AGE VERIFICATION for the protection of minors ( protection-of-minors )

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To be allowed to buy alcohol in a store, you must be at least 18 years old. Below, we have attached an excerpt from the Youth Protection Act that is displayed in stores. But what about buying online?
Unfortunately, it has not yet been finally adopted. Therefore, we are trying to safeguard it as well as technically possible. But we definitely need to be sure that you at least 18 years old are.
For this reason, you must prove that you are of legal age once when setting up your customer account. If you purchase as a guest, you will have to repeat this process every time. Fortunately, it only takes a moment.

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Youth Protection Act (JuSchG), as of 1 January 2018
Excerpt from the Act of 23 July 2002 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 2730), last amended by Article 11 of the Act of 10 March 2017 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 420)

§ 1 Definitions
(Excerpt) (1) For the purposes of this Act: 1. children are persons who are not yet 14 years old, 2. adolescents are persons who are 14 but not yet 18 years old, 3. a person with custody is a person who, alone or jointly with another person, is entitled to custody under the provisions of the German Civil Code, 4. a person entrusted with upbringing is any person over 18 years of age who, on a permanent or temporary basis, carries out educational duties on the basis of an agreement with the person with custody, or who supervises a child or an adolescent within the framework of education or youth welfare.

§ 4 Restaurants
(1) Children and adolescents under 16 may only be allowed to stay in restaurants if they are accompanied by a person with parental custody or a person entrusted with their supervision, or if they are having a meal or a drink between 5 a.m. and 11 p.m. Adolescents aged 16 and over may not be allowed to stay in restaurants without the accompaniment of a person with parental custody or a person entrusted with their supervision between 12 midnight and 5 a.m. (2) Paragraph 1 does not apply if children or adolescents are participating in an event organized by a recognized youth welfare provider or are traveling. (3) Children and adolescents may not be allowed to stay in restaurants operated as night bars or nightclubs, or in comparable entertainment venues. (4) The competent authority may approve exceptions to paragraph 1.

§ 5 Dance Events
(1) Attendance at public dance events without accompaniment by a person with parental custody or a person entrusted with supervision may not be permitted for children and for young people under 16, and for young people aged 16 and over only until 12 midnight. (2) Notwithstanding subsection 1, attendance may be permitted for children until 10 p.m. and for young people under 16 until 12 midnight if the dance event is आयोजित by a recognized youth welfare organization or serves artistic activity or the preservation of customs and traditions. (3) The competent authority may grant exceptions.

§ 6 Arcades,
Gambling (1) Children and adolescents must not be permitted to be present in public gaming arcades or similar premises used primarily for gambling operations. (2) Children and adolescents may only be permitted to participate in games with the possibility of winning in public at folk festivals, marksmen's festivals, annual fairs, specialty markets, or similar events, and only on the condition that the prize is in Products is of little value.
§ 7 Events and Businesses Harmful to Young People
If a public event or a business operation poses a risk to the physical, mental, or emotional well-being of children or adolescents, the competent authority may order that the organizer or business operator must not permit children or adolescents to be present. The order may include age restrictions, time limits, or other conditions if this eliminates or substantially reduces the risk.

Section 8 Places Harmful to Minors
If a child or a young person is present in a place where they are exposed to an immediate danger to their physical, mental, or emotional well-being, the competent authority or body must take the measures necessary to avert the danger. If necessary, it must 1. instruct the child or young person to leave the place, 2. place them in the care of the person with parental custody within the meaning of § 7 para. 1 no. 6 of Book Eight of the Social Code or, if no person with parental custody can be reached, take them into the care of the youth welfare office. In difficult cases, the competent authority or body must inform the youth welfare office about the place posing a risk to young people. § 9 Alcoholic Beverages
(1) In restaurants, points of sale, or otherwise in public, 1. beer, wine, wine-like beverages, sparkling wine, or mixtures of beer, wine, wine-like beverages, or sparkling wine with non-alcoholic beverages may neither be sold or otherwise supplied to children and adolescents under 16 years of age, nor may their consumption be permitted; 2. other alcoholic beverages or foodstuffs containing other alcoholic beverages in more than negligible quantities may neither be sold or otherwise supplied to children and adolescents, nor may their consumption be permitted. (2) Paragraph 1 no. 1 does not apply if adolescents are accompanied by a person with parental custody. (3) In public, alcoholic beverages may not be offered in vending machines. This does not apply if a vending machine 1. is installed in a place inaccessible to children and adolescents, or 2. is installed in a commercially used room and technical measures or constant supervision ensure that children and adolescents cannot obtain alcoholic beverages. § 20 no. 1 of the Restaurant Act remains unaffected. (4) Alcohol-containing sweet drinks within the meaning of § 1 paras. 2 and 3 of the Alcopop Tax Act may be placed on the market commercially only with the notice "Sale to persons under 18 years of age prohibited, § 9 Youth Protection Act". This notice must appear on the finished packaging in the same typeface and in the same size and color as the brand or fanciful names or, where such names do not exist, as the sales description, and in the case of bottles must be affixed to the front label.

