Think Football 2020: duel of lawyers about the French sport alcohol ban (F. Honorat / D. Poulmaire)

"The Evin Law is quite hypocritical on several points. First, the ban on the sale of alcohol only applies when the stadium is a sports venue, since when the same stadium hosts a music concert, it is possible to consume there alcohol. Is it normal that a fan cannot drink beer during a football match with his friends, but that he can do it the following week by taking his children to a concert in the same place?" stated Fabien Honorat, associate lawyer of Péchenard & Associés, during the 4^th edition of Think Football, organized by News Tank Football at our partner INSEEC U. Sport (Paris, FRA), on 05/02/2020.

Fabien Honorat discussed the application of the French Evin Law in the world of sport with Didier Poulmaire, president of Poulmaire Avocat & Fiduciaire, during an exchange moderated by Morgane Duval, legal director of Premiere Ligue, one of the two unions of presidents of French professional football clubs.

The Evin Law of 10/01/1991 against smoking and alcoholism prohibits "selling for the purpose of consumption on the spot or to take away, alcohol in stadiums, in physical…