This may have already been posted elsewhere on the site, but just in case …
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I posted this earlier today (and in French from the French Government last week).
What would be more useful is some sort of guide as to how to get it and make use of it.
I have tried it but it seems a bit of a faf as all elements need completing each time.
Previously I have completed the old version with name, address, DOB, place signed then printed a batch of them - I then just tick relevant box sign date & time.
Call me suspicious, but doesn’t this ensure that people are carrying their phones and having inputted data become easier to track?
Likewise, printed a load off and shall keep using. Not too keen on the smartphone idea, probably some tracking element built in, not that I’ve got anything much to hide - honest…
The smartphone system will suit some people, including those who don’t have a printer or don’t like wasting paper, while those who want to can continue using paper. It seems that the French government are trying to make it as easy as possible for everyone. In fact you don’t have to use a smartphone at all, you can use a tablet or laptop instead.
And take your laptop for a walk? I have shrunk down the attestation so I can get 4 on a page, that’s 8 per piece of paper. Otherwise if you don’t want to waste paper you can hand write on any old scrap. I find that convenient and easy.
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I was just pointing out the facts. You are free to use paper but don’t criticise the system that suits others. This is a cup half full situation, it allows a lot of freedom. No need for unnecessary criticism.
Voicing a concern isn’t a criticism - unless one happens to be in a dictatorship. I believe we are still allowed to have opinions.
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Forum:
a meeting or medium where ideas and views on a particular issue can be exchanged.
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Argh can’t we all just agree to disagree? There’s so much else to have conversations about 
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Thank you Véro. I was only posting it for the information of ayone who might be interested but I was just beginning to think to myself “Why didn’t I keep my big mouth shut?”
Take care everybody and try not to let the virus get the better of you. Life is too important!
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Excellent suggestion, let’s not voice any more opinions.
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Explanation (in English) how to use the app
Translated from the Lettre Service Publique issued by the French Government.
We just download the form, type in all the info about name etc. in Word or a PDF editor (and the essential stuff like where were you born? Why does this crop up on every French government form) and all the other routine things, then print off a dozen or so - that way you only need to put in the purpose of journey, date and time, etc.
Nevertheless, this seems far preferable to the current, far too vague UK regulations whose limitations and inadequacies seem to be justified by the mentality that, ‘the British people would never accept such restrictions of their liberty, but of course this seems quite acceptable to Johnny foreigner’.
One can also insert the phrase, ‘spirit of the Blitz’ anywhere you like in the above.
Ironically, I’ve not seen anything in the UK press (not even The Grauniad) about how much easier it would have been to enforce a UK lock-down if Parliament had voted for ID cards. I also think that if that had happened a lot of the xenophobia that drove Brexit would have been forestalled.
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yes of course… but it’s such a waste of paper… and another thing to remember. i always have my phone with me - plus it has my id on it!
the gendarme was really grumpy - in the middle of no-where - and also said i couldn’t take the dogs with me in the car! - I was going to the shop and for a walk… all within the regs… he was just having a bad day i guess.
thanks graham - i think i’m using it properly… i have an old i phone… i can’t find the file it generates - that’s the problem - i think it’s a bug ( i HOPE it is - i might be able to contest the fine!)
@Teresa_Ewart I haven’t tried it myself but I think that the pdf is intended to be left open in the browser (Safari?) used on the phone to generate it and you select that tab. Voila! the pdf with all its info including QR code (which can be scanned by the Gendarme) is displayed. Close the browser and the pdf goes with it. A new one has to be generated for each sortie…