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Faro's businesses issued with opening and closing times

barportugalFaro's shops, bars and eateries are to have their hours set by the council in a move that ends the rights of owners to set their own opening and closing times.

The council approved a regulation document on March 6th which is set to be enacted, ending the liberal regime set up at the end of 2005, according to Sul Informação.

Shops can open between 6:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m., cafes, restaurants and snack bars from 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m., bars with an area for dancing, of not less than 100 m2, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m. with nightclubs opening from 10:00 p.m. and closing by 6:00 a.m.

Hospitals, pharmacies, medical and veterinary clinics, tourist enterprises and local accommodation, homes, funeral agencies, car parks, fuel stations, establishments located in transportation terminals, convenience stores and bakeries, can be open 24-hours a day.

The council also is insisting on noise suppression systems and measuring equipment for outlets open after midnight. An approved noise suppression unit must be installed by Jan 2018.

The council says it consulted widely with the police, unions, security forces, employers' associations, consumer associations, parish councils and the general public being included in the fact-finding stages.

Rogério Bacalhau, the Faro mayor, says "this is a decisive contribution to harmonise economic activity with the sleep that people need so as to increase the quality of life of those who live in areas with the highest concentration of night life.”

The new regulations, claim the mayor, will “guarantee better conditions for all the professionals who have establishments in our city, providing greater security and attractiveness for all those who wish to visit and have fun in our city," added the mayor.

The proposal that has been passed was the same one that was rejected in June last year.

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+1 #1 Laurinda 2017-03-14 19:38
This takes me back to the Lagos bar matter in 2012/2013 ... when we identified that the responsible person for passing licences and doing inspections convinently was "suggesting" her husband company as the "approved" supplier of noise monitoring systems ...

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