I don't think the word "unenforceable" features much in southern Europe.
If some official wants to hassle you, he just goes ahead.
These are the two sides of life down there. The other side is that "anything" is possible and laws are mostly ignored and everybody is happy.
The people who live there and speak the language generally prefer that way of doing things.
Visitors like it or don't like it, according to how good they are at communication
