Persons selling drinks for consumption on the premises under the guise of associations are subject to the administrative regulations governing public houses under the conditions set out in article 1655 of the General Tax Code.
Unemancipated minors and adults under guardianship may not themselves practise the profession of public housekeeper.
The following may not operate on-trade drinks outlets: 1° Persons convicted of a common crime or one of the offences listed in articles 225-5, 225-6, 225-7 and 225-10 of the Criminal Code; 2° Those who have been sentenced to at least one month’s imprisonment for theft, fraud, breach of trust, receiving stolen goods, skulduggery, receiving stolen goods, public indecency, running a gambling house, taking illegal bets on horse races, selling…
When the same convictions are handed down against an on-trade operator, they automatically entail a ban on operating an outlet for the same period, from the day on which the said convictions become final. This owner may not be employed, in any capacity whatsoever, in the establishment that he was operating, or in the service of the person to whom he sold or leased the said establishment, or by whom…
It is forbidden to employ or assign minors on work experience to bar service in on-trade pubs, with the exception of the owner’s spouse and parents or relatives up to and including the fourth degree. In licensed public houses, this prohibition does not apply to minors over the age of sixteen who are the beneficiaries of a training course including one or more periods spent in a company enabling them…
Any person found to be intoxicated in public places shall, as a police measure, be taken at his own expense by officers of the national police force, members of the national gendarmerie, municipal police officers or rural wardens, after having undergone a medical examination, carried out within or outside the municipality, certifying that the person’s state of health does not preclude it, to the nearest national police or gendarmerie station…
When the person’s detention in a security room is terminated, if the conditions for this measure set out in the Code of Criminal Procedure are met, he or she need not be placed in police custody, as long as he or she is not required to remain at the disposal of the investigators and has been informed of his or her rights as set out in article 61-1 of the…
The posters are marked on the outside and made available to publicans.
In pubs that close between 2am and 7am, one or more alcohol screening devices must be made available to the public. In takeaway outlets, these devices are offered for sale close to the alcoholic beverage displays. The terms and conditions for the application of this article, in particular with regard to the period of availability, the number of devices and their technical characteristics, are laid down by joint order of…
The sale of alcoholic beverages to minors is prohibited. It is also forbidden to offer such drinks free of charge to minors in public houses, shops or other public places. The person offering the drink must require the customer to prove that he or she has reached the age of majority. It is also forbidden to offer a minor, whether free of charge or in return for payment, any object…
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