2024-06-01 19:33:30
Azerbaijan is enhancing the licensing system associated to the import and manufacturing of alcoholic drinks.
As Day.Az reported on Friday, this difficulty was mirrored within the modification to the legislation “On Meals Security,” which was mentioned at right now’s assembly of the Milli Majlis (parliament).
The draft amendments observe that enhancing the licensing system will serve to guard the pursuits of disciplined {and professional} enterprise entities working on this space, shield the home market from low-quality merchandise, regulate manufacturing and turnover, forestall circumstances of tax evasion and unlawful manufacturing, and type a aggressive funding local weather within the current space and growing the export potential of manufactured merchandise.
The set up of measuring devices at a meals facility the place manufacturing actions are carried out serves to stop circumstances of concealment of manufacturing volumes by alcoholic beverage producers and to find out the turnover of completed merchandise.
Figuring out the situations for having an settlement with a provider for the import of vodka, which is an alcoholic beverage, in addition to paperwork for the acquisition of alcohol used as uncooked supplies in manufacturing, will restrict the turnover of products of unknown origin and low high quality on this space, in addition to the amount of the shadow financial system.
One of many proposed necessities for issuing a allow for the manufacturing of vodka as an alcoholic beverage is the institution of a minimal annual manufacturing restrict. Within the venture, the minimal annual manufacturing quantity is outlined as 100 thousand deciliters; the transitional provisions of the venture present for a gradual enhance within the annual minimal manufacturing quantity to this restrict till January 1, 2032. Thus, the minimal annual manufacturing quantity for 2024-2025 is about at 20 thousand deciliters.
In response to the evaluation, over the previous 3 years, the amount of vodka manufacturing by taxpayers with a manufacturing quantity of greater than 20 thousand deciliters amounted to a complete of 1 million 434 thousand deciliters, which is 86 % of the whole quantity of vodka manufacturing within the nation.
It must be taken into consideration {that a} related follow relating to the annual minimal manufacturing quantity already existed within the nation’s laws. Thus, within the “Guidelines for issuing licenses for the manufacturing of ethyl (edible) alcohol, alcoholic drinks and tobacco merchandise on the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan”, accredited by Decision No. 33 of the Cupboard of Ministers of the Azerbaijan Republic dated March 4, 1999 (canceled by Decision No. 385 of the Cupboard of Ministers dated October 6, 2016 12 months), there was a requirement to difficulty a license for the manufacturing of vodka with an annual manufacturing quantity of no less than 200 thousand deciliters.
After dialogue, the modification was put to a vote and adopted within the third studying.
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