Youth protection
Excerpt from the Youth Protection Act
§ 9 Alcoholic beverages
- In restaurants, retail outlets or elsewhere in public, 1. spirits, beverages containing spirits or food products containing more than a negligible amount of spirits may not be sold to children and young people, 2. other alcoholic beverages may not be sold to children and young people under the age of 16, nor may they be permitted to consume them.
- Paragraph 1 no. 2 does not apply if young people are accompanied by a person with parental authority.
- In public, alcoholic beverages may not be offered in vending machines. This does not apply if a vending machine 1. is located in a place inaccessible to children and young people or 2. is located in a commercially used space and it is ensured through technical devices or constant supervision that children and young people cannot remove alcoholic beverages. § 20 no. 1 of the Restaurant Act remains unaffected.
- Alcoholic alcopops as defined in § 1 paragraphs 2 and 3 of the Alcopop Tax Act may only be placed on the market commercially with the notice "Sale to persons under 18 years prohibited, § 9 Youth Protection Act". This notice must be in the same font, size and colour as the brand or fancy name or, if these are absent, the sales description, and must be placed on the front label of bottles.