2 June.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

Police around the country set up road blocks to check those outside their homes had good reason and that their exemption declarations were in order. Up to 7 April 2020, more than 8&nbsp;million checks had been made, and half a million fines had been issued for failure to respect rules of confinement. Police report receiving hundreds of telephone denunciations from citizens complaining of their neighbours walking their dogs too often; a woman also denounced her husband for going out to see his mistress.<ref>[http://www.lerepairedesmotards.com/actualites/2020/500000-amendes-non-respect-confinement.php 500.000 amendes pour non-respect du confinement] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516202000/http://www.lerepairedesmotards.com/actualites/2020/500000-amendes-non-respect-confinement.php |date=16 May 2024 }} 7 April 2020 http://www.lerepairedesmotards.com {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150420040937/http://www.lerepairedesmotards.com/ |date=20 April 2015 }} accessed 30 April 2020</ref>

On 28 September 2020, according to an [[Amnesty International]] report French authorities wrongly punished thousands of peaceful protesters under draconian laws in pre and post [[COVID-19]] crackdowns. Many people were arbitrarily fined, arrested, and detained for peaceful protests.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/09/france-thousands-of-protesters-wrongly-punished-under-draconian-laws-in-pre-and-post-covid19-crackdown/|title=France: Thousands of protesters wrongly punished under draconian laws in pre and post COVID-19 crackdown|date=28 September 2020|access-date=28 September 2020|publisher=Amnesty International|archive-date=30 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930023325/https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/09/france-thousands-of-protesters-wrongly-punished-under-draconian-laws-in-pre-and-post-covid19-crackdown/|url-status=live}}</ref>