Sub-paragraph 1: Exemptions granted by the Prefect.

Where it is established that the simultaneous rest on Sunday of all the employees of an establishment would be prejudicial to the public or would compromise the normal operation of that establishment, rest may be authorised by the Prefect, either throughout the year or at certain times of the year only, in one of the following ways: 1° On a day other than Sunday for all employees of the establishment;…

The authorisations provided for in article L. 3132-20 are granted for a period that may not exceed three years, after obtaining the opinion of the town council and, where applicable, of the deliberative body of the public inter-communal cooperation body with its own tax authority of which the municipality is a member, of the chamber of commerce and industry, of the chamber of trades and crafts, and of the professional…

The provisions of article L. 3132-20 do not apply to clerks, office clerks and court clerks in ministerial offices.

The authorisation granted to an establishment by the Prefect may be extended to several or all establishments in the same locality carrying on the same activity and serving the same clientele, although a fraction of an establishment may under no circumstances be treated as an establishment. These extension authorisations are all withdrawn when, in the locality, the majority of the establishments concerned so request.