Judgment, 7 July 1987.
The owner of condom vending machines located on the outside wall of a restaurant challenged an administrative order requiring the removal of the machines. The Court noted that under previous case law the sale of condoms could be prohibited only under very restrictive circumstances since such a prohibition interferes with the guaranteed right to exercise a profession. It held that the location of the vending machine did not amount to such circumstances because the machine was not necessarily visible to passers-by and did not create a disturbance for children, churchgoers, or anyone else. It also pointed out the prevailing current liberal attitudes towards sexuality.
D017280:Condoms; D003267:Contraception; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D005060:Europe; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005860:Germany, West; D007603:Jurisprudence; D008389:Marketing of Health Services
Barrier Methods--legal aspects; Condom--legal aspects; Contraception; Contraceptive Methods--legal aspects; Court Decision; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Europe; Family Planning; Germany, Federal Republic Of; Marketing--legal aspects; Sales; Vendors--legal aspects; Western Europe