After examining the bill on Wednesday, the High Assembly made numerous changes to the original text.
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They voted, with 242 votes in favor and 69 against, the key article of the bill transforming the health pass into a vaccination pass. But the senators made many changes to the text, Wednesday, January 12, which are not to the taste of the government. Changes which augur for a close discussion between deputies and senators in a joint committee on Thursday. Note that the Senate will continue in the evening the examination of the other articles of the text until the vote on the whole.
Thus, according to the text voted by the High Assembly, the vaccination pass could only be imposed when the number of hospitalizations linked to Covid-19 would be greater than 10,000 patients nationally, and would automatically disappear below this threshold.
Once this threshold is crossed, the vaccination pass could only be maintained in the departments where the complete vaccination rate is less than 80% of the population or with a high incidence rate.
Senators have further planned to limit the possibility of requiring the presentation of a vaccination pass to people over 18 years of age. Minors aged 12 to 17 would remain subject to the obligation to present a simple health pass.
On the other hand, with the benevolence of the government, the senators voted in favor of a single parental authorization for the vaccination of the 5-11 years, as already for the 12-15 years.
Finally, they removed the possibility for managers of places and activities subject to the pass, such as owners of bars, cafes and restaurants, to verify the identity of its holder, in order to avoid fraud.