Algeciras opens the application period to authorize New Year's Eve and Christmas Eve parties

Venues, premises and establishments in Algeciras that want to host parties and cotillones on 24 and 31 December can now request authorization from the City Council to do so. The deadline to submit the application and all documentation ends on Friday, November 27, according to the deputy mayor of Citizen Security, Jorge Juliá Aguilera. Not all establishments have to go through this procedure. Those with a valid municipal opening licence, or a municipal authorization covering these celebrations, do not need the authorization, but they must inform the Citizen Security Area that they are going to hold the event. When the authorization is mandatory, it must be requested as an extraordinary permit and accompanied by several documents:

The City Council also reminds of the conditions that must be met during the parties. No more tickets may be sold than the authorized capacity; the venue's safety measures must be checked to ensure they work; emergency or evacuation doors must be signposted and able to be opened from inside at all times, with staff assigned to control them; and there must be security guards throughout the entire opening hours. The minimum number of guards depends on capacity: one between 300 and 450 people; two between 451 and 750; three between 751 and 1,000; and four when more than 1,000, with one more guard for each additional thousand people of occupancy.