Asociación Catalana de Locales de Alterne
The Asociación Catalana de Locales de Alterne (English: Catalan Association of Alternate Premises) (ACLA) is an association of businessmen in the prostitution sector in Catalonia, Spain.[1] The association was created in 2002[2] and represents 40 clubs out of the 450 in Catalonia.[1]
Its main activities focus on lobbying legislators to create a regulatory framework to regulate activities within the prostitution sector and to modify Barcelona's restrictive legislation on sex clubs. They criticise the lack of action on what they consider to be the main problem of non-regulation: street prostitution.[1]
In 2006 they criticised the draft law of the Generalitat de Catalunya that proposed a minimum age for prostitution of 21 years.[2] They claimed that if as a result of this the premises were closed, street and flat prostitution would increase.[3]
An inspection carried out in 2008 in Barcelona found that many prostitution premises did not comply with the soon to be introduced regulations, primarily that they should not be adjacent to an occupied house or within 200 metres of a school or church. The ACLA reacted by demanding a change in the regulations because closure of the clubs would lead to more prostitution on the streets.[4]
In 2009 the city council of Ciutat Vella claimed that street prostitution would not be reduced by the opening of sex premises, which the ACLA denied.[5]
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- ^ a b c "Nace la Asociación Catalana de Locales de Alterne para defender el sector" [The Catalan Association of Alternate Premises was born to defend the sector]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 30 May 2006. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ a b Boet, Isis (31 May 2006). "La patronal catalana de la prostitución reclama a la Generalitat una regulación "sensata" del sector" [The Catalan employer of prostitution demands a" sensible "regulation of the sector from the Generalitat]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "Los clubes alterne alertan de un aumento de la prostitución de calle si cierran sus locales" [Clubs alternately warn of an increase in street prostitution if they close their premises]. www.publico.es (in Spanish). 11 December 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "Sólo dos de los 200 clubes de alterne de Barcelona cumplen la normativa municipal" [Only two of the 200 Barcelona hostess clubs comply with municipal regulations]. www.elmundo.es (in Spanish). 6 October 2008. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "Los clubes de alterne creen que una reforma normativa no acabará con la prostitución" [Nightclubs believe that a regulatory reform will not end prostitution]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 10 September 2009. Retrieved 15 July 2020.