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 to acquire a vocational qualification attested by a diploma or a qualification for vocational purposes obtained under the conditions provided for in Article L. 335-5 of the Education Code and registered in accordance with article L. 6113-5 of the Labour Code.
Authorisation is granted, refused, not renewed or withdrawn under conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.