Measures for Administration of Alcohol Circulation
Minister Bo Xilai
November 7，2005
Measures for Administration of Alcohol Circulation
Chapter I General Principles
Article 1 These measures are formulated according to relative national s and regulations for the purposes of regulating the order of alcohol circulation, promoting the regular development of alcohol market and safeguarding legal rights and interests of alcohol producers, managers and consumers.
Article 2 Alcohol in terms of these measures means alcoholic drinks that the alcohol content is more than 0.5% （volume fractions）, including fermented liquor, distilled liquor, formulated liquor, edible alcohol and other drinks containing alcohol, excluding medical liquor, health food liquor produced with the approval of relative administrations of the state in accordance with laws.
Alcohol circulation in terms of these measures includes alcohol wholesale, retail, storage and transportation and other operation activities.
Article 3 Whoever is engaged in alcohol circulation within the boundary of the People’s Republic of China should abide by these measures.
Article 4 Alcohol circulation performs the systems of managers’ record registration and tracing to the source.
Article 5 Ministry of Commerce is in charge of the supervision and administration of nationwide alcohol circulation.
The competent commercial departments at the level of higher than county are responsible for the supervision and administration of alcohol circulation within their administrative areas.
Chapter II Record Registration
Article 6 The unit or individuals who are engaged in alcohol wholesale or retail （alcohol managers） should register for record to the competent commercial authority at the same level of industrial and commercial administrative department in the registration areas according to dependencies management principles within 60 days at obtaining of the business license.
Article 7 The procedures for record registration for the alcohol managers are as follows:
1. get Record Registration Form for Alcohol Circulation （Registration Form in short below）. Registration Form may be downloaded from the government network of the Ministry of Commerce （）, or get it from the local competent commercial departments.
2. fill in Registration Form. Alcohol managers should fill in Registration Form completely, correctly and strictly according to the facts, and read the provisions in the Registration Form at the same time, the Registration Form should be signed and affixed a seal by legal representative or the owner.
3. submit following materials for record registration to the competent commercial department:
（1） Registration Form filled in according to Article 7, Section 2 of these measures in duplicate;
（2） Copy of business license and health permit signed and affixed a seal by legal representative or the owner;
（3） Other materials approved by the Ministry of Commerce and requested in the public notice by provincial competent commercial department.
Article 8 The competent commercial department should handle record registration formalities within 5 working days at receipt of above materials submitted by alcohol managers, and affix a seal on the Registration Form.
Article 9 The competent commercial department should record and keep record registration information and materials of the alcohol manager completely and correctly, establish record registration files, report to the competent administration at a higher level and may publish the information to the society.
Article 10 If any item in the registration form has any changes, alcohol managers should apply for going through change formalities to the competent commercial department within 30 days as of the date of change （the item subject to industrial and commercial affairs should be handled within 30 days as of the date of change in industrial and commercial registration）.
The competent commercial department should handle the change formalities within 5 working days at receipt of the written materials submitted by the alcohol managers.
Registration Form shall lose efficacy automatically from the day when the industrial and commercial administrations cancel the registration or revoke the business license of the alcohol managers. The competent commercial department should verify regularly the cancellation or revoking with industrial and commercial administrations at the same level.
Article 11 The competent commercial departments can only collect cost of production approved by local price department and should not collect other costs when they handle the formalities of record registration or record change.
Article 12 Alcohol managers must not forge, alter, rent, lend, transfer, buy and sell or obtain by cheating Record Registration Form for Alcohol Circulation.
Chapter III Operation Rules
Article 13 Any one engaged in alcohol wholesale, retail, storage and transportation should perform the provisions of relative standard of the state or industry in accordance with laws.
Article 14 Alcohol managers （the suppliers） should fill in Attached Documents for Alcohol Circulation （”Attached Documents” in short below） when they wholesale alcoholic commodities, recording the detailed circulation information of alcoholic commodities. Attached Documents is attached in the whole process of alcohol circulation. The documents should go with the commodities and the two should match each other so as to realize the retroactivity of circulation information of alcoholic commodities in the whole process from the production to sale.
The content of Attached Documents should include selling unit （name, address, number of record registration and contact form），name of the buyer, date of selling, sold commodities （name, specification, origin, production numbers, quantity, unit） and etc. The seal of the manager should be affixed.
The alcohol managers who have established perfect trace to the source system meeting the requirements of these measures may use the documents made by themselves to replace the Attached Documents stipulated in these measures with the approval of the Ministry of Commerce.
Article 15 When purchasing alcoholic commodities, alcohol managers should ask for the copies of the suppliers’ business license, health permit, production permit （only the producer）, registration form, the authorization letter for alcohol marketing （only the producer）.
Alcohol managers should ask for the copy of effective certificate of product quality inspection of every batch of alcoholic commodities they purchased, and the Attached Documents affixed a seal of alcohol manager or the documents according with the provisions of Article 14, section 2 of these measures. To the imported alcoholic commodities, they should also ask for the copies of Hygiene Certificate for Imported Foods and Label Verification Certificate for Imported Food issued by national entry and exit inspection and quarantine department.
