Mandatory green pass, Nas controls: penalties for restaurants and gyms

Checks and sanctions by the Nas carabinieri linked to the mandatory green pass. The command of the Carabinieri for the protection of health has launched a control campaign at national level in the catering services, gyms and indoor swimming pools, recreational centers and gaming and betting rooms, in order to ascertain the correct application of the admission procedures related to the green. pass. To date, 37 penalties have been contested, of which 19 to the managers of restaurants, bars, gyms, betting rooms and arcades for not having ascertained the possession of the health passport, allowing customers to consume at the tables inside the premises or allowing access without verification. A further 18 violations were applied to customers and users for non-possession of the green pass. Three quarters of the sanctions taken during the checks are attributable to catering services, such as restaurants, pizzerias and bars. The rest at gyms (24%) and at gaming and betting halls (11%): in various inspections in three gyms in Viareggio (Lucca), Camaiore (Lucca) and Cervignano del Friuli (Udine), the Nas of Livorno and Udine have fined the 3 owners of the activities and 6 visitors without green pass, surprised to train inside the structure. The Nas of Cremona contested 4 penalties following failure to check access in the absence of a green pass in a sandwich shop of a well-known international fast-food chain in Castelpusterlengo and in a catering establishment of a well-known Italian company of Tex-Mex restaurants . Overall, there were high administrative penalties of € 14,800. In addition to the verification of the Covid green certification, the Nas controls also concerned, at the same juncture, the correct application of the remaining containment measures to the pandemic spread, contesting 102 violations against bars, restaurants, leisure and tourist centers for non-use of masks, lack of information to users, lack of interpersonal distance and performance of prohibited activities. Among these we note the intervention of the carabinieri in a nightclub in the province of Cremona, where people danced as if nothing had happened, however without respecting the distance. At the conclusion of the inspection, the manager was fined and the immediate suspension of the activity was ordered.