The meeting will take place in the Ministry of Culture 12 pm Friday, said the ministry said.
The players in the grocery industry believes the law on Sunday opening of shops is unclear and could be interpreted differently. There has been considerable discussion in recent months about how the rules are drawn up and how they are enforced.
Wednesday Aftenposten wrote that culture minister now wants answers from grocery chains about what happens to the Sunday opening stores.
Refused to sign
Fagforbundet and Commercial Office and the main organization active have jointly developed guidelines to ensure uniform application among chains. The so-called “Sunday poster” was launched on April 21.
Bunnpris, Coop and Norway Group supported the initiative, but great actor Rema is still not included.
Jan Frode Johansen Rema Franchise has spoken to Our Country that they not going to sign the agreement as long as they believe the competitors have Sunday opening stores that go beyond the 100 legitimate square meters.
Barrier tape
In winter Reviewed Rema 120 competing stores to operate in violation of the regulations for Sunday trading, but all the reviews were dismissed.
Rema chose to not take advantage of Brustadbu solution, but began instead a practice of setting up cordons in their shops Sundays so that customers available shop area lay within the legal 100 square meters.
Christian Democratic Party spokesman Geir J. Bekkevold has reacted to the practice, believing it to draw cordons through parts of a retail space offenses.
– We’re going to use cordons on Sundays culture minister gets involved and define what those rules are, said Johansen Our Country earlier in May.
in the wake of the reviews have Rema continued to reveal offenses by measuring the competitors’ shops with clusters and measuring tape.
exceptions in the law
Rema has also submitted a proposal for the Ministry of Culture to study the holy day again and possibly open an exception in law that provides grocery stores chance to stay open on Sunday.
the grocery chain believes the proposal could serve as a compromise, since there appears to be a majority in Parliament that all industries can stay open on Sundays, according to Aftenposten.
State Secretary Bård Folke Fredriksen (H) in the Ministry of Culture has said to the newspaper that they will consider how the matter can be followed up on.
Reacts
Corporate trade union representative Knut Berg Coop Norway challenger culture minister before meeting Friday, newspaper VG reports.
– We have reacted strongly to the Minister of culture not go out and clarifies how the law should be interpreted. There will be many workers in retail trade will be affected if Sunday will be a day of trading, he said.
Secretary Fredriksen (H) told the newspaper that they require and will continue to require compliance with the law.
– it is laid down in law that the maximum size of the outlet will be 100 square meters sales area, says Fredriksen. He also notes that in preparing the legislation determined that a retailer must be an independent storefront with fixed walls and a separate entrance.
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