dmu

Well, the Attestation does say "à proximité du domicile" and, with all due respect, your bike club is confirming what has already been said above.....
If you'll excuse my pedantry, Ignorantia juris non excusat,....

KJMW

No need to excuse anything. 'a proximité du domicile" is not the same as staying within your commune. being a pendant suits no-one!!!

Woodstore

Just had a message from a UK citizen friend trying to return 'home' by air from the UK to France where they have lived for 40 years via Geneva airport. They were prevented on boarding a flight from Gatwick to Geneva this afternoon and told they cannot travel via the carrier. Is this Swiss restrictions? One can enter France directly from Geneva airport.....not anymore?

Chatter Static

Switzerland is closed to non nationals unless conducting vital work and carriers have the burden of returning the person to their origin, closest airports in France would be Chambery (69km), Sion (94km), Lyon(97km) if you can find flights to them Gatwick Lyon would be the most likely but doubtful the person would have to get the form to carry printed in the UK stating the purpose of their journey to show the police or Gendarmes.

dmu

Update: my friend came "home" today. Drove straight over the border (Catalogna side) and first sight of gendarmes at the first Péage. No problem with their handwritten Attestations indicating that they were returning "home". And between there and North Hérault, no sign of any one in uniform. Maybe the travellers were in the right place at the right time all the way.....

EuroTrash

Good news :-)

dmu

I haven't got an official link, but heard/read this morning that "le vélo comme pratique sportive n'est (not ne serait) plus autorisé".
Dont acte (as they say).

Tweedpipe

I don't have an 'official government' link either but THIS appears to confirm you statement.
What's it's effectively saying is that cycling in general doesn't fall within the rules currently in force, since the riders must not exceed a radius of 2klm around their home. This due to the rules saying "déplacements brefs, à proximité du domicile, liés à l’activité physique individuelle des personne".
Faced with the COVID-19 epidemic, the FFC (La Fédération Française de Cyclisme) also asks all cyclists to show responsibility by avoiding any outdoor practice during this period.

PS: I'm no twit, and have certainly never 'twitted' in my life, but was directed to a ref from the Minister of Sports who regarding cycling, twitted on 19 March, "1km, 2km max... Il n'est pas question de s'éloigner de chez soi. La règle est au confinement pour tout le monde. Rappelez-vous que vous ne devez sortir que pour des urgences comme les courses ou votre santé. Un petit footing est possible pour votre équilibre mais pas un 10km!"

dmu

This is one of the unofficial links I read, and Inter mentioned it, en passant, on the radio. We'll soon know, when they officially announce the stricter rules.
I suppose keen cyclists can go shopping by bike (within the permitted distance), but a bit awkward returning home with a 36-pack of loo paper and all that pasta to carry....

dmu

Latest news - outings for keeping fit (cycling, jogging, running) now limited to ONE HOUR per day, within 1 KM from your domicile, alone (unless you're taking your children out). The time of departure must be added to the date. Still no mention of pencilled dates, but I imagine that the gendarmes won't approve, as there must already have been too much abuse. Outdoor markets also banned, except for those Communes where there are no local food shops, at the discretion of the Maires.
Take note, and take care, everyone!

Chatter Static

Your not allowed to go to the bin and recycling has to be done on a shopping journey.

dmu

Here, each household has a rubbish bin and a recycling bin which are left about 50 m up the road from me. The dustmen come as usual...
But the déchetterie is closed until further notice.
After a couple of days without any post, my postlady came today. I've since read that La Poste is reducing delivery days.

Tweedpipe

DMU, since you posted this yesterday, I've been looking everywhere for official notification that "time of departure must be added to the date". We've been listening to the radio frequently, and also each day at midday and 8pm watch the French tv news from start to finish. Not once have we heard or seen any mention of the time of departure as a requirement. But you did well to post that 'head's-up'.
However, just realise that I must be a twit after all because the official Attestation de Deplacement was updated yeterday and adds a mention: Date et heure de début de sortie à mentionner obligatoirement. I note there are now 2 more boxes which could be checked, giving additional choices for having to venture outdoors.

Although not an official government site, HERE's a functioning link to the latest Attestation de Deplacement to be printed out and completed each time. (I took a screen-shot of the smaller attestation further down the page, and printed that off which gave a perfect example). Prior to acheiving this I went to the interieur.gouv.fr site where's there's a link to download the attestation. Try as I may, each time I had an error message that their server was down. If that wasn't bad enough I then went to the official Service-Public.fr site where there's also a link to download the attestation - which I did. Would you Adam&Eve it! It downloaded ok but was.......wait for it......the original, old version. On an official public service site!
Only yesterday I'd printed off half a dozen original attestations (recto/verso to save paper), and one may argue that they're still usable if I add the time of departure. However as they don't show the 2 additional boxes which may need to be checked, perhaps an over-zealous flic may say they are no longer suitable and write me out a 135 euro 'gift voucher'.

dmu

Just back from my weekly "shopping spree". No sign of any gendarmes on the roads, no security guard at the entrance, but everyone with latex gloves and home-made masks or scarves around the face, keeping the proper distance and usually with shopping bags. Those with trolleys had a big pack of loo paper - have they already gone through the pack which they bought 2 weeks ago? I didn't dare ask.....

cyrian

Reported on UK news that BoJo has coronavirus.