Part Three: Combating disease and addiction

A 3rd category on-trade public house may not be opened in municipalities where the total number of establishments of this type and 4th category establishments reaches or exceeds the proportion of one public house per 450 inhabitants, or fraction thereof. The population taken as the basis for this estimate is the total municipal population, excluding the population counted separately, as obtained from the most recent census. For tourist municipalities within…

Any person declaring the opening, transfer or relocation of a third or fourth category on-trade drinks outlet or any person declaring an establishment with a “petite licence restaurant” or “licence restaurant” must undergo specific training on the rights and obligations associated with operating a drinks outlet or an establishment with a “petite licence restaurant” or “licence restaurant”. All persons referred to in article L. 3331-4 must undergo specific training on…

The opening of a new 4th category establishment is prohibited except in cases covered by article L. 3334-1.

Any person wishing to open a café, cabaret or on-trade public house and sell alcohol there must make a written declaration at least fifteen days in advance, stating : 1° Surname, first names, place of birth, occupation and place of residence; 2° The location of the outlet; 3° the capacity in which the premises are to be managed and the surname, forenames, profession and address of the owner, if any;…

A change in the person of the owner or manager of a café or public house selling alcohol for consumption on the premises must be declared in writing at least fifteen days in advance, in the same way as for the opening of a new public house. However, in the case of a transfer by death, the declaration is validly made within one month of the death. This declaration is…

Any person wishing to open a public house mentioned in articles L. 3331-2 or L. 3331-3 must make a declaration under the conditions set out in the first to seventh paragraphs of article L. 3332-3, which is sent to the State representative in the department in accordance with the last paragraph of the same article. The services of the Préfecture de Police or the Town Hall will immediately issue a…