Your next races will be sadder after Wednesday – ROMUALD MEIGNEUX / SIPA
If you did not have time this Monday to throw yourself into the stores to buy the latest cosmetics or the too cute little houseplant for this month of confinement (minimum), know that you have a day off. . Indeed, there will be a “tolerance until Wednesday” for supermarkets to close the shelves of non-essential products, said Monday the Ministry of the Economy, the day after the announcement by the government of this closure to from Tuesday.
The decree defining essential products “will be published tomorrow (Tuesday) morning, so there is a tolerance until Wednesday,” Bercy explained in a message to the press. The Minister of Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire, received this Monday at 4 p.m. the representatives of the players in large and medium-sized stores.
Points every 15 days
A decree must specify Tuesday morning what exactly are the products that cannot be sold by mass distribution. Sunday evening, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced on TF1 that in the name of “equity” and health security, the government had decided to close non-essential shelves in supermarkets, rather than allowing small ones. shops to reopen.
He had specified that a point would be made “in 15 days and then, above all, at the deadline of December 1 set as the end of this confinement”. The sling had amplified in recent days among small traders, forced to close during confinement, while supermarkets can remain open.
Equity as a principle
On Friday evening, the government had already announced that the book and culture departments of supermarkets and specialized food stores would “temporarily close” with immediate effect, out of “concern for fairness between supermarkets and independent bookstores” which are not authorized to open. during confinement.
Just before this announcement on Friday, the Fnac-Darty group – whose stores remain open – also announced that it would close its culture departments for the next 15 days, “for the sake of responsibility”.
