Professional necessity and driving licence withdrawal duration

ATA/632/1997Court of Justice / Administrative ChamberOct 14, 1997

Extracted by Omnilex

Omnilex summary

In a driving-licence withdrawal case, the Tribunal administratif held that the person responsible for supplying shops with bakery products and other fragile foods could invoke the case law on important professional needs. The court emphasised that these goods are intended for public consumption and require a certain level of hygiene, which made the professional necessity sufficiently important for the purposes of the case law. No further procedural details are available from the summary.

Omnilex headnote

OAC art. 33 al. 2; licence withdrawal duration and important professional necessity: the notion of important professional needs may be recognized where the person must deliver bakery products and other fragile foodstuffs to shops, since such goods are intended for public consumption and require particular hygiene. The professional activity is not assessed abstractly, but in light of its concrete necessity for the functioning of the business and the practical impossibility of easily replacing the driver without impairing operations. The court thereby applies the established jurisprudence on important professional needs to a food-distribution activity (consid. unspecified).

Full text

Descripteurs

NECESSITE; PROFESSION; RETRAIT DE PERMIS; DUREE; EXCES DE VITESSE; PERMIS DE CONDUIRE; VITESSE; LCR

Normes

OAC.33 al.2

Résumé

Le TA a mis au bénéfice de la jurisprudence relative aux besoins professionnels importants la personne qui doit approvisionner ses magasins en produits de boulangerie, denrées fragiles destinées à la consommation du public, pour lesquelles une certaine hygiène est de mise. Le besoin professionnel important doit être admis pour la personne qui doit approvisionner ses magasins en produits de boulangerie, denrées fragiles destinées à la consommation du public, pour lesquels une certaine hygiène est de mise.

Keywords

driving licencelicense withdrawalprofessional necessityspeedingfood hygienedelivery work

Extracted by Omnilex

Key legal questions extracted by Omnilex

Key legal question

Whether the person’s work of delivering bakery products and fragile foodstuffs to shops constitutes an important professional necessity for purposes of licence-withdrawal case law.

Extracted holding

Yes. The court treated the activity as an important professional need, given the need to supply stores with perishable food intended for public consumption and requiring hygiene.

Extracted reasoning

The transport and delivery of bakery products and other fragile foodstuffs to retail outlets is a professional activity that cannot readily be replaced without affecting business operations and hygiene requirements; this brings the case within the relevant case law on important professional needs.

Professional necessity and driving licence withdrawal durationAI generated