The research also does not include aspects of the public procurement law and similar practices in catering services, as, for example, organized institutions for providing food etc. In these cases, ‘catering’ is interpreted as supplying food, prepared centrally for consumption in other places. That is to say, the procurement and supply of food products by a preparation factory, factorykitchen, and thus does not concern catering in the meaning of this paper. This paper refers to restaurant establishments designed to prepare and/or to supply (ready) food and organize consumer services ‘on site’. V. HISTORICAL ELEMENTS FOR THE RESTAURANT CATERING CONTRACT Special (not legal) literature indicates that the term ‘catering’ is of English origin and in translation means ‘provide food for’33. Historically, it was formed from the Middle English word catour ‘buyer of provisions’34. In western European history, Jean-François Vatel is considered the founder of catering, who as maître d’hôtel was responsible for organizing banquets in honor of Louis XIV35. VI. RESTAURANTS AND CATERING WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF PUBLIC LAW 6.1. Restaurants as Establishments of Health Interest Restaurants constitute a special category of “establishments of health interest”36. Thus, the rules governing the establishment and licensing of these 33 See for the etymology https://www.etymonline.com/word/cater, accessed 15 July 2025. 34 See for the catering and its history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catering and https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/History_of_catering#:~:text=The%20word%20catering%20comes%20from,diverse%20industry%20 it%20is%20today, both accessed 15 July 2025. 35 See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Vatel, and https://simple.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Vatel#:~:text=Fran%C3%A7ois%20Vatel%20(French%20pronunciation:%20 %E2%80%8B%5Bf%CA%81%C9%91%CC%83swa%20vat%C9%9Bl%5D)%20(1631,and%20prince%20 Louis%20II%20de%20Bourbon%2DCond%C3%A9.%20Vatel, both accessed 15 July 2025. 36 Greek law defines under this term all establishments and enterprises whose operation is governed by health regulations and in which preparation, storage, preservation, trade, distribution to customers (seated, standing, passing) or delivery of all kinds of food or sweets or beverages takes place, as well as establishments offering services that may cause harm to public health. See Art. 80 para 1-11 of Law Nr. 3463/2006 “Ratification of the Municipal and Community Code” (Government Gazette, issue A` Nr. 114/08.06.2006); see also Art. 2 para 4, 5A-5D and Art. 14 of the Decision of the Minister of Health “Health requirements and conditions for the operation of food/beverage busi�- nesses” (Ministerial Decision Υ1γ/Γ.Π/οικ. 47829/21.06.2017, Government Gazette, issue B` Nr. 2161/23.06.2017) in the regulative field of which fall among other categories of food business operators also these of the Category IV: Mass 68 APOSTOLOS TASSIKAS
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