Sunday-shopping law overturned

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The Croatian Constitutional Court unanimously declared the law banning Sunday shopping unconstitutional.
The ruling stated that: "The Sunday shopping ban has no legal justification and is unnecessary in a democratic society. It does not protect people who work on Sundays in shops to which the law does not apply."
The Court added the law banning Sunday shopping limited businessmen's rights and diminished competition because it provided for too many exceptions. For example, the law allowed bakeries, news stands and small shops at petrol stations and railway stations to remain open for business on Sundays.
The law went into effect on 1 January 2009.
Croatian shopping malls, marts and supermarkets filed suit against the new law in January. They claimed it violated the principle of market freedom and was unconstitutional.

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