Retail sales of alcoholic beverages are only allowed indoors.
You may get an alcohol retail trade licence for selling beverages with a maximum alcohol content of 8%, produced by fermentation, and beverages with a maximum alcohol content of 5.5%, produced by other means, for:
- food shops
- vehicles and vessels used as mobile shops
- premises licensed to serve alcohol
- premises where alcoholic beverages are produced.
You may also get an alcohol retail trade licence for premises producing fruit wines with an alcohol content of no more than 13% or premises producing craft beers with an alcohol content of no more than 12%.
Food shops
You may get an alcohol retail trade licence for selling beverages with a maximum alcohol content of 5.5% on the indoor premises of a food shop. Your shop must have a diverse range of day-to-day groceries. The sales of alcoholic beverages must not significantly exceed the sales of other foods. The main thing is that sales of alcoholic beverages may form part of your service to customers in a grocery shop but must not be its principal function.
Vehicles and vessels used as mobile shops
You may get an alcohol retail trade licence for selling beverages with a maximum alcohol content of 5.5% in a mobile shop in a vehicle or vessel that operates on a regular route confirmed by the Regional State Administrative Agency. Your mobile shop must offer a diverse range of day-to-day groceries.
Licensed premises
You may sell beverages with a maximum alcohol content of 5.5% for consumption off the premises in premises licensed to serve alcohol. You will, however, need a separate alcohol retail trade licence for this. The beverages must be the same as those offered at the restaurant.
Premises where alcoholic beverages are produced
You may get an alcohol retail trade licence for selling beverages with a maximum alcohol content of 5.5% on the premises where they are produced. As the licence holder, you are allowed to sell alcoholic beverages produced by you, and other alcoholic beverages, indoors at the production premises themselves. If you have an alcohol retail trade licence for production premises, you do not need to carry a range of groceries for sale as with a food shop.