Fyi in late October France discontinued the Passe Sanitaire online application for most foreigners …… they were inundated and it takes time and resources to process the applications. Yes, on SXM our Vac cards should suffice if asked. For actual travel in FRANCE foreigners (non EU since they mostly reciprocate recognition of anyEU digital pass) are being told to go to certain pharmacies and pay about E36 to convert their card proof to the french digital passe. I had noticed that Switzerland had started requiring payment for their digital Pass earlier in October and was not surprised to see another shoe drop and other countries charge too.
We spent 3 weeks driving around France in September, and had applied and received the digital Passe before our arrival. 95 % of restaurants, etc, even for OUTSIDE dining asked to see the Passe (there were always signs by the outdoor hostess stations to be ready to show your pass for scanning). Yes they always scanned the QR code which I think is for contact tracing purposes. CDC cards accepted too but they cant scan those.
We will arrive back on St Maarten on 11/26 for 8 days at SBBR. 😎