AGE VERIFICATION for YOUTH PROTECTION ( protection-of-minors )

 Confirm Your AGE Please – preferably with a customer account!

In order 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 online purchases?
Unfortunately, it has not yet been finally approved. Therefore, we are trying to secure it as much as technically possible. But we must be sure that you at least 18 years old bist.
For this reason, you must prove your age once when setting up your customer account. If you purchase as a guest, you will need to repeat this process every time. Fortunately, it is very quick.

Our deliveries are made with DHL age verification 18 years! 

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

§ 1 Definitions
(Excerpt) (1) For the purposes of this law 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 parental authority is a person who, alone or jointly with another person, has parental authority according to the provisions of the Civil Code, 4. a person responsible for education is any person over 18 years old, as long as they take on educational tasks on a permanent or temporary basis based on an agreement with the person with parental authority or as long as they supervise a child or an adolescent within the framework of education or youth assistance.

§ 4 Restaurants
(1) The stay in restaurants is only permitted for children and adolescents under 16 years of age if they are accompanied by a person with parental authority or a designated caregiver, or if they are consuming a meal or a drink between 5 AM and 11 PM. Adolescents aged 16 and older are not allowed to stay in restaurants without the accompaniment of a person with parental authority or a designated caregiver between midnight and 5 AM. (2) Paragraph 1 does not apply if children or adolescents participate in an event organized by a recognized youth welfare organization or are traveling. (3) The stay in restaurants that are operated as night bars or nightclubs, and in comparable entertainment establishments, is not permitted for children and adolescents. (4) The responsible authority may grant exceptions to paragraph 1.

§ 5 Dance Events
(1) The presence at public dance events without the accompaniment of a person with parental authority or a designated caregiver is not permitted for children and adolescents under 16 years of age, and for adolescents aged 16 and older, it is permitted only until 24:00. (2) Notwithstanding paragraph 1, the presence of children is permitted until 22:00 and adolescents under 16 years of age until 24:00, if the dance event is conducted by a recognized youth welfare organization or serves artistic activities or the preservation of customs. (3) The responsible authority may grant exceptions.

§ 6 Gaming Halls,
Gambling (1) The presence in public gaming halls or similar rooms primarily serving gaming operations must not be permitted for children and adolescents. (2) Participation in games with the possibility of winning in public is only allowed for children and adolescents at folk festivals, shooting festivals, fairs, specialty markets, or similar events, and only on the condition that the winnings are in PProducts of little value.
§ 7 Youth-Endangering Events and Businesses
If a public event or a commercial enterprise 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 is not allowed to permit the presence of children and adolescents. The order may include age restrictions, time restrictions, or other conditions if this excludes or significantly reduces the risk.

§ 8 Places Endangering Youth
If a child or a young person is in a place where they are exposed to an immediate danger to their physical, mental, or emotional well-being, the responsible authority or agency must take the necessary measures to avert the danger. If necessary, they must 1. instruct the child or young person to leave the place, 2. hand them over to the legal guardian as defined in § 7 Abs. 1 Nr. 6 of the Eighth Book of the Social Code, or, if no legal guardian can be reached, place them in the care of the youth welfare office. In difficult cases, the responsible authority or agency must inform the youth welfare office about the youth-endangering location. § 9 Alcoholic Beverages
(1) In restaurants, sales outlets, or otherwise in public, 1. beer, wine, wine-like beverages or sparkling wine or mixtures of beer, wine, wine-like beverages or sparkling wine with non-alcoholic beverages may not be sold to children and adolescents under 16 years of age, 2. other alcoholic beverages or foodstuffs that contain other alcoholic beverages in not only minor quantities may neither be sold to children and adolescents nor may their consumption be permitted. (2) Paragraph 1 number 1 does not apply if adolescents are accompanied by a person with parental authority. (3) In public, alcoholic beverages may not be offered in vending machines. This does not apply if a vending machine 1. is placed in a location inaccessible to children and adolescents or 2. is placed in a commercially used space and it is ensured by technical devices or constant supervision that children and adolescents cannot take alcoholic beverages. § 20 No. 1 of the Restaurant Act remains unaffected. (4) Alcoholic soft drinks within the meaning of § 1 paragraphs 2 and 3 of the Alcopops Tax Act may only be marketed with the notice "Sale to persons under 18 years prohibited, § 9 Youth Protection Act". This notice must be on the finished packaging in the same font and in the same size and color as the brand or fantasy names or, if not available, as the trade designation and must be placed on the front label of bottles.

