<P> In Denmark the closing laws restricting retail trade on Sundays have been abolished with effect from October 1, 2012 . From then on retail trade is only restricted on public holidays (New Years Day, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday, Day of Prayer, Ascension Day, Whit Sunday, Whit Monday, Christmas Day and Boxing Day) and on Constitution Day, Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve (on New Year's Eve from 3 pm only). On these days almost all shops will remain closed . Exempt are bakeries, DIYs, garden centres, gas stations and smaller supermarkets . </P> <P> Prior to 1994, trading laws forbade sale of certain products on a Sunday; the distinction between those that could and could not be sold was increasingly seen as arbitrary, and the laws were inadequately enforced and widely flouted . For example, some supermarkets would treat the relatively modest fines arising as a business cost and open nonetheless . </P> <P> The Sunday Trading Act 1994 relaxed restrictions on Sunday trading . This produced vocal opposition from bodies such as the Keep Sunday Special campaign, and the Lord's Day Observance Society: on religious grounds, on the grounds that it would increase consumerism, and that it would reduce shop assistants' weekend leisure time . </P> <P> The legislation permits large shops (those with a relevant floor area in excess of 280 square metres) to open for up to six hours on Sunday between the hours of 10 am and 6 pm . Small shops, those with an area of below 280 square metres, are free to set their own Sunday trading times . Some large shops, such as off - licences, service stations and garages, are exempt from the restrictions . </P>

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