OREANDA-NEWS. August 28, 2014. The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia) held a meeting of a Working Group of the Expert Council on Developing Competition on the Market of Production and Circulation of Ethanol, Alcohol and Alcohol-Containing Products.

Apart from representatives of the antimonopoly authority, attendees included officers of the Ministry of Economic Development, the Federal Service for Alcohol Market Regulation (Rosalcoholregulirovanie), as well as representatives of the Eurasian Duty Free Association.

The main item for discussion was the issues of licensing duty free shops and requirements to comply with the lowest prices in retail sale of strong alcoholic beverages.

Summing up the meeting, the Working Group recommended representatives of the Association to describe specifics of duty free circulation of alcohol products for Rosalcoholregulirovanie and submit proposals for improving the law on licensing duty free shops.