Sunday Closing In Hungary Gets Stricter

  • 18 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
Sunday Closing In Hungary Gets Stricter
Parliament yesterday approved an amendment to the Sunday closing law, ordering retail units at petrol stations to remain closed if they themselves do not sell fuel. The modification specially targets Spar that had opened express units at OMV filling stations, trying to utilise the exception given to filling stations Népszabadság underlines.

In addition, chains that conduct both retail and wholesale activities will have to stay closed as well.

This modification will hit the cash and carry chain Metro, the newspaper notes.

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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