§ 10 Smoking in Public
Tobaccoproducts (1) In restaurants, sales outlets, or otherwise in public, tobaccoproducts and other nicotine-containing products and their containers must not be sold to children or adolescents, nor may they be allowed to smoke or consume nicotine-containing products. (2) In public, tobaccoproducts and other nicotine-containing products and their containers are not offered in vending machines. This does not apply if a vending machine 1. is placed in a location inaccessible to children and adolescents or 2. is secured by technical devices or constant supervision to ensure that children and adolescents do not have access to tobaccoproducts and other nicotine-containing products and their containers cannot be removed. (3) Tobaccoproducts and other nicotine-containing products and their containers may not be offered to children and adolescents in mail order nor delivered to children and adolescents via 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) The presence of children and adolescents at public film events is only permitted if the films have been approved for screening before them by the highest state authority or an organization of voluntary self-regulation in accordance with the procedure under § 14 para. 6, or if they are informational, instructional, and educational films that are marked by the provider as "info program" or "educational program." (2) Notwithstanding paragraph 1, the presence at public film events with films that are approved and marked for children and adolescents aged twelve and older may also be permitted for children aged six and older if they are accompanied by a person with parental authority. (3) Without prejudice to the requirements of paragraph 1, the presence at public film events is only permitted with the accompaniment of a person with parental authority or a designated guardian for 1. children under six years, 2. children aged six and older if the screening ends after 8 PM, 3. adolescents under 16 years if the screening ends after 10 PM, 4. adolescents aged 16 and older if the screening ends after 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 that promote tobacco products or alcoholic beverages may only be screened after 6 PM, without prejudice to the requirements of paragraphs 1 to 4.
§ 12 Media carriers with films or games
(1) Used video cassettes and other media suitable for distribution, programmed for playback on or for use with screen devices with films or games (image carriers) may only be made accessible to a child or a young person in public if the programs have been approved and labeled by the highest state authority or an organization of voluntary self-regulation in accordance with the procedure under § 14 para. 6 for their age group, or if they are information, instruction, and educational programs labeled by the provider as "info program" or "educational program." (2) The labels according to paragraph 1 must be indicated on the image carrier and the packaging with a clearly visible sign. The sign must be placed on the front of the packaging in the lower left corner on an area of at least 1,200 square millimeters and on the image carrier on an area of at least 250 square millimeters. The highest state authority can 1. specify details about the content, size, shape, color, and placement of the signs and 2. approve exceptions for the placement on the image carrier or the packaging. 3. Providers of telemedia that distribute films, film, and game programs must clearly indicate any existing labeling in their offer. (3) Image carriers that are not labeled or labeled with "Not suitable for minors" according to § 14 para. 2 by the highest state authority or an organization of voluntary self-regulation in accordance with the procedure under § 14 para. 6 or according to § 14 para. 7 by the provider may not 1. be offered, handed over, or otherwise made accessible to a child or a young person, 2. be offered or handed over in retail outside of business premises, in kiosks or other sales points that customers do not usually enter, or in mail order. (4) Vending machines for dispensing used image carriers may only be set up 1. in publicly accessible traffic areas for children or young people, 2. outside of commercially or otherwise professionally or business-used rooms, or 3. in their unattended access areas, lobbies, or corridors if only image carriers labeled according to § 14 para. 2 no. 1 to 4 are offered and it is ensured by technical measures that they cannot be operated by children and young people for whom their programs are not approved according to § 14 para. 2 no. 1 to 4. (5) Image carriers that contain excerpts from film and game programs may, contrary to paragraphs 1 and 3, only be distributed in conjunction with periodic printed publications if they are provided with a notice from the provider that clearly states that an organization of voluntary self-regulation has determined that these excerpts do not contain any youth impairments. The notice must be placed on both the periodic printed publication and the image carrier before distribution with a clearly visible sign. Sentence 1 to 3 of paragraph 2 applies accordingly. The authorization according to sentence 1 may be excluded by the highest state authority for individual providers.
§ 13 Electronic Gaming Devices (1) Playing on electronic gaming devices without the possibility of winning, which are publicly placed, may only be permitted for children and adolescents without the accompaniment of a person with parental authority or a designated caregiver if the programs have been approved and marked by the highest state authority or an organization of voluntary self-regulation in accordance with the procedure under § 14 para. 6 for their age group, or if they are information, instruction, or educational programs marked by the provider as "information program" or "educational program." (2) Electronic gaming devices may only be placed 1. in publicly accessible traffic areas for children or adolescents, 2. outside of commercially or otherwise professionally or business-used rooms, or 3. in their unattended access areas, anterooms, or corridors if their programs are approved and marked for children from six years of age or marked as "information program" or "educational program" in accordance with § 14 para. 7. (3) The application of the labeling requirements on gaming devices is subject to § 12 para. 2 sentences 1 to 3 accordingly. § 28 Fine Regulations (Excerpt) (5) The administrative offense can be punished with a fine of up to fifty thousand euros.