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Educational Assignment

The following rules apply to the protection of children and young people:

Alcoholic beverages:

• up to 13 years:

  • Dispensing (sale or serving) and consumption of alcoholic beverages are generally prohibited.

• 14 and 15 years:

  Dispensing and consumption of beer, beer-containing mixed drinks, sparkling wine, wine and wine-containing mixed drinks are permitted if:

• a parent or a person with custody is present, and

• this is allowed.

• 16 and 17 years:

  • Dispensing and consumption of beer, beer-containing mixed drinks, sparkling wine, wine and wine-containing mixed drinks are also permitted without supervision.

  • The supply and consumption of spirits and mixed drinks containing spirits remain prohibited.

• from 18 years:

  • The supply and consumption of spirits and mixed drinks containing spirits as well as all other alcoholic beverages are permitted without restrictions.

    Smoke:

• under 18 years

  • Children and adolescents are not allowed to smoke in public.

  • In addition, no tobacco products (such as cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, electronic hookahs, cigarillos, tobacco, snuff) may be made available to them, i.e. not sold.

  • Tobacco products and other nicotine-containing products and their containers may not be offered to children and young people by mail order or disposed of by mail order.

  • The dispensing and consumption ban also includes nicotine-free e-cigarettes and e-hookahs.

Media

• under 18 years

  • Children and young people are only allowed to watch films at public film events that are approved for their age.

    • "Released without age restriction"

    • "Released from the age of six"

    • "Released from the age of twelve"

    • "Released from the age of sixteen"

    • "No youth release"

  • Image carriers that are not marked or marked with "No Youth Release" may

    • not offered, transferred or otherwise made accessible to a child or adolescent person.

    • This also applies to off-premises retail and mail order.

• under 12 years

  • By way of derogation, children and young people from the age of 6 may also be allowed to participate in films released for children and young people from the age of 12 if they are accompanied by a person with custody rights.

• Furthermore, attendance at public film events may only be permitted with the accompaniment of a person with custody or guardianship.
   

  • children under the age of six,
     

  • children from the age of six, if the screening ends after 8 p.m.,
     

  • young people under the age of 16 if the screening ends after 10 p.m.,
     

  • Young people aged 16 and over, if the screening ends after 24 o'clock.
     

Whereabouts:
Restaurants / dance events, discotheques

• Principle

  • How long children and young people are generally allowed to stay outside in the evening or whether they are allowed to spend the night with friends is not regulated by law. This is decided by the parents.

  • Children and young people are generally prohibited from staying in night bars and amusement arcades.

Restaurants

• up to 15 years:

  • Children and young people under the age of 16 may only be allowed to stay in restaurants if they are accompanied by a person with custody or guardianship or if they take a meal or drink between 5 a.m. and 11 p.m.

• 16 and 17 years:

  • Young people from the age of 16 may not be allowed to stay in restaurants without the accompaniment of a person with custody or guardianship in the period from 24 o'clock and 5 o'clock in the morning.

• The above-mentioned regulations do not apply if children or young people participate in an event of a recognized youth welfare institution or are traveling.

• from 18 years:

Staying in restaurants is allowed without restrictions.

Dance events, discotheques

• up to 15 years:

  • The stay at dance events and in discotheques is only permitted if accompanied by a person with custody or guardianship.

• By way of derogation, children may be allowed to attend until 10 p.m. and young people under the age of 4 p.m. until 24 p.m. if the dance event is carried out by a recognized youth welfare provider or serves artistic activity or the cultivation of customs.

• 16 and 17 years:

  • Until 24:00 o'clock the stay at dance events and in discotheques is allowed without the accompaniment of a person with custody or guardianship.

  • From 24:00 o'clock the stay is only permitted if accompanied by a person with custody or guardianship.

• from 18 years:

Staying at dance events and discotheques is allowed without restrictions.

Compliance with the regulations on the protection of minors is monitored by the local public order offices.

If you have any questions or problems, please contact the local youth welfare office.

Youth Protection Act (JuSchG)

Young people under the age of 16 are only allowed to stay in restaurants, dance events and discotheques, if they are not accompanied by a person with custody (parent, guardian), if accompanied by a person over the age of 18 who has been entrusted by the parents with the accompaniment and supervision (person in charge of education).

This parenting officer may be, for example, an adult sibling or an adult friend.

In case of doubt, a corresponding order must be proven in writing. Usually, parents give their children a piece of paper stating the assignment. It should clarify that the assignment includes not only the accompaniment but also the supervision of the minor.

Figure on the protection of minors on alcohol

Internet platform for the protection of minors

Brochure "Protection of minors – explained in a comprehensible way" [please link to https://www.bmfsfj.de/bmfsfj/service/publikationen/jugendschutz---verstaendlich-erklaert/86302]

• Figure on the protection of minors on alcohol

Service Team BMFSFJ - Topic Group B