"The prosecution has taken up the problem of Chinese convenience stores," he said at a correctional hearing Thursday morning.
Several government departments were contacted: Deal, border police and CGSS to carry out checks in businesses in the French part, the objective being to check whether the managers comply with the law, particularly in matters of work.
“Often people do not respect the texts because they ignore them. However, they are honest people who work, ”comments the deputy prosecutor. "We don't want to prevent them from working, we just want them to work according to the rules," he said.
If most manage a business registered in the commercial register as they should, not all declare their activity and do not pay social security contributions. Some on the other hand pay the TGCA, the license fee, the patent and the corporate taxes to the Collectivity. As it is often also a family business, children lend a hand without being declared and without a work permit.
For the prosecution, these activities represent unfair competition. In the French part, more than half of the food distribution is provided by so-called Chinese convenience stores.
Today, six managers of establishments have been implicated and have been summoned before the Criminal Court of Saint-Martin. A couple appeared Thursday morning and five others are summoned in January for a special hearing. (soualigapost.com)
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Concealed work in Saint Martin is a national sport.
When a company or a person is registered with the Collectivity no control is carried out.
The Marigot Market Place on the Sea Front is at the top for hiding activities and the Illegals, the people who work there as employees, are rarely declared …… Controls must also be carried out on this Square which destroys the economy of the island …….
The restaurants are unsanitary and the merchants under their umbrellas are for the most part Not registered with the RCS and do not pay anything to the URSSAF cash registers ……. Housekeeping must also be done on the Seafront.
David