Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The law of Uzbekistan, signed by the President, establishes new levels of state duties for licensing activities for the sale of alcoholic products and for the production of various types of alcohol.

Amendments and additions have been made to the Tax Code, laws "On restricting the distribution and consumption of alcohol and tobacco products" and "On state fees"

According to the amendments made to the law "On restricting the distribution and use of alcoholic and tobacco products", it is prohibited to sell alcohol and tobacco products produced by a manufacturer of Uzbekistan who does not have a license for its production, and who has not notified the authorized body of the start of activities for the production of beer and beer drinks (excluding natural wine).

The Tax Code introduces a fee for the right to retail trade in alcoholic beverages and a fee for the sale of alcoholic beverages by public catering enterprises.

The payers of the levy are legal entities that have confirmation of notification of the authorized state body about the start of the sale of alcoholic beverages by retail and catering enterprises.

The fee is paid from the moment of sending a notification about the beginning of the sale of alcoholic beverages. If the notification is sent before the 20th day of the current month, the fee is calculated in full for the given month, and if the notification is sent after the 20th day of the current month - from the first day of the next month. The fee is paid monthly in the form of an advance payment by the 10th day of the current month.

In addition, clause 50 was added to the annex to the law "On State Duty", which establishes a state duty for licensing certain types of activities by the Agency for the Regulation of the Alcohol and Tobacco Market and the Development of Winemaking:

- activities in the wholesale trade of alcoholic beverages - 200 BRV;

- activities for the production of consumer and technical ethyl alcohol, alcoholic beverages:

- food ethyl rectified alcohol - 100 sizes of basic estimated value;

- technical ethyl alcohol - 25 sizes of basic estimated value;

 - vodka and alcoholic beverages from edible ethyl alcohol - 250 sizes of basic estimated value;

 - wine drinks with a strength of 7 to 22% - 250 sizes of basic estimated value;

 - grape and fruit vodka, grape and fruit wine, cognac, cognac drink, brandy, whiskey, rum, Calvados - 100 sizes of basic estimated value;

 - grape and fruit and berry alcohol, wine alcohol, raw grape and fruit and berry alcohol, distillate of grape, wine, cognac, whiskey, rum, fruit and berry and Calvados, sparkling and carbonated wine - 50 sizes of basic estimated value;

 - grape and fruit-berry wine materials - 25 sizes of basic estimated value.

For the right to carry out the production of food and technical ethyl alcohol, alcoholic beverages, the state duty is paid once a year, depending on the type of each group.