Like a chewing gum under the shoe, the retro-reflective cuff is sticky. This is the bitter discovery made by the FFMC antenna of Seine-et-Marne in two Carrefour supermarkets. Retro-reflective armbands are on sale, with, until the intervention of bikers angry, the mention: “Retro-reflective equipment mandatory at January 1, 2013”, written on the packaging…
Pre-empted by consumers, the FFMC 77 responded by calling on 27 May the store managers by registered letter. Here is an excerpt: “The Minister of the Interior, Manuel, published in the official journal an order on 18 December repealing the order of 3 January 2012 The information disseminated to sell your retro-reflective material devices is therefore wrong. These actions are not only disrespectful to your customers, but also illegal. They could, indeed, be qualified as a deceptive commercial practice, defined and repressed by articles L121-1 and following of the Code of the consumption…
Result
The stores responded on May 28, pledging to conceal the reference to the obsolete bond. The director of the supermarket of Collegian also indicated that he had reassembled the information with their central purchasing to intervene with the supplier.
Eve
This is not the first action carried out by the FFMC 77, since it had already obtained satisfaction in the Crossroads and Villiers about the same problem. It remains to be seen if the 228 Carrefour stores located in France will be in tune… It is up to you to send us the information! Let us hope, too, that the manufacturer of reflective armbands stops trying to distribute a product that has become irrelevant. Otherwise, store managers will use black markers!