Suspension of capacity certificate and fine upheld

ATA/158/1998Cour de justice / Chambre administrative24 mars 1998Confirmed

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Résumé Omnilex

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.

Regeste Omnilex

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).

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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.

Mots-clés

restaurantadministrative finecapacity certificatesuspensionproportionalityoperator presencepolice reportsstraw man

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Question juridique clé

Whether the 6-month suspension of the capacity certificate was lawful.

Solution extraite

The suspension was consistent with the authority's practice and therefore lawful.

Motifs extraits

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.

Question juridique clé

Whether the CHF 3,000 fine was disproportionate.

Solution extraite

The fine was proportionate.

Motifs extraits

In view of the repeated breaches and the factual findings, the amount of the fine was not excessive.

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