Amazon has given protective masks and gloves to workers | Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images French court limits Amazon deliveries to essential items amid coronavirus risk Court found company had ‘disregarded its obligation of safety and prevention of health [risks] towards its employees.’

A French court ordered Amazon to restrict its business to essential items such as food and medical supplies until a risk assessment of the company's health and safety measures has been carried out.

The court in Nanterre found that Amazon had “disregarded its obligation of safety and prevention of health [risks] towards its employees," according to a judgment seen by AFP. The restriction will come into effect "within 24 hours."

The case was taken to court by trade union Sud Solidaires, which demanded the closure of Amazon's six distribution centers in France.

Last week, major French union CFDT called on Amazon workers to strike due to health and safety concerns. The call to strike came after France's labor ministry sent the company several formal letters urging it to take more stringent safety measures.

Amazon has given protective masks and gloves to workers, and started taking employees' temperatures before shifts. The company already restricts the sale of non-essential goods by not allowing third-party vendors from sending items to its warehouses (although it plans to relax that rule later this week).

Amazon did not immediately respond to POLITICO's request for comment.