The traders' federations offer solutions to reopen businesses and prevent them from filing for bankruptcy.

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In the event of reconfinement, shops must remain open for economic reasons but also because traders are "morally extremely affected", pleaded CCI France, the national organization of Chambers of Commerce and Industry, on Monday.

“We have traders who are responsible and pay attention to all health protocols, who have implemented all the successive measures.

We want businesses to remain open ”if a reconfinement is decided in the short term by the government, said on BFM Business Pierre Goguet, president of CCI France.

"If you put confinement there, you kill the sales"

"It is absolutely necessary that we can have an economic activity which continues", he affirmed, adding: "if you put a containment there, you kill the sales, one of the only valves" for the traders who have the possibility of "selling their stocks" - while the sales must continue until February 16.

Pierre Goguet also highlighted the fact that traders "are morally, after these successive layers of constraints, extremely affected, and in danger".

He also asked the government to "reactivate certain derogatory measures", in particular to authorize "click and collect" from restaurants which can no longer offer this service due to the 6 pm curfew.

A specific recovery plan for ski resorts called for

According to data from CCIs from regions where this curfew has been imposed in advance, such as Nice or Aix-Marseille, "the average drop in turnover" for businesses "is about 25%", and the "" click and collect "fell by more than 50%", detailed the president of CCI France.

Regarding ski resorts and the mountain economy in general, Pierre Goguet also asked for "a specific recovery plan", while the ski lifts are still at a standstill.

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