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Re:French court upholds order limiting Amazon deliveries ami... by alibert on Saturday April 25, 2020 @09:10AM (#22977816)
They extended the closure until Tuesday.

But I believe the general public doesn't really notice it because orders are still being taken and delivered via, I suppose, distribution centers outside France.

Friend ordered multiple things last Saturday (supposed to be closed) and he received some packages the next Thursday and today too (Saturday).

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Re:French court upholds order limiting Amazon deliveries ami... by curiousgal on Saturday April 25, 2020 @11:52AM (#22978983)
Yup, everything is normal, some prices are even cheaper than normal since they're being filled by centers in the Netherlands/UK. All of my orders arrived within 3 days even though the estimates were longer.
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Re:French court upholds order limiting Amazon deliveries ami... by downerending on Saturday April 25, 2020 @02:20PM (#22980043)
It seems rather odd that the order would not apply to things delivered from outside the country.

Is this a general way to avoid regulations? (i.e., France only receives from Netherlands, and Netherlands only receives from France)

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Re:French court upholds order limiting Amazon deliveries ami... by touktouk on Sunday April 26, 2020 @07:59AM (#22986493)
How is that odd? The issue was the safety of its French employees, and therefore the order from the French court relates to the Amazon facilities in France.
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Re:French court upholds order limiting Amazon deliveries ami... by downerending on Sunday April 26, 2020 @06:42PM (#22990953)
It seems odd because of the moral hazard. Basically, the court is saying, "Treat your employees as you will, just make sure they're not French.".

Is this really any less of a problem if French deliveries are packed by abused Belgian peons?

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Re:French court upholds order limiting Amazon deliveries ami... by touktouk on Monday April 27, 2020 @05:10AM (#22994212)
No, but unless the French decide that they can force others countries to follow their laws, the only choice is between [French protection laws applied in France; French protection laws not applied abroad] and [French protection laws not applied in France; French protection laws not applied abroad].
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