Rules for the manufacturing and trade with alcoholic beverages

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• Tasting of alcoholic beverages and preparations

  Described here are the rules for obtaining a permit to organise the tasting of alcoholic beverages and preparations. The information is primarily aimed at those who are the business operator or those who wish to arrange a tasting.

• Wholesale trading in spirits and alcoholic beverages

  Wholesale trade in alcoholic beverages and alcoholic beverage-like preparations requires that you be authorised as a warehouse keeper or as a registered recipient of such goods. If you have sold alcoholic beverages or alcoholic beverage-like preparations, you will also need to submit statistical data.

• Import, entry of goods and distance trading in alcoholic beverages and alcoholic beverage-like preparations

  Alcoholic beverages and alcoholic beverage-like preparations may only be imported and brought into Sweden if the rules of the Alcohol Act are complied with.

• Medium-strong beer - description of retail trade and serving

  In this passage you can read a short introduction about the regulations concerning retail trade and serving of medium-strong beer. For instance you will learn the definition of medium-strong beer and the requirements of the premises.

• You must be approved as a warehouse keeper or tax-exempt consumer

  In order to manufacture spirits, wine, beer, other fermented alcoholic beverages and technical spirits, as a business practitioner you must be approved as a warehouse keeper or tax-exempt consumer for such goods. It is the Swedish Tax Agency that decides on such approvals.