AKP government imposes new restrictions on the sale of alcoholic beverages

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has drawn up a new regulation on the trade in alcoholic beverages.

In the regulation entitled “Regulation amending the Regulation on Procedures and Principles in the Matter of Foreign and Domestic Trade of Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages” published in the Official Gazette, modifications were introduced to the legislation related to the sale of alcoholic beverages .

According to rule 5 of cl 300 excluding alcoholic beverages and small volume beer containers of cl Alcoholic beverages with large volumes of packaging cannot be imported, produced or placed on the market.

The following details were given in the transitory articles added to the regulation:

Alcoholic beverages with a packaging volume of less than 5 cl and alcoholic beverages with a packaging volume of more than 300 cl, excluding beer, may not be produced or imported from the end of the second month following the publication of this article. .

These products may not be supplied to the domestic market by companies holding the Authorization Certificate for the Distribution of Alcoholic Beverages from the end of the third month following the date of publication of this article, and by wholesalers, retailers or open vendors of alcoholic beverages. from its completion. fourth month.

With the exception of beer, alcoholic beverages in non-glass containers may not be produced or imported after the end of the second month following the date of publication of this article.

These products may not be supplied to the domestic market by companies holding the Authorization Certificate for the Distribution of Alcoholic Beverages from the end of the third month following the date of publication of this article, and by wholesalers, retailers or open vendors of alcoholic beverages. from its completion. fourth month.

The full text of the regulation is as follows:

PROCEDURE REGARDING DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN TRADE OF ALCOHOL AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
AND MODIFICATIONS TO THE REGULATION OF PRINCIPLES
REGULATION ON FACT

ARTICLE 1- The following paragraph is added to article 12 of the Regulation on Procedures and Principles in the Matter of Domestic and Foreign Trade of Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages published in the Official Gazette dated 6/6/2003 and number 25130.

“In the event that companies that do not renew their distribution authorization certificate within the specified period apply for it within 3 months at the latest from the certificate validity date, the distribution authorization certificate fee determined in the second paragraph of article 14 will be charged as double and the certificate is renewed. Requests after this period are not considered within the scope of the renewal.”

ARTICLE 2.- The sixth and sixteenth paragraphs of article 13 of the same Regulation are amended to read as follows.

“Alcoholic beverages with a container volume of less than 5 cl and alcoholic beverages with a container volume of more than 300 cl, excluding beer, may not be imported, produced or marketed.”

“Alcoholic beverages other than beer are offered to the market only in containers made of glass material.”

ARTICLE 3.- Article 20 of the same Regulation is amended to read as follows.

“ARTICLE 20- The administrative sanctions provided for in the pertinent articles of Laws No. 4733 and 4250 are applied to those who violate the provisions of this Regulation. In the event of committing acts that require judicial sanction in accordance with the relevant articles of Laws No. 4733 and 4250, a criminal complaint is filed before the judicial authorities.”

ARTICLE 4- The following transitory articles are added to the same Regulation.

“PROVISIONAL ARTICLE 13- Alcoholic beverages with a container volume of less than 5 cl and alcoholic beverages with a container volume of more than 300 cl, excluding beer, may not be produced or imported after the end of the second month following the publication of this article. These products may not be supplied to the domestic market by companies holding the Authorization Certificate for the Distribution of Alcoholic Beverages from the end of the third month following the date of publication of this article, and by wholesalers, retailers or outdoor liquor vendors. from the fourth month.

PROVISIONAL ARTICLE 14- With the exception of beer, alcoholic beverages with containers other than glass may not be produced or imported after the end of the second month following the date of publication of this article. These products may not be supplied to the domestic market by companies holding the Authorization Certificate for the Distribution of Alcoholic Beverages from the end of the third month following the date of publication of this article, and by wholesalers, retailers or open vendors of alcoholic beverages. from its completion. fourth month.

ARTICLE 5- This Regulation enters into force from the date of its publication.

ARTICLE 6- The provisions of this Regulation are executed by the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry.

OTHER REGULATION HAS CHANGED

The Ministry also made changes to the “Regulations on technical conditions, institutions, procedures and principles related to the operation and inspection of alcohol and alcoholic beverage facilities.”

The first paragraph of article 20 of the regulation was modified by the following:

“The transfer to third parties of the exploitation rights or corporate shares of factories, workshops, workshops or commercial companies or those places belonging to companies holding permits for the production of alcohol or alcoholic beverages is subject to the authorization of the Authority. The request made for this purpose must be submitted to the Institution together with the information and documents indicated in subsection (d) of the first paragraph of article 5 for the assignee and subsections (a), (b), (c) , d) and e) of the first paragraph of article 5 for the assignee. If the request is deemed appropriate, the production permit will be updated.”