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New Laws in Ibiza Town
At a recent Council meeting Ibiza Town Hall unanimously approved new legislation, which will prohibit bars from offering incentives to drink alcohol including the offers of a “free barâ€, “two for the price of one†or “happy hour†or any other similar messages, either by pamphlets, written boards or by word of mouth. Fines will be applied from €150 in the case of first offenders and will run up to €3,000 in the most serious of cases. If the legislation is approved (it has just got past the first stage) it will also be an offence to employ “PRs†or cars displaying publicity after one o'clock in the morning, and any form of advertising must first be approved by the Town Hall and the corresponding licence fee paid.
However, bars will not be the only ones affected and election campaigning is also set to change. From now on vehicles will not be allowed to use loud hailers to publicize their political parties.
The habit of leaving publicity material on windscreens to advertise goods and services will also be banned.
The PP opposition party councillor, Adrián Trejo, expressed his satisfaction with the measures and stated that he hoped that these new laws were obeyed to the letter.