House or site rules according to § 27 Vienna Event Act 2020, LGBl. No. 53/2020 (Wr. VG)^*

^{*The house rules of the municipal authorities are only available in German. This is a free translation.} 

SCOPE OF APPLICATION

These house or site rules apply to the A1 BEACH PRO VIENNA 2024 event (hereinafter referred to as the "event") at the event venue on the grounds of the Vienna Ice Skating Club, 1010 Vienna Lothringerstraße 22 Public areas in the paved area in front of Beethovenplatz 2-3 Beethovenpark soccer cage and immediately adjacent public areas of the city park Event areas on Danube Island in the area of the existing sports island (hereinafter referred to as the "event venue"), organized by ACTS Sportveranstaltungen GmbH. (hereinafter referred to as the "Organizer") and regulates the rights and obligations of the participating persons (visitors, Organizer and their employees or persons and companies commissioned by them). The house or site rules shall be clearly displayed at all entrances/ access points. Persons participating in the event must comply with the provisions of the approved and posted house or site rules, failing which they may not remain in the event venue.

SCOPE / TIME OF EVENT
These House or Place Rules shall apply to the Event Venue for the duration of the Event. A venue includes all buildings, rooms, facilities and open spaces used in the course of the event.

ACCESS CONTROLS
Persons participating in the event are obliged to submit to an ID check (if any) by the event organizer's or organizer's security personnel before entering the event venue if asked to do so.

The security personnel employed by the organizer is entitled to scan clothing, bags and containers carried by the participating persons for prohibited or dangerous objects before entering the event location.

The security personnel and the organizer are entitled to refuse entry to the event location to persons who could pose a security risk (e.g. due to excessive alcohol consumption or the carrying of prohibited or dangerous objects). The same applies to persons who refuse a scan of their clothing, bags or containers or a possible ID check. In individual cases, the security personnel and/or the organizer are also entitled to carry out such checks on persons participating in the event who are already in the venue.

In the event of violations of the house or site rules, the organizer, the security personnel and the organs of the LPD Vienna shall be entitled to suspend the violators from the event location.

After the end of the event, all visitors must leave the venue as soon as possible.

PROTECTION OF MINORS
The Vienna Youth Protection Act, in its current version, applies to the entire event venue.

PROHIBITED ITEMS
It is prohibited to bring any kind of objects and substances that may pose a threat to the protective interests enumerated in § 18 section 1 of the Vienna Events Act 2020 (in particular, threats to the life and health of people, threats to operational safety).

Prohibited are in particular:

• Weapons of any kind (any particularly dangerous object capable of threatening life or limb shall be considered a weapon);

• Objects that can be used as weapons or as projectiles;

• Gas spray bottles or pressurized containers for highly flammable or harmful gases, with the exception of commercially available pocket lighters;

• Toxic, corrosive or staining substances or articles;

• Glass containers, bottles, cans, plastic canisters, hard packaging or other articles made of glass or any other fragile, splintering or particularly hard material;

• Pyrotechnic articles and sets, such as: fireworks, smoke bombs, Bengal fires, etc.;

• mechanically or electrically operated noise instruments (e.g. megaphone);

• laser pointers, whistles, gas guns;

• pepper sprays and tear sprays;

• large and/or bulky objects such as ladders, stools, (folding) chairs, boxes, large bags, backpacks, camelbacks (drinking backpacks) travel cases;

• bicycles, skateboards, snakeboards, inline skates, scooters, kickboards, Segways and similar vehicles;

• Banners, sticks and poles

• racist, xenophobic, national socialist, sexist or political propaganda material.

Drinks may only be taken to the stands in the organizer's deposit cups or opened containers with a maximum capacity of 0.5 liters. Screw caps will be removed.

Reusable bottles (with the exception of glass and PET bottles) for non-alcoholic beverages up to one liter are exempt from the restriction on capacity. These may also be carried with caps.

It is allowed to bring baby carriages to the event area. The stadium cannot be entered with baby carriages and they must be left in the designated parking area for safekeeping.

