As of 2 November, the government had indicated that it would ask prefects to facilitate Sunday opening for businesses affected by the violence. That request is now being applied in Paris for certain arrondissements and certain types of businesses.
This exemption is intended to allow businesses hit by urban violence to recover part of their clientele on a day that is usually closed. It does not change the framework applicable to the rest of the capital or to other sectors.
The measure could be supplemented and extended to new sectors that request it, the prefecture adds. Opening is therefore neither general nor permanent.
These are temporary authorizations for an exemption. The general rule remains Sunday rest.
The prefecture is authorizing Sunday opening for Paris businesses affected by the damage and looting of 17 October. Prefectoral orders are supplementing the economic measures announced at the end of October.
Shopkeepers in eastern Paris describe themselves as the “recurring victims” of gatherings organized in the area. They estimate a loss of turnover of between 20 and 70 percent “since this new cycle of demonstrations.” According to AFP, the Île-de-France prefecture specified that these authorizations follow the violence of 17 and 18 October 2026. They cover the same food retail businesses and department stores in the eleven arrondissements already cited.
These exemptions target food retail businesses and department stores. They cover the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 15th and 20th arrondissements, according to information provided by the prefecture. They describe a “neighborhood on lockdown, inaccessible streets, and businesses deprived of customers.” These findings shed light on the economic stakes of the exemption without extending its scope beyond the orders.