Alcohol Control Policies

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National Policy - Written national policy adopted/revised - Learn more

Adopted written national policy on alcohol, year adopted
Adopted written national policy on alcohol, year revised

National Policy

Adopted written national policy on alcohol
Alcohol use is banned
Alcoholic beverage legally defined
Action Plan for implementation of alcohol policy
Central coordinating entity for alcohol policy implementation
Framework of national alcohol policy
Level of adoption of national alcohol policy
Sectors represented in national alcohol policy
National drinking guidelines
National legislation to prevent illegal alcohol
National legislation to prevent illegal alcohol sales

Advertising and product placement restrictions

Advertising restrictions on national television
Advertising restrictions on cable television
Advertising restrictions on national radio
Advertising restrictions on local radio
Advertising restrictions in print media
Advertising restrictions at cinemas
Advertising restrictions on billboards
Advertising restrictions at point-of-sale
Advertising restrictions on the internet
Advertising restrictions on social media
Restrictions on product placement on national television
Restrictions on product placement on cable television
Restrictions on product placement in films/movies

Age limits - Alcohol service/sales - Learn more

Age limits on-premise service
Age limits off-premise sales

Community action

Government support for community action

Drink driving

Legal blood alcohol concentration (BAC) limits
Penalties for drink driving
Penalties for drink driving, repeated offense
Random breath testing (RBT) use
Sobriety checkpoints
Graduated licensing

Licensing requirements

Licensing required for exports of alcoholic beverages
Licensing required for imports of alcoholic beverages
Licence required for production
Licence required for retail sales
Licensing required for wholesale/distribution of alcoholic beverages
Licenses issued for production, change since 2010
Licenses issued for retail sale, change since 2010
Licenses issued for wholesale/distribution, change since 2010

Monopolies

Monopoly on exports of alcoholic beverages
Monopoly on imports of alcoholic beverages
Government monopoly on production
Government monopoly on retail sales

Alcohol Control Policies - Price measures

Monopoly on wholesale /distribution of alcoholic beverages

Marketing

Detection of marketing infringements
Penalties for marketing infringements

Price measures

Price measures

Sales promotion

Restrictions on sales promotion from owners of pubs and bars (alcohol for free)
Restrictions on sales promotion from producers (parties, events)
Restrictions on sales promotion from retailers (sales below cost)

Selling off-premise

Off-premise sales restrictions on days
Off-premise sales restrictions on hours
Off-premise sales restrictions on outlet density
Off-premise sales restrictions on places
Off-premise sales restrictions at specific events
Off-premise sales restrictions at petrol stations

Selling on-premise

On-premise sales restrictions on days
On-premise sales restrictions on hours
On-premise sales restrictions on outlet density
On-premise sales restrictions on places
On-premise sales restrictions at specific events
On-premise sales restrictions to intoxicated persons

Sponsorship

Restrictions on sponsorship of sporting events
Restrictions on sponsorship of youth events

Taxation measures

Excise tax on alcoholic beverages
Level of taxation adjusted for inflation
Duty paid or excise stamp on alcohol container
Value-added tax (VAT) on alcohol (%)
Taxation of ethanol production
Ethanol tax deducted from excise tax
Tax incentives for production low/no alcohol content beer
Tax incentives for production of other alcoholic beverages

Use in public places

Restrictions on alcohol use in public places

Warning and consumer information labels

Health warning labels on alcohol advertising
Health warning labels on alcohol containers
Consumer information about calories, additives, etc on containers
Number of standard alcoholic drinks displayed on containers
Alcohol content displayed on containers
Health warning labels on pregnancy
Health warning labels on under-age drinking
Health warning labels on drink-driving
Legal requirement for size of health warning labels

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