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The measure was announced in 2008, during an interdepartmental committee of Motor Vehicles and should finally be implemented in the coming months. The decree obliging clubs to have a device for alcohol testing is being signed by the three ministries: Transportation, Interior and Health.

Specifically, this text covers establishments open between 2:00 and 7:00. In addition to the 2500 clubs in France, other places are concerned, as explained Synhorcat (National Union of hotel, restaurant, bar and catering), "2500 musical atmosphere bars, cabarets 420, 75 hotel bars, nearly 5500 structures, "according to its chief executive, Franck Trouet.

The future regulation will leave the choice between the professional use of electronic breath test (also called interlock or terminal) and the chemical breath test. On quantities, details are supplied. On chemical breath testing, the text imposes a mandatory minimum 50 and this irrespective of the carrying capacity of the facility. The order also indicates that the stock should correspond to a quarter of attendance. About the breath alcohol testing devices, it is stated that the customer should not have to wait more than fifteen minutes to use, corresponding to a terminal for 300 people. Finally, these devices will be funded by the responsible institutions.

Reads the text reduces its scope because initially it was all nightclubs serving alcohol or about 200,000 Reviews With a requirement of equipment confined to those places open between 2 pm and 7 am, the café fare with it. They escape almost all these new requirements. Single text which concerns: a charter signed in July 2010, inviting them to promote the self-assessment of alcohol by their customers. Nothing is so compelling. "We fought for it," says Laurent Luts, president of the Federation of cafes and eateries in the Union of trades and industries in the hotel (UMIH).

"It is a text anti-nightclub"

Another reason for satisfaction: the first version, the text spoke only to breathalyzers. "We did everything to impose chemical breath testing, because the acquisition of a terminal requires an expenditure of 5000 to 8000 euros. An amount too high for some institutions, "said Franck Trouet, adding," And some places do not lend themselves to the installation of such device: Imagine a bar of Bristol with an interlock, "Sure , the unit will blend better in a nightclub ... But all are concerned about the use made of these devices and they are afraid to contest drunkenness. According to the president of Synhorcat, Didier Chenet, there is a solution to this risk "should be allowed an opportunity for leaders of institutions to charge for the alcohol or the use of the terminal."

The side of the National Union of nightclubs and entertainment venues (SNDLL), the tone is different. "It is a text anti-nightclub. It will enrich the manufacturers of terminals and the results are not always reliable, "protested the president, Patrick malvae, convinced that these measures" completely ineffective ", will also be sources of legal trouble.

"If a customer is still positive the car, we can not do anything because we have no police powers. But we will pick up the responsibility of the manager because the machine has revealed the presence of alcohol, "says he, holding the decree, which applies only places open between 2:00 and 7:00, hypocritical," Do not be concerned as those used the last drop and then it saves those who sell the first drink! It's crazy. "For him, the only measure that is worth alcolock in the vehicle," But the lobby is the dam of the car! "

Once implemented, these provisions will complement various existing measures to fight against drinking and driving, become number one killer on our roads. Among them, the prohibition of sale of alcoholic beverages between 18 am and 8 o'clock in the stations.