In case of doubt, the classification of objects as prohibited or permitted within the meaning of these House or Square Rules shall be incumbent upon the security personnel or the organizer and the organs of the City of Vienna. Persons carrying prohibited objects within the meaning of these house or site rules shall be denied access to the venue. If persons are found in the event location with prohibited objects, the organizer or the security personnel shall be entitled to expel the persons concerned from the event location.

BRINGING ALONG ANIMALS/PARKING OF VEHICLES
The bringing of animals, with the exception of guide dogs and partner dogs, is prohibited. Guide dogs and partner dogs must wear a harness.

The parking of bicycles, electric scooters, Segways or similar vehicles in the event location or the tethering of these to structures, fences, barrier grids, etc. represents a safety risk and is prohibited. In case of violation, the vehicles can be removed by the security personnel or the organizer at the expense of the violator and stored by the organizer.

There is no claim for compensation for damage to bicycles and electric scooters or barrier locks.

NO SMOKING
Smoking is prohibited in all tents, as well as in the stands and seating areas of the stadium and side courts.

BEHAVIORAL INSTRUCTIONS DURING THE EVENT
Flashing lights of any kind are prohibited during the event for safety reasons.
All persons entering the venue must behave in such a way that other persons are neither harmed, endangered nor harassed. Furthermore, they must behave in such a way that no damage is caused to structures, facilities, equipment or objects.

USE OF FACILITIES IN THE EVENT LOCATION
Canes and other walking aids (e.g. walker) may only be taken by fragile persons as an indispensable support. Wheelchair spaces are to be used by authorized persons only.
Waste, packaging materials and empty containers are to be disposed of exclusively in the waste receptacles located in the venue.

BEHAVIOR IN CASE OF DANGER
In the event of danger (fire, accidents, etc.), the security service/ the supervisors/ the security staff/ the event organizer and/or the emergency services of the blue-light organizations (fire department 122, police 133, ambulance 144) must be informed immediately: Keep calm and pay attention to your own safety.

BEHAVIOR IN CASE OF SEVERE WEATHER (E.G. STORM, HAIL, THUNDERSTORM, BLACK ICE):
It is expressly pointed out that in the event of severe weather, all participating persons must take suitable protective measures on their own responsibility. In particular, staying under trees and in the vicinity of bodies of water and in the immediate vicinity of technical structures can pose a hazard and must therefore be avoided.

NO DRIVING
Single and multi-track motorized vehicles are generally prohibited from driving in the event venue. Driving on the event site is only permitted with the explicit permission of the organizer and must be done with extreme caution and at a maximum speed of 10 km/h in any case. The use of non-motorized vehicles and sports equipment such as bicycles, scooters, electric scooters, Segways, inline skates, skateboards, roller skates or similar vehicles is also prohibited in the Event Venue (except for bicycles on the bicycle path).

AUTHORITY TO ISSUE ORDERS
Any orders/instructions (e.g. by announcements over the public address system or via megaphones) of the executive, the fire department and other emergency forces of the blue-light organizations, the security personnel and the organs of the City of Vienna, as well as of the organizer itself, must be followed immediately and unconditionally by the participating persons. In the event of non-compliance, the person concerned may be expelled from the venue.

LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF VIOLATIONS
Pursuant to § 27 section 5 of the Vienna Event Act 2020, LGBl. No. 53/2020, persons who do not comply with the provisions of these approved and announced house or place rules are not permitted to be on the event venue. Any violation of these house or place rules may be punished by expulsion from the venue. Pursuant to § 27 section 6 of the Vienna Events Act 2020, LGBl. No. 53/2020, it is pointed out that failure to comply with the expulsion order issued by the surveillance bodies of the Vienna Provincial Police Directorate constitutes an administrative offence. Any conduct relevant under administrative or criminal law will be prosecuted without exception.

INFORMATION ON THE AVAILABILITY OF THE ORGANIZER OR THE ORGANIZER'S AUTHORITY DURING THE EVENT:

ACTS Sportveranstaltungen GmbH, St.Veiter Ring 3 / 9020 Klagenfurt; telephone number: 01/470 72 47 - 0