Andrey Klishas, head of the Federation Council Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building, withdrew from the government his draft law on the regulation of the online sale of alcoholic beverages. This was reported by Vedomosti with reference to two sources familiar with the initiative discussion.
Andrei Klishas withdrew the bill after receiving comments from the Ministry of Finance. According to the publication’s interlocutor, the department as a whole supported the bill, although it submitted a number of comments, which were not reported.
In November 2023, an experiment on online trading of Russian wine through the Russian Post should start. In June, Andrei Klishas suggested that the government consider amendments to the current law.
What the bill proposed:
- Create a separate registry of websites for businesses that can sell alcohol online. The procedure would be determined by the Federal Alcohol Market Regulation Service. It was planned to publish the information on the website of the service. To be included in it, companies must pay a state tax.
- To buy alcohol on the site, the user would have to enter into a contract. Before that, you would have to confirm your age using your ESIA account. The second time, the age upon receipt of the merchandise would be verified: by means of a QR or numeric code or a document (passport, driver’s license).
- If the buyer could not confirm the age, the contract would have been terminated. The money would then be returned no later than ten days later, the document suggests.
- Alcohol delivery would be allowed in or near residential or non-residential premises. At the same time, in non-residential, only if the USRN or technical accounting documents indicate that an office can be located there.
- Regional authorities could place restrictions on the time, conditions and places for the sale of alcohol online. There were also proposals for possible fines for violations of the rules for the sale of alcohol.
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Source: RB
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