Next Sunday, August 8, there will be a trade ban. On this day, only points of contact with their owners will be open, as well as postal points of contact, among others. The stores are sanitary and limit the number of people.
We will wait until August 29 for the next trading Sunday. Moreover, until the end of the year, Sundays on December 12 and December 19 are also expected to be trading.
The act that introduced restrictions on Sunday trading has been in force since March 1, 2018. However, the act provides for a catalog of 32 exemptions. The prohibition does not apply, among others in post offices, pastry shops, ice cream parlors, liquid fuel stations, flower shops, newspaper shops or coffee shops.
It is possible, however, that soon there will be changes to the regulations that will concern the above-mentioned exceptions.
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Sunday trading ban – draft changes
Last week, on the website of the Sejm a bill was published to amend the act on restricting trade on Sundays and public holidays and on certain other days. The draft was prepared by a group of Law and Justice MPs, the applicants’ representative is MP Janusz Śniadek.
One of the proposed changes consists in stipulating that the exemption from the trade ban may be used by postal points of contact, the main activity of which consists in the provision of postal services, and not – as it results from the currently applicable law – all postal points of contact.
In addition, PiS MPs also want to oblige retail outlets that want to benefit from exemptions from the Sunday trading ban to keep monthly records showing the revenues from this predominant activity and what from the rest. “This record of income is to enable labor inspectors to check whether a given facility meets the criteria set out in the act,” we read.
It was proposed that the changes to the Sunday trading ban would enter into force 14 days after the date of announcement. For now – as we read on the Sejm websites – the draft has been submitted to the opinion of the Legislative Bureau of the Chancellery of the Sejm and the Sejm Analysis Bureau of the Chancellery of the Sejm.
Tightening in stores
Masks covering the mouth and nose must be worn at all open retail outlets. Stores are required to provide customers with disposable gloves and hand disinfectants when shopping. In retail outlets, there is also a limit of people – 1 person per 10 sq m.
PAP
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