The Committee on Entrepreneurship, Regulatory and Antimonopoly Policy upholds the draft law on amendments to the Law ‘On state regulation of production and turnover of ethyl, cognac and fruit, alcoholic beverages and tobacco products’ re providing local self-government authorities with the right to impose restrictions on trade and consumption of alcohol

Information Department of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Secretariat
29 November 2013, 14:41

The bill (Reg. No. 2533а) suggests provide local self-government authorities with the right to restrict consumption of beer (except for non-alcoholic), alcoholic and low-alcoholic beverages, table wines and tobacco products.   

According to the people’s deputies, implementation of the draft law provisions will help decrease public order violations in cities at night time, as well as decrease a number of crimes committed in a state of alcoholic intoxication, etc.