To operate a catering establishment, you need an alcohol law license. The permit is required for every establishment. An establishment is a premises in which the catering business is carried out, with the accompanying terraces insofar as those terraces are intended for providing alcoholic beverages for use on the premises as premises are not part of another enclosed space. 

Permit Application

The permit can be applied for by using a form or an online form.

 

The law establishes a number of requirements for granting an alcohol law license:​

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• The manager of the catering establishment has reached the age of twenty-one (21) years, is not of bad character and is not under guardianship;

• Regulations have been established to ensure that the dispensing of alcoholic beverages is done in a responsible manner from the point of view of social hygiene;

• The catering establishment has at least one premises with a floor area of at least 35 m2.

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Permit refusal

There are a number of grounds on which the permit may be denied:

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1. If the above requirements are not met;

2. If it is reasonable to assume that the actual condition will not conform to that stated in the application;

3. If the revoked or suspended permit opposes the granting of a new permit;

4. If the catering business is not conducted in an establishment;

5. It is reasonable to assume that legal prohibitions will be violated or that restrictions and regulations attached to a permit will be violated;

6. If the additional requirements set by municipal ordinance on the minimum area of the catering premises are not met;

7. If a license has been revoked under the Public Administration Probity Screening Act.

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What to do about revocation, refusal, suspension, penalty or administrative fine

A sanction can be appealed within six weeks. The decision on an objection usually follows within 12 weeks of the last day an objection could be filed.

 

If the objection is rejected, then an appeal can be filed with the court. At the time the administrative judge declares the appeal unfounded, then an appeal can be made to the highest administrative court.

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Do you wish to object or do you have any questions? Then contact us