The Administrative court of Bremen ruled on October 30th, 2020 for file number 5 V 2381/20 rejected the urgent application of various restaurateurs against the curfew in Bremen and decided that the opening of restaurants is only allowed from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.
From the press release of the VG Bremen from October 30th, 2020:
The applicants operate bars or pubs in the city of Bremen. With the “general decree to exceed the incidence value of 50” of October 16, 2020, the regulatory office of the municipality of Bremen regulated that the opening of restaurants is only allowed from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. The applicants turn against this curfew with their urgent application.
The VG Bremen rejected the urgent application.
In the opinion of the administrative court, it cannot be established with the necessary certainty that the extension of the blocking period is legal or illegal. The legality of the question of the extension of the blocking period is answered differently in the case law. It is therefore necessary to weigh up the consequences. This is at the expense of the applicant. The curfew regulated in the general decree only applies until the end of November 1st, 2020. The drop in sales expected in this short period due to the curfew did not result in such a serious impairment of the applicants that the serious public interest in containing the infection as quickly as possible would have to recede.
Applicants can lodge a complaint against the decision with the OVG Bremen.