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Kaufhof fails in Berlin with a lawsuit against the 2G rule

2021-12-23T14:13:52.013Z


Kaufhof fails in Berlin with a lawsuit against the 2G rule Created: 12/23/2021, 3:01 PM Customers of a Galeria branch are checked at the entrance of the branch according to the new 2G rule. © Arne Dedert / dpa / symbol image The department store chain Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof failed in Berlin with its urgent application against the 2G rules before the administrative court. The court announced o


Kaufhof fails in Berlin with a lawsuit against the 2G rule

Created: 12/23/2021, 3:01 PM

Customers of a Galeria branch are checked at the entrance of the branch according to the new 2G rule.

© Arne Dedert / dpa / symbol image

The department store chain Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof failed in Berlin with its urgent application against the 2G rules before the administrative court.

The court announced on Thursday that the regulations with which the continued high number of infections, primarily unvaccinated people, and the increasing incidence of the highly contagious virus variant Omikron are reacted to, are proportionate.

Berlin - You served a legitimate goal by protecting against the spread of the coronavirus.

These access rules will remain in effect for the time being after the urgent decision.

According to the Berlin Corona Regulation, department stores, among other things, are currently only allowed to open under the 2G condition.

That means, visitors either have to be vaccinated or have recovered, the whole thing has to be checked by the shops.

According to the court, the chain saw the regulations essentially as a "disproportionate interference with the freedom of occupation".

Furthermore, she alleged a violation of the principle of equal treatment.

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The court pointed out that the infection rate should be slowed down and at the same time the burden on the health system as a whole should be reduced.

The 2G condition is therefore suitable for promoting this goal because it reduces the risk of infection that also exists in retail.

There are currently no milder funds available.

In addition, the restriction only affects a minority of the population living in Berlin.

An appeal against the decision is possible at the Higher Administrative Court of Berlin-Brandenburg.

A corresponding urgent application in Hamburg had also failed.

In Lower Saxony, however, a court provisionally overturned after a lawsuit by the department store chain Woolworth 2G in the retail sector.

The applications refer to the respective state regulations.

dpa

Source: merkur

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