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A big day for Germany?


posted on 09. June 2004 at 07:37 AM

The German supreme court (BGH) in Karlsruhe will decide today whether the provisions of the federal Store Opening Act are constitutional or if store opening hours should be regulated by the states. Should the regulation of store opening hours be passed down to the states, it is likely to finally pave way for much more liberal approaches towards opening hours, consequently giving store owners the right to keep their shops open whenever they think it makes economic sense. I would applaud such a decision as I always considered German store opening regulations medieval and a burden to consumers.

Update [10:30 AM]: turns out the BGH ruled against more liberalization. Too bad.

Comments to this weblog entry:

I'll be thinking of you, Heiko, when I pull a bottle of 500 aspirin tablets off the shelf in Kroger grocery store at 3:00 in the morning on a Tuesday while also buying bananas, cereal, and bread.

Then again, you can hoist a bottle of Astra at the Academy in Hans-Albers-Platz at 3:00 in the morning...

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