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Sale of Alcohol to Minors: 9 Out of 10 Supermarkets Violate the Law, Denounces an Association
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The Addictions France association requires "actually dissuasive" sanctions against these companies, ranging from 2% to 10% of turnover depending on the size of the supermarket.
For these tests, minors, accompanied by a bailiff, went to supermarkets. Only 8% of establishments requested identification to check the age of customers Nearly nine
The Association Addictions France, which has made tests purchases with minors accompanied by bailiffs, calls for "really dissuasive sanctions" and frequent checks.
Although alcohol consumption is declining, it is still the psychoactive substance most consumed by young people. For example, 80.6% of 17-year-olds have already been drinking alcohol; 36.6% have experienced alcohol use.
In a supermarket, near Marseille, on November 3, 2022. CHRISTOPHE SIMON / AFP Nearly nine out of ten supermarkets violate the law by selling alcohol to minors, denounces, in view of tests conducted in Nantes, Angers and Rennes, the association Addictions France, which claims, on Thursday, July 3, "really dissuasive sanctions" and frequent controls by the state. Of 90 establishments of the Auchan, Lidl, Leclerc, Diagonal, U Express, Intermarché, …
Nine out of ten supermarkets do not control the age of customers and thus sell alcohol to minors deplores a report by Addictions France published on Thursday 3 July. The association asks the authorities to put in place systematic controls and "actually dissuasive" sanctions.
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