Alcoholic beverages may disappear from Duty Free stores

According to the newspaper “Kommersant”, the requirements that Rosalkogolregulation imposes are impossible for warehouses located on the territory of regime facilities – air and sea ports.

According to the new rules, the warehouse should be isolated from service, utility and other premises by capital walls or temporary partitions from floor to ceiling.

The Association of Duty Free Operators notes that the Duty free operator has no right to make such redevelopment under the threat of not only termination of the lease agreement, but also criminal prosecution.

Market participants have already appealed to the Federal Antimonopoly Service with a statement of problems in obtaining a license for storing alcoholic beverages.

There are more than 25 large duty-free operators in Russia. Alcohol provides about 40% of all revenue.

Several operators, according to the Association of Duty Free Trade Operators, have already been forced to curtail the sale of alcohol. Among them is the company "Aerotradeservice", which has warehouses in Moscow "Domodedovo" and "Sheremetyevo".

At the same time, Rosalkogolregulating ruled out a situation in which different rules will apply to different market participants. The agency said its position was confirmed by the court.

In total, there are 25 large operators of Duty free stores in Russia. The total turnover of the three largest companies of the market is about a billion dollars.

Source: http://www.uralweb.ru/news/n385592.html