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France Reconsiders Sunday Sales Ban
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The Washington Post
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October 13, 1993
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Copyright informationCopyright 1993 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post. (Hide copyright information)
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Practically every Sunday for the past three years, Gerard Filoche,
a dogged, 47-year-old inspector from the Ministry of Labor, has made
life miserable for the merchants of Paris's central Marais district.
Stores there are open for business as usual on Sunday - in
violation of French law.
In three years Filoche has handed out about 300 fines to 40
stores, enough to earn him a reputation as one of the government's
most ferocious crusaders.
"I'm just doing my job as a civil servant," Filoche said of his
enforcement of the 1906 law that bars French businesses from
employing workers on Sunday.
Filoche said the law serves "a social function ... It's good for
society to have a common day of ...
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