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| Does France face a 'baguette crisis' now that a new law has scrapped restrictions on bakers' summer holidays? | Does France face a 'baguette crisis' now that a new law has scrapped restrictions on bakers' summer holidays? |
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| Parisian bakers have been given the right to take holiday whenever they choose, meaning the French may have to look a little further for their daily bread this summer. | Parisian bakers have been given the right to take holiday whenever they choose, meaning the French may have to look a little further for their daily bread this summer. |
| A change in the law, which had historically regulated time-off at the capital's boulangeries, has meant French bakers can now take holiday for as long as they want in July and August. | A change in the law, which had historically regulated time-off at the capital's boulangeries, has meant French bakers can now take holiday for as long as they want in July and August. |
| So will Parisians be left to eat cake? | So will Parisians be left to eat cake? |
| In fact it is unlikely that fears of a baguette shortage this summer will be realised, not least as the capital's supermarkets will remain open. | |
| The new rules feature among economic reforms introduced by Emmanuel Macron, the economy minister and a former investment banker. | |
| Mr Macron's changes are part of efforts to cut red tape. | Mr Macron's changes are part of efforts to cut red tape. |
| It marks a change to an old law, dating back to the time of the French Revolution, that had required bakers to register any closures with local officials. | It marks a change to an old law, dating back to the time of the French Revolution, that had required bakers to register any closures with local officials. |
| The law also required bakers to place notices in the windows of their shops telling customers where the nearest open bakery was located. | The law also required bakers to place notices in the windows of their shops telling customers where the nearest open bakery was located. |
| The rules were intended to ensure that each district in Paris always had a working patisserie. | The rules were intended to ensure that each district in Paris always had a working patisserie. |
| Failure to comply led to a fine, albeit reportedly only a minor one of between €11 and €33 (£11-24). |