In cooperation with BNS
TALLINN - TheTallinn city government has a plan to introduce new regulations regarding the sale of alcohol. According to this new law, shops will need to display alcoholic beverages separately from nonalcoholic beverages and other goods ; the regulation should come into effect in the fall.
Deputy Mayor Jaanus Mutli said the draft regulation requires that alcohol be clearly separated from nonalcoholic beverages and other goods in stores.
"Our ideal is for each major store to have a separate alcohol department and for smaller ones, a separate alcohol section, as it already is the case in many Tallinn shops," Mutli said.
To give stores adequate time for reorganization, the city government wants to enforce the city council's decree on Sept. 1.
Tallinn has long had problems with foreign volume alcohol buyers from Scandanavia, which has ceased to slow even after a 30% alcohol tax increase early this year.
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