Either way, excessive alcohol consumption in France doesn`t seem to be the highlight it often is in countries like the United States, where it`s normal to think you`ll get drunk when you`re 21 (the legal drinking age), at home parties, universities/fraternities, and sorority events, etc. The Minister proposed©©© this amendment to another, which© also allowed alcohol to be advertised on the Internet, but©established a specific©list of websites where it was permitted (websites of manufacturers©, manufacturers, importers, distributors, retailers). © The minimum legal age for alcohol consumption is the age set by a government to limit the purchase or consumption of alcohol by children or minors. This age varies between 0 and 25 years depending on the country and state, although the purchase of alcohol is totally prohibited in some countries. However, MEPs©©have also created© a legal vacuum by officially allowing alcohol advertising© on the Internet for the first time with certain restrictions. The Evin law of 1991©was silent on this issue, the Internet had not yet started. The minimum legal age for alcohol consumption in France is 18 or 16 if the person is in the presence of adults (generally understood as family members). There was an exception for beer and wine, but this has not been the case since 2009. What is the legal drinking age in your country? When you drink, do you have a popular French alcoholic beverage – or want to try? Vienna (Vienna) Until the age of 18, the consumption of alcohol in schools is prohibited. Until the age of 16, the purchase and consumption of alcohol in public places is prohibited. It is forbidden to allow minors who have the 16th.
Have not yet reached the age of life to give alcohol in public places. Burgenland Until the age of 16, the purchase, possession and consumption of alcohol in public places is prohibited. It is forbidden to give or offer alcohol to minors who have not yet reached the age of 16. Lower Austria (Lower Austria) Until the age of 16, the purchase, possession and consumption of alcohol in public places (including cocktails and alcopops) is prohibited. It is forbidden to give or offer alcohol in public to minors under the age of 16. Styria (Styria) Prohibited until the age of 16. Until the age of 16 and over, the consumption of alcohol is prohibited at a rate of more than 14%. It is forbidden to give or offer alcohol in public to minors who are not allowed to consume it. Carinthia (Carinthia) Young people aged 16 and over are not allowed to consume spirits and cocktails containing spirits, whether prepared in advance (e.g. alcopops) or mixed by the consumer himself. In any case, adolescents from the age of 16 can consume alcoholic beverages up to such an amount that the alcohol content in the blood remains below 0.5 per thousand or the alcohol content in the exhaled air remains below 0.25 mg / l.
The sale of alcoholic beverages is regulated. However, there are no legal provisions for consumption. Minors aged 16 and over can purchase «light alcoholic beverages such as wine or beer». To buy alcoholic beverages in bars and nightclubs, the person must be at least 18 years old. In addition, there is no legal provision that specifies when adolescents are allowed to consume alcoholic beverages with a high alcohol content. The state health authority stipulates that minors must be at least 16 years old. It is important to remember that if you want to legally buy and consume alcohol in France, you must be 18 or 16 years old if you want to have a drink or two and you are with adults/in a family environment. Thank you for that, very interesting, well documented. I was looking for the age of majority and alcohol laws, as I myself live in France with 2 teenage girls. Fascinating that alcohol was still served in high schools until 1981, I didn`t know it! I love living in France and from an English-speaking point of view – full of surprises! The legal minimum age was raised from 18 to 21 in December 2017, but the law was not promulgated until 16 October 2018.
Resellers have 18 months to get used to the new regulations. After this period, the crime is sentenced to 10,000 ringgit and up to 2 years in prison. Another measure decided©: the mayor can©now prohibit the sale of alcohol to take away in his municipality between 8 pm and 8 am. This part of Bachelot`s text is under investigation© under the strict©supervision of the wine lobby, which a week ago bought an entire page in the press in which, among other things, © he proclaimed: «Wine on the Internet should not be banned.» With regard to alcohol, Maltese law does not allow its sale to minors under the age of 16. There is no regulation that sets an age limit for alcohol consumption. It is not permitted to deliver beverages containing brandy to minors; for other alcoholic beverages, the minimum age is 16 years (§ 9 JuSchG) Alcoholic beverages (1) In restaurants, outlets or other public places, it is not permitted to provide for or allow consumption 1. Brandy, beverages or foods with a significant content of spirits, 2. other alcoholic beverages for children and adolescents under 16 years of age. (2) Paragraph 1 No. 2 does not apply if the young persons are accompanied by an authorized person. (3) In public places, it is not permitted to offer alcoholic beverages in vending machines. This is not de rigueur if a vending machine 1.
is placed in an inaccessible place for children and adolescents or 2. if it is placed in a room for commercial purposes and made available by technical equipment or by permanent control, so that children and adolescents cannot take alcoholic beverages there. There is no exception to the requirement of Section 20 No. 1 of the Restaurant Act. (4) Sugary drinks containing alcohol within the meaning of Article 1(2) and (3) of the Alcopops Tax Act may be introduced into the distribution channel only under the heading «Prohibition of sale to persons under 18 years of age, § 9 of the Youth Protection Act». This indication must appear on the packaging in identical letters and in the same dimensions and colours as the fancy mark or names or, failing that, as a trade name, and in the case of bottles, the indication must appear on the main label. Upper Austria (Upper Austria) Until the age of 16, the purchase, possession and consumption of alcohol is prohibited. From 16. However, excessive consumption of alcohol, as well as the purchase and consumption of distilled alcoholic beverages and in the form of beverage mixtures, are prohibited. This prohibition also applies if alcoholic beverages are bound by absorption to a powdered medium, paste or other medium. It is forbidden to give or offer alcohol in public to children or adolescents who are not authorized to consume it.
Salzburg (Salzburg) Until the age of 16, the purchase, possession and consumption of alcohol is prohibited. From the age of 16, however, excessive consumption of alcohol as well as the purchase and consumption of alcoholic spirits, cocktails (e.g. alcopops) are prohibited. Alcoholic beverages can only be consumed by adolescents if consumption does not put them in a state of visible drunkenness or intensify them. It is forbidden to give children and adolescents alcoholic beverages that they are not allowed to consume. Tyrol (Tyrol) Until the age of 16, the purchase, possession and consumption of alcohol is prohibited. Until the age of 16 and over, the consumption and purchase of spirits, as well as cocktails, spirits, whether prepared in advance (e.g. alcopops) or mixed by the consumer himself, is prohibited.