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Amazon extends suspension of activities in France until May 5

2020-04-27T20:29:24.937Z


Wishing to avoid costly penalties, the American giant extended the suspension of the activity of its distribution centers. He points


The American logistics giant Amazon announced Monday that it was extending the suspension of the activity of its distribution centers in France until May 5, after a court decision requiring it to assess the risks linked to the epidemic. from Covid-19. "Amazon employees will be asked to stay at home until May 5 inclusive - they will receive their full salary," the group said in a statement.

Amazon's distribution centers have been closed since April 16. The Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine) court had ordered the e-merchant on April 14 to limit themselves to the marketing of "essential products" (food, hygiene or medical) as long as the health risks of the activity in the warehouses will not have been assessed, under penalty of a fine of 1 million euros per day and for any violation found.

The Court of Appeal established a list of products

The Versailles Court of Appeal confirmed on Friday the order of the court of Nanterre supported by the unions. The court clarified and expanded the list of products that Amazon can continue to deliver pending this assessment and set a penalty of 100,000 euros per offense. The giant of online commerce must, in her view, stick to high-tech, IT, office and health products, body care, nutrition, parapharmacy, as well as to groceries, drinks and cleaning products and products for animals.

"A tiny rate of accidental treatment of unauthorized products, of the order of 0.1%, could result in a penalty of more than a billion euros per week", deplores Amazon in its press release, taking up the arguments used to justify the first closure of its distribution centers until Tuesday.

"This means that we anticipate temporarily suspending the activity of our French distribution centers until May 5, while we continue to assess the best way to operate in light of the decision of the court of appeal" , he adds.

Products stored abroad available

Customers "can still order millions of products from independent companies that sell on Amazon and through our global logistics network," he said.

The company, whose warehouses had been running full since the implementation of containment on March 17, had been the subject of six notices from the labor inspectorate and all of its French sites were inspected. It focuses attention through its key role in online commerce (36% market share in France) and its management of employees often considered "dehumanized".

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"Our distribution centers in France and around the world are safe," maintains Amazon. The court decision "reinforces our idea that the main issue is not so much security, as the will of certain trade union organizations to take advantage of a complex consultation process with social and economic committees", argues the group, which claims to have "involved social and economic committees" in order to agree on security measures on the sites.

Source: leparis

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