According to the Paris City Hall, of the 600 to be moved, 100 used booksellers’ boxes are “in poor condition.”

The antique dealers, who particularly highlight the fragility of these boxes in their refusal to release the quays of the Seine, believe that many of their colleagues cannot survive the weeks of inactivity caused by the dismantling, restoration and reassembly of their tools. Work.

The “preparatory document” There is talk of a box withdrawal from the town hall “at night, to limit inconvenience, between July 13th and 18th”, more than a week before the opening ceremony on the Seine on July 26th. The boxes need to be reinstalled.from August 3rd” and in “a period of five days”, like disassembly, fine “To minimize operating losses as much as possible,” asks the town hall. A calendar contacted by – by Jérôme Callais, president of the Cultural Association of Booksellers of Paris, judges “unrealistic”. “We will still be there during the games” which end on August 11th, he emphasizes and fears a “at least long months of inactivity without compensation.”

“Places where weapons can be hidden”

The tender to find a service provider who is able to do this “deposit”, “protect”, “transport”, “stocker” et “relax” According to the specifications, the boxes will be brought to market after a planned test “shortly”, the town hall points out to -. Jérôme Callais fears that this test will be carried out “under the best conditions, as soon as possible after the problems have been ruled out” to receive the “Blessing of the Prefect”.

In a letter sent to used book dealers on July 25, the police department said that nearly 600 of the 900 “Green Wagon” boxes of used books and other curios attached to the parapet would have to be dismantled and temporarily transported for safety reasons. These boxes are “Places where weapons or, even worse, explosives can be hidden”argued Prefect Laurent Nunez at the last Paris Council.