Retailers may continue to sell their customers a glass of wine or beer. That the judge in the Hague decided today. A trial in 30 municipalities with alcoholic refreshments may just go ahead.
The lawsuit was filed by the Dutch Saha who find that it can't you as ordinary shop just alcohol can sell, while Saha myself to all kinds of sharp lines.
The Trade Association for Saha conducted a summary proceedings against the Association of Dutch municipalities (VNG). That is the beginning of this year, the pilot ' mixed catering destination "started at the request of a number of municipalities. In the pilot experiment entrepreneurs and municipalities with mixed forms of shop and catering (blurring), such as book stores that serve wine.
What exactly is a store?
Royal Slijter Union believes that the pilot encourages a violation of the Licensing and Catering Act. VNG, however, that the law is obsolete. "The law dates back to the thirties and has not kept up with developments in society, '' said Mayor Peter Verhoeve of Oudewater, one of the initiators, in an interview with VNG Magazine." According to the law, there are watertight bulkheads between catering, retail and liquor store, but in practice the boundaries are diffuse. ''
Secretary of State Martin van Rijn is also against the trial of the municipalities. The pilot would constitute a risk for sensitive groups such as young people and alcoholics. The judge is there now disagree: the Slijter Union insufficiently demonstrated that VNG does something that is not allowed.
The Union was previously Slijter be right for a judge in a lawsuit around bookstore Waanders in Broeren in Zwolle. That bookstore may not sell more wine. Nevertheless, 30 counties were then through the test with the blurring between shops and restaurants and may now also the judge. For the patrons of the barbers of riffraff from Rotterdam remains a shot Jack Daniel's whiskey therefore still worry.
By Editorial RTL News: Photo: RTL
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