Alcohol: sellers will have to control the age of young people

The government wants to restrict minors’ access to alcohol. “Faced with the worrying increase in massive alcohol consumption among 15-25 year olds, the law to modernize our health system has introduced new provisions aimed at protecting young people against the harmful use of alcohol”, we can read on the website of the Ministry of Health.

From now on, any seller of alcohol must obligatorily require the proof of majority of the customer during the purchase. Until now, this procedure has remained optional: if the seller has doubts about the majority of the customer, then he can demand an identity document. At present, it will therefore be required to do so and risk prosecution in the event of non-application of the new regulations.

New posters

Consequence: the posters recalling the provisions on the prohibition of sale to minors (already compulsory in all drinking establishments) had to be modified to take this new provision into account.

“These posters are mandatory in all drinking establishments, whether they sell to be consumed on the spot or to take away, and whether it is a restaurant, a gas station or a website of online sales ”, states the Directorate General of Health, which provides a link to download the template for the new posters.

In addition, banners recalling the prohibitions on sale to minors “were created specifically for online sales websites which did not previously have a suitable format”, further specifies the DGS.

“Visible”

The display conditions are listed in a stopped published in Official newspaper October 17, 2016. In bars and restaurants, the poster must be “affixed inside the establishment, so as to be immediately visible to customers either near the entrance or near the counter “.

On online sales sites, “the information message (…) is displayed on the home and payment pages. This message cannot be modified, it is fixed and visible. Its content cannot be altered, ”specifies the decree.