§ 10 Smoking in Public,
Tobaccoproducts In restaurants, retail outlets, or otherwise in public, tobacco mayproducts and other nicotine-containing products and their containers may neither be sold to children or adolescents, nor may they be permitted to smoke or consume nicotine-containing products. (2) In public, tobaccoproducts and other nicotine-containing products and their containers may not be offered in vending machines. This does not apply if a vending machine 1. is installed in a place inaccessible to children and adolescents or 2. is secured by technical devices or by constant supervision to ensure that children and adolescents tobaccoproducts and other nicotine-containing products and their containers cannot be removed. (3) Tobaccoproducts and other nicotine-containing products and their containers may neither be offered to children and adolescents by mail order nor supplied to children and adolescents by mail order.
(4) Paragraphs 1 to 3 also apply to nicotine-free products, such as electronic cigarettes or electronic shishas, in which liquid is vaporized by an electronic heating element and the resulting aerosols are inhaled through the mouth, as well as to their containers.
§ 11 Film Events
(1) Attendance at public film screenings may be permitted to children and adolescents only if the films have been approved for screening before them by the highest state authority or by a voluntary self-regulation organization במסגרת the procedure under § 14 para. 6, or if they are informational, instructional, or educational films labeled by the provider as "information program" or "educational program." (2) Notwithstanding paragraph 1, attendance at public film screenings of films approved and labeled for children and adolescents aged twelve and over may also be permitted to children aged six and over if they are accompanied by a person with custody. (3) Without prejudice to the requirements of paragraph 1, attendance at public film screenings may be permitted only when accompanied by a person with custody or a person charged with their upbringing for 1. children under six years of age, 2. children aged six and over if the screening ends after 8 p.m., 3. adolescents under 16 years of age if the screening ends after 10 p.m., 4. adolescents aged 16 and over if the screening ends after 12 midnight. (4) Paragraphs 1 to 3 apply to the public screening of films regardless of the type of recording and playback. They also apply to advertising trailers and accompanying programs. They do not apply to films produced for non-commercial purposes, as long as the films are not used commercially. (5) Advertising films or advertising programs promoting tobacco products or alcoholic beverages may, without prejudice to the requirements of paragraphs 1 to 4, be shown only after 6 p.m.
§ 12 Media containing films or games
(1) Recorded videocassettes and other data carriers suitable for transfer that are programmed for playback on or play on screen devices with films or games (visual media) may be made publicly accessible to a child or young person only if the programs have been approved and labeled for their age group by the highest state authority or a voluntary self-regulation organization within the procedure under § 14 para. 6, or if they are information, instruction, or educational programs labeled by the provider as "Information Program" or "Educational Program". (2) The labels under paragraph 1 must be indicated on the visual medium and its packaging with a clearly visible symbol. The symbol must be affixed to the lower left of the front side of the packaging on an area of at least 1,200 square millimeters and to the visual medium on an area of at least 250 square millimeters. The highest state authority may 1. issue more detailed provisions on the content, size, shape, color, and placement of the symbols, and 2. approve exceptions for placement on the visual medium or the packaging. 3. Providers of telemedia that distribute films and film and game programs must clearly indicate any existing label in their offering. (3) Visual media that are not labeled, or are labeled "No Youth Approval" under § 14 para. 2 by the highest state authority or a voluntary self-regulation organization within the procedure under § 14 para. 6, or by the provider under § 14 para. 7, may not 1. be offered, handed over, or otherwise made accessible to a child or young person, 2. be offered or handed over in retail outside business premises, in kiosks or other points of sale that customers do not usually enter, or by mail order. (4) Vending machines for dispensing recorded visual media may be installed 1. on public traffic areas accessible to children or young persons, 2. outside rooms used commercially or otherwise for professional or business purposes, or 3. in their unsupervised entrances, vestibules, or corridors only if they offer exclusively visual media labeled under § 14 para. 2 no. 1 to 4 and technical safeguards ensure that they cannot be operated by children and young persons for whose age group their programs have not been approved under § 14 para. 2 no. 1 to 4. (5) By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 3, visual media containing excerpts from film and game programs may be distributed only together with periodical printed publications if they bear a notice from the provider clearly stating that a voluntary self-regulation organization has determined that these excerpts contain no harmful effects on young persons. Before distribution, the notice must be affixed with a clearly visible symbol both on the periodical printed publication and on the visual medium. Paragraph 2 sentences 1 to 3 apply accordingly. The highest state authority may exclude individual providers from the authorization under sentence 1.
Section 13 Screen Gaming Devices (1) Playing on electronic screen gaming devices without the possibility of winning, which are set up in public, may be permitted to children and adolescents without the accompaniment of a person having custody or a person charged with their upbringing only if the programs have been approved and labeled for their age group by the highest state authority or an organization of voluntary self-regulation within the framework of the procedure under Section 14 (6), or if they are information, instruction, or educational programs labeled by the provider as "information program" or "educational program". (2) Electronic screen gaming devices may be installed only 1. on public traffic areas accessible to children or adolescents, 2. outside rooms used commercially or otherwise for professional or business purposes, or 3. in their unsupervised entrances, vestibules, or corridors, if their programs have been approved and labeled for children aged six and over or labeled as "information program" or "educational program" under Section 14 (7). (3) Section 12 (2) sentences 1 to 3 apply accordingly to the affixing of labels on screen gaming devices. Section 28 Administrative Fine Provisions (Excerpt) (5) The administrative offence may be punished with a fine of up to fifty thousand euros.