In Fresnay-sur-Sarthe, the mayor authorizes the opening of small shops

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• Mayor Fabienne Labrette-Ménager (LR) has issued a decree “authorizing non-food businesses to remain open” during confinement.

• She finds it unfair that this type of product can still be sold by supermarkets.

They have been given permission to roll up their curtains.

This Friday, while confinement has forced the majority of businesses in France to close their doors, some shops in the small town of Fresnay-sur-Sarthe may escape the rule.

This morning, the mayor Fabienne Labrette-Ménager (LR) has indeed taken a decree "authorizing non-food businesses to remain open from October 30, 2020 at 8 am and this until equal treatment is restored. .

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Denouncing an "unfair practice", she justifies her decision by the fact "that the non-food shelves of supermarkets and hypermarkets are not closed during the confinement period.

Considering that this closure results in a breach of equal treatment between supermarkets and hypermarkets and small non-food businesses.

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The Mayor of Fresnay-sur-Sarthe, Fabienne Labrette-Ménager, also authorizes "non-food" businesses by decree to remain open, for the same reasons, because supermarkets and hypermarkets continue to freely sell "non-food" products.

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"Distortion of competition"

Reached by phone, the councilor explains to

 : “I have two clothing stores, a shoe store, a jeweler, a florist… They are told to close while they are selling products that can be found in Super U, right next door, which remains open to him!

It is an injustice, especially as the Christmas holidays approach.

I will therefore maintain my decree as long as equality is not restored: either the supermarkets no longer have the right to sell these non-food products, or everyone reopens.

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A decision widely welcomed on the Facebook page of this town of 2,000 inhabitants, where the order was published.

Some Internet users also report that a similar decision was taken in Yonne, by the mayor of the town of Migennes.

Fabienne Labrette-Ménager, she confides to having received dozens of phone calls from all over France since this morning.

Still, the prefecture of Sarthe should not be so enthusiastic ... Contacted, it has not yet responded to requests for

"The prefect can call it back to me but he will have to find arguments," said the mayor.

I took the advice of a lawyer, and I can assure you that there is indeed a distortion of competition here.

According to her, all the shops in her town will be open again from Saturday morning.

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