Chapter II: Drinks outlets

Establishing a public house at a fair, sale or celebration open to the public without having obtained authorisation from the municipal authorities is punishable by a 4th class fine.

Establishing a 3rd or 4th category on-trade premises without respecting the distances determined by prefectoral decree from existing premises in the same categories is punishable by a 5th class fine. A repeat offence under this article is punishable in accordance with article 132-11 of the Criminal Code.

As stated in Article R. 4743-7 of the French Labour Code, reproduced below: “Art. R. 4743-7 – Any operator of an on-trade public house who, without having obtained the authorisation provided for in article R. 4153-8, employs or trains minors, with the exception of the owner’s spouse or his or her parents or relatives up to and including the fourth degree, is liable to a fifth-class fine. Repeated offences are…