Limitations on store operating hours on holidays to be debated in Sejm

Poland's lower house decided yesterday by a vote of 191 to 190 to send back to a Sejm working committee a bill concerning changes to the Labor Code which would give only shops selling food, non-alcoholic beverages, household goods and flowers the right to operate on Sundays and holidays. Experts point out that the legislation, if passed in its current form, would have serious implications for Poland's burgeoning hypermarkets and shopping malls, many of which at present remain open 24 hours around the clock, seven days a week. AWS deputies and the Polish Peasants Party (PSL) support the proposal, while the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) and Freedom Union (UW) groupings are said to oppose the measure. (Zycie, p.5) A.D.