Question 13713 — commerce and crafts

Summary

Mr. Patrick Hetzel alerts the Minister of the Economy and Finance about the sale sales entitled French Days. These were initiated with the support of the Government, for the first time, the weekend of May 1, 2018 (including a Sunday and Tuesday May 1) and a second time, the last weekend of September 2018. Days of discounted sales, mainly on the internet, but which are taken up by branches and retail giants. distribution in physical stores and disrupt the consumer, the commercial balance and constitute totally unfair competition compared to physical or digital commerce that complies with the legislation in force. Indeed, outside of the sales period, no merchant has the right to sell at a loss in France. But how can we imagine that we could sell products at -70% without this constituting a sale at a loss? Traders, operators in city centers or rural areas, do not have the right to have their employees work on Sundays and especially not on May 1st. It is not enough for the Government to communicate a plan for 222 cities, called “city heart action”, it is also necessary to regulate effectively and allow economic actors in the heart of the city to be able to exercise their profession and meet the costs of their businesses. over time. The resources of digital commerce players are so powerful that they will succeed in imposing these new sales periods if nothing is done by the State. They will cause great damage throughout France but even more particularly in rural areas if measures to regulate this unfair competition against traditional commerce are not taken quickly. He therefore wishes to know what the The Government intends to take action to finally regulate this abnormal drift which, moreover, is linked to an exorbitant asymmetry between the weight and size of the economic actors concerned.

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