11:09 am, March 16, 2020
The government specified in a decree published Monday in the Official Journal the businesses that had the right to remain open, as part of the containment measures decided against the coronavirus.
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Prime Minister Edouard Philipe on Saturday evening ordered the closure of “non-essential” places due to the coronavirus epidemic, including restaurants and bars, but a blur remained on the businesses authorized to open. The Prime Minister had mentioned Saturday food shops, pharmacies, banks, tobacco shops and gas stations. A decree published Monday in the Official Journal clarifies the question.
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Supermarkets, food stores, pharmacies, newsagents, funeral directors or banks are among the businesses that may open. In addition, there are automobile and two-wheeled equipment dealers, farmers’ suppliers and their equipment manufacturers, computer and telephone salesmen and repairers. Laundries and funeral services are also open.
On another level, places of worship, such as churches, will remain open but cannot accommodate more than 20 people, except in the event of burials for which no limit is given.
Here’s the full list:
- Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles, vehicles, agricultural machinery and equipment
- Trade in automotive equipment
- Trade and repair of motorcycles and cycles
- Supplies needed by farms
- Retail sale of frozen products
- General food store
- Mini-markets
- Supermarkets
- Multi-store stores
- Hypermarkets
- Retail sale of fruit and vegetables in specialized stores
- Retail sale of meat and meat products in specialized stores
- Retail sale of fish, crustaceans and molluscs in specialized stores
- Retail sale of bread, pastry and confectionery in specialized stores
- Retail sale of beverages in specialized stores
- Other food retailing in specialized stores
- Food distributions provided by charities
- Retail sale of fuels in specialized stores
- Retail sale of information and communication equipment in specialized stores
- Retail sale of computers, peripheral units and software in specialized stores
- Retail sale of telecommunications equipment in specialized stores
- Retail sale of construction materials, hardware, paints and glass in specialized stores
- Retail sale of newspapers and stationery in specialized stores
- Retail sale of pharmaceutical products in specialized stores
- Retail sale of medical and orthopedic articles in specialized stores
- Retail sale of pet food and supplies
- Food retail on stalls and markets
- Sale by vending machines and other retail businesses not in stores, stalls or markets nec
- Hotels and similar accommodation
- Tourist accommodation and other short-term accommodation when it constitutes a regular domicile for the persons living there
- Campgrounds and parks for caravans or recreational vehicles when they constitute a regular domicile for the persons who live there
- Rental and leasing of other machinery, equipment and goods
- Rental and leasing of agricultural machinery and equipment
- Rental and leasing of construction machinery and equipment
- Activities of labor placement agencies
- Activities of temporary employment agencies
- Repair of computers and personal and household goods
- Repair of computers and communication equipment
- Repair of computers and peripheral equipment
- Repair of communication equipment
- Laundry-dyer
- Wholesale laundry-dry cleaners
- Retail laundry-dry cleaners
- Funeral services
- Financial and insurance activities
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