Beer labeling may be delayed until 2025

The Analytical Center (AC) under the Russian government supports the extension of the beer labeling experiment, follows from his letter to the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Vedomosti got acquainted with its text. The authenticity of the letter was confirmed by two sources in the working group under the government commission from the business community on the “regulatory guillotine” (RGGS). The experiment itself began on April 1, 2021, it should end on August 31 this year. According to the draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers (published on the regulation.gov.ru portal on August 12), after that beer labeling will become mandatory in three stages: from April 1, 2023 – for products in kegs, from October 1, 2023 – in glass and PET – container, from January 15, 2024 – in aluminum cans.

The AC letter was a response to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, whose representatives tried to challenge the legitimacy of the vote of the RGDS on the issue of beer labeling (it took place on August 19). The working group considered the list of mandatory requirements on behalf of the President of Russia, which he gave after the appeal of the business ombudsman Boris Titov, says its executive secretary and acting. about. Oraz Durdiyev, President of AB InBev Efes. According to him, the task of the WGDS is to determine which of these business requirements, which come into force after August 31, 2022, should be canceled so as not to harm entrepreneurs under the sanctions, and which can be left in the current time frame. According to him, the majority of members supported the abolition of mandatory requirements for beer labeling (nine votes out of 13), and some (four participants) supported their transfer.