Rosalkogoltabakcontrol commented on the massive lawsuits against Russian brewers

Russian courts are currently considering about three dozen cases on Rosalkogoltabakkontrol’s (RATK) demand to exclude the organizations from the register of beer producers. RB.RU reported this Head of the press service of RATC Alexander Kulikov.

The RATC representative added that violations of registration requirements were identified during “on-site evaluations.”

“The main violations of mandatory requirements identified during on-site assessments carried out by Rosalkogoltabakkontrol specialists are the lack of ownership of the organization or long-term lease of production facilities or technological equipment,” said Alexander Kulikov.

RATC has already achieved the closure of four breweries as an interim measure, RB.RU reported.

Vice President of the Federation of Restaurateurs and Hoteliers of Russia Alexey Nebolsin declared to RB.RU that RATC first carries out inspections to “clean” non-working companies from the register, which is absolutely correct. In fact, some brewers have not worked for a long time and under their auspices “it is not clear who” can produce beer.

Nebolsin adds that when brewers who do not have their own locations begin to be removed from the market, the industry will lose its original companies. There are already precedents that, due to problems with the premises, attempts are made to remove companies from the registry, but until now “they try to solve the problems in their own way.”

“And this question will arise sooner or later. We will categorically support the brewers on this issue,” promised the FRiO vice president. In any case, the expert in the brewing field believes that the work within the framework of cleaning the registry will lead to an adjustment in the number of productions.