Amendments made to the law on state regulation of production and turnover of ethyl alcohol, alcoholic and alcohol-containing products. Setting new constraints on the retail sale of alcohol in the provision of catering services. If the premise caterers is located in an apartment building or in the surrounding territory, to sell alcohol if the cafe has a hall of service of visitors with a minimum size of 20 square meters. Under the hall area, specified in the law, refers to the area of specially equipped premises, intended for consumption of ready culinary production, confectionery products or the purchase of goods.
the Regional authorities may impose additional restrictions in the sale of alcohol in these drinking establishments. For example, to increase the size of the hall or to introduce a complete ban on the retail sale of alcohol in catering establishments located in residential houses.
“In the state Duma enters a large number of complaints that the houses arranged so-called “low bar”, in other words, drinking establishments, visitors which systematically violate the rule of law and prevented residents. Most often a “low bar” is located on the first floors of residential buildings with access to playgrounds. In addition, it is often in the “Nalivaiko” sold unlicensed alcohol that poisoned citizens”, – said the Deputy of the state Duma Olga Pavlova, one of the initiators of the bill.
typically a “low bar” does not have a service hall or this room is very small. Usually they work under the guise of pseudocode. “Cafe implies a place where there is a special room for service and food. In “Nalivaiko” this is not usually. Their main task is to water the visitor. This is their main difference from catering. They promote the culture of consumption of alcoholic beverages in public eating places”, – says Pavlov.
