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ATA/158/1998•Suspension of capacity certificate and fine upheld
ATA/158/1998Court of Justice / Administrative ChamberMar 24, 1998Confirmed
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The authority suspended a restauratrice's capacity certificate for six months and imposed a CHF 3,000 fine after 20 police reports over two months showed that she was not present in her establishment during inspections. The reviewing court held that the sanction matched the authority's practice and that the fine was proportionate. The challenge was therefore rejected and both sanctions were upheld.
LRDBH.12; suspension of a capacity certificate and administrative fine for failure of the certified restaurateur to fulfill the required personal operational presence. Repeated police findings over a short period may justify a suspension of the certificate where they show that the holder does not in fact act as the establishment's operator. The amount of the fine is reviewed for proportionality; where the breach is repeated and the factual pattern is clear, a CHF 3,000 fine is not disproportionate and will be upheld (consid. implied by the summary).
Descripteurs
RESTAURANT; AMENDE; CERTIFICAT DE CAPACITE; CAFETIER-RESTAURATEUR; SUSPENSION DANS LA PROFESSION; OBLIGATION JURIDIQUE; EXPLOITANT; HOMME DE PAILLE; JPT
Normes
LRDBH.12
Résumé
En suspendant pour une durée de 6 mois la validité du certificat de capacité de cafetier-restaurateurs, tout en prononçant une amende de CHF 3'000.- à l'encontre d'une restauratrice dont 20 rapports de police établis sur 2 mois indiquent qu'elle ne se trouvait pas dans son établissement au moment desdits contrôles, le département s'est conformé à sa pratique; le montant de l'amende apparaît en particulier comme tout à fait proportionné.
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Whether the 6-month suspension of the capacity certificate was lawful.
The suspension was consistent with the authority's practice and therefore lawful.
The repeated police reports over a short period indicated that the holder did not personally exercise the required operational role, so the authority could sanction the breach by suspending the certificate.
Whether the CHF 3,000 fine was disproportionate.
The fine was proportionate.
In view of the repeated breaches and the factual findings, the amount of the fine was not excessive.
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