<Tr> <Td> Selling, serving, offering or permitting a child (under the age of 14) to consume or possess fermented alcoholic drinks . </Td> <Td> Possible fine: 700 - 3500 € Normally: 2500 € </Td> <Td> Possible fine: 100 - 500 € Normally: 500 € </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Selling, serving, offering or permitting an adolescent (over the age of 14, but under the age of 16) to consume or possess fermented alcoholic drinks . </Td> <Td> Possible fine: 500 - 3000 € Normally: 2000 € </Td> <Td> Possible fine: 100 - 500 € Normally: 300 € </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Selling alcoholic drinks in vending machines Exceptions: The vending machine is set up in an environment where children and adolescents are not permitted . Or set up in a commercially used room, with an electronic device to ensure that the legal drinking age is not violated, or is always monitored . </Td> <Td> Possible fine: 750 - 3000 € Normally: 1500 € </Td> <Td> None </Td> </Tr> <P> Closing hours for bars and discotheques are not appointed by the state, but rather by towns and cities, generally or for individual locations . In recent years most towns have begun to abolish closing hours . </P>

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