Apple Store in France by the End of 2006?

While being interviewed for a local newspaper "Presse Océan", Pascal Cagni has indicated that a physical Apple Store might open in France before the end of this year. If a suitable location is still being investigated on the prestigious avenue "Champs-Elysées", such store could not be opened before 2007.
So Apple must have things almost ready and especially another location.
It might well be something similar to what happened in UK (as some rumors mentioned it already): In London, there is an AppleStore, and next floor, the location of Apple Europe.
Indeed, Pascal Cagni had already announced previously that Apple France will move from its current location "Les Ulis" in Parisian suburbs, to a more central location "in the heart" of Paris.