Nas checks in a gym in Cervignano del Friuli

Carabinieri checks continue, at national and local level, at catering services, gyms and indoor swimming pools, recreational centers and gaming and betting rooms, in order to ascertain the correct application of the procedures for admitting users to the services provided. The purpose is to verify the compulsory possession of the Covid-19 green certification, the so-called Green Pass, for access to certain categories of activities and services.

Nationally, to date they have been 37 the contested sanctions, of which 19 to the managers of restaurants, bars, gyms, betting rooms and amusement arcades for not having ascertained in possession of the green certification, allowing patrons to consume food and drinks at the table inside the premises or allowing access without verification. More 18 violations were applied to customers and users for non-possession of the green pass. Most of the sanctions detected during the checks carried out by the Carabinieri NAS are attributable to facilities for the administration of food and beverages, such as restaurants, pizzerias and bars. The remainder was instead identified in gyms (24%) and in gaming and betting halls (11%): in separate inspections conducted in three gyms in Viareggio (LU), Camaiore (LU) and Cervignano del Friuli, the NAS of Livorno and Udine sanctioned the 3 owners of the e 6 frequenters results without green certification, identified while exercising within the structure.

Overall, administrative fines of € 14,800 were imposed. In addition to the verification of the green covid certification, the checks of the NAS have also concerned, at the same juncture, also the correct application of the remaining containment measures to the spread of the pandemic, 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.