Article R3353-1 of the French Public Health Code
November 4, 2023
Being in a state of obvious intoxication in the places mentioned in article L. 3341-1 is punishable by a 2nd class fine.
Being in a state of obvious intoxication in the places mentioned in article L. 3341-1 is punishable by a 2nd class fine.
Licensors who give drinks to people who are obviously drunk or receive them in their establishments are punished by a 4th class fine.
Failure to comply with the provisions of article L. 3341-4 and its implementing regulations is punishable under the conditions set out in article R. 234-7 of the Highway Code.
The retail sale, on credit, either by the glass or in bottles, of drinks from the third, fourth and fifth groups by an on-trade or off-trade operator is punishable by a 4th class fine.
Selling alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises or to take away in breach of the prohibitions or obligations laid down by decree is punishable by a fourth-class fine.
I.- The following offences are punishable by a fine of the second class for a drinks outlet: 1° Failing to place the sign provided for in article L. 3342-4 in the place indicated; 2° Affixing posters of a model other than that defined in the same article. II – The same penalty applies to the destruction, tearing up or alteration of the sign mentioned in 1° of I.
If a public housekeeper admits minors under the age of sixteen to his establishment unaccompanied by their father, mother, guardian or any person over the age of eighteen who is responsible for or supervises them, he will be liable to a 4th class fine.
In the cases provided for in this section, the accused may prove that he was misled as to the age of the minor or the status or age of the person accompanying him. If he proves this, no penalty shall apply.
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