The version adopted removes the possibility of carrying out identity checks on the part of professionals, as well as the administrative fine for non-compliance by the employer with the rules of teleworking. The last word will go to the deputies.
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The Senate with a right-wing majority voted again on the bill establishing the vaccine pass, Saturday, January 15, but it maintained certain points of disagreement with the National Assembly, which will therefore have the last word on Sunday. The text was adopted at second reading, at the start of the evening, by 187 votes for, 66 against and 88 abstentions. The rapporteur Philippe Bas (LR) considered that the Senate thus affirmed “his agreement to the principle” of the vaccination pass, while keeping its “freedom” on certain terms.
1/ Adoption of #vaccinepass speak #Senate: we referred to the Assembly two essential points of disagreement so that it re-examines its position: identity checks in places subject to the pass; the sanction of companies that do not do enough telework
— Philippe Bas (@BasPhilippe) January 15, 2022
The Senate version removes the possibility of carrying out identity checks on the part of professionals – cinemas, cafes etc. – in case of doubt about the holder of a pass. This provision constitutes “a drift in terms of probably excessive freedoms”, putting moreover “professionals in an uncomfortable situation”, estimated Philippe Bonnecarrère (centrist Union). The senators also removed the administrative fine for non-compliance by the employer with the rules of telework. “We do not want interference from the labor inspector” and “add administrative penalties” where legal sanctions already exist, said Philippe Bas.
It will be up to the National Assembly, which will meet on Sunday afternoon for a final reading, to validate its own text on behalf of Parliament, and put an end to two weeks of a particularly chaotic legislative journey.
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The deputies had for their part adopted the health bill in new reading in the early hours of Saturday, after a long night of debates. Started on December 29 in committee at the Assembly, the marathon of this twelfth health emergency text since March 2020 has been strewn with hiccups and controversies. The bill which was initially to be implemented from January 15, to deal with the outbreak of the omicron variant, went into extra time before the chambers due to twists and turns such as the surprise suspension of the debates on the first evening or a clashes after Emmanuel Macron’s remarks on the non-vaccinated.