Alcohol managers should establish purchasing and selling account for alcohol business and maintain it for three years.
Article 16 Alcohol managers should sell alcohol in bulk with label in a fixed place, should not sell alcohol in bulk from place to place.
The container of alcohol in bulk should meet the requirements of national food hygiene, pasted the symbol meeting national label standard of alcoholic drinks, and indicate clearly the efficacy for sale after opening, the manager and the telephone number.
Article 17 Alcohol managers should meet the requirements of food sanitation management, fire safety, storage and transportation when they store and transport alcoholic commodities. Alcoholic commodities should be far away from high pollution and high radiation area, should not be stored together with the toxic, harmful and corrosive goods and pollutants （sources）.
Article 18 Alcohol managers should mark the price clearly, honest and trustworthy while selling alcoholic commodities.
Article 19 Alcohol managers should not sell alcoholic commodities to the minors and should express clearly in a marked place of the operation area.
Article 20 Wholesale, retail, storage and transportation of following commodities are forbidden:
1. alcoholic commodities adulterated with non-edible alcohol harmful to human health;
2. alcoholic commodities of which the name, address of the production factory and production date are forged and tampered with;
3. alcoholic commodities that have violated the exclusive rights to use the trademarks and Intellectual Property;
4. adulterated, shoddy, false and out-of-date alcoholic commodities, and illegal imported alcohol;
5. other alcoholic commodities prohibited to be sold in accordance with national laws and regulations.
Chapter IV Supervision and Administration
Article 21 The competent commercial departments at the level higher than county supervise and administer the alcohol circulation in their administrative areas in accordance with relative national laws, regulations and theses measures.
The competent commercial departments at all levels should not restrict or hinder the circulation of legal alcoholic commodities in this area.
Article 22 The competent commercial departments should show their effective certificate when they perform supervision and administration. enforcement staffs should not be less than two. When they have evidence or accept an informant, the law enforcement staffs may look up account book or select sample for check after showing their effective certificate to the persons concerned.
The competent commercial departments have the obligations to keep commercial secret for the persons concerned.
Alcohol managers should cooperated with the supervision examination made by the competent commercial departments and provide information strictly according to the facts, should not transfer, destroy without permission the alcoholic commodities to be checked.
Article 23 The competent commercial departments should establish alcohol circulation monitoring system, monitoring and analyzing alcohol circulation in the local area, establishing credit files for alcohol managers, and publishing the information to the society timely.
The Ministry of Commerce should use modern information technology to establish alcohol circulation administration system and safety information system. The competent commercial departments at all levels and alcohol managers should report corresponding information in time.
Article 24 The competent commercial departments may select samples of alcohol commodities sold in this area for check themselves or together with relative departments and may publish the check result to the society.
The appraising conclusion on the alcohol commodities issued or approved by the competent commercial departments should be on the basis of check result of national legal testing agencies or the identification report of the enterprises whose lawful rights are infringed on.
Article 25 Encourage alcohol industry organizations to establish and perfect industry self-discipline system.
Article 26 All units and individuals have the rights to report or complain the activities violating these measures to local competent commercial departments, industrial and commercial administrations or relative departments.
Chapter V Legal Liability
Article 27 Whoever violates the provisions of Article 6, Article 10 Section 1 of these measures should be given a warning and instructed to make correction by the competent commercial department. Any alcohol manager who refuses to make correction within the time limited may be imposed a fine of less than 2 thousand yuan in light of the circumstances and the punishment may be published to the society.
Whoever violates the provision of Article 12 may be imposed a fine of less than 10 thousand yuan in light of the circumstances. Whoever violates the industrial and commercial administrative laws and regulations should be transferred to the industrial and commercial administrations for punishment in accordance with laws. Whoever commits a crime should be ascertained criminal responsibility.
Article 28 Whoever violates Article 14 and 15 of these measures should be given a warning and ordered to make correction by the competent commercial departments and the punishment may be published to the society. Whoever refuses to make correction may be imposed a fine less than 5 thousand yuan in light of circumstances and the punishment should be published to the society.
Article 29 Whoever violates Article 16 and 17 of these measures should be given a warning and ordered to make correction by the competent commercial departments. If the case is serious, a fine of less than 10 thousand yuan may be imposed and the case may be transferred to the industrial and commercial administrations. Whoever commits a crime should be ascertained criminal responsibility.
Article 30 Whoever violates Article 19 of these measures should be given a warning and ordered to make correction by the competent commercial departments. If the case is serious, a fine of less than 2 thousand yuan should be imposed.
Article 31 Whoever violates Article 20 of these measures should be imposed a fine of less than 30 thousand yuan in light of circumstances and whose illegal commodities should be confiscated by the competent commercial department together with relative departments. Whoever violates industrial and commercial administrative laws and regulations or the exclusive rights to use trademarks should be transferred to the industrial and commercial administrations for punishment in accordance with laws. Whoever violates other laws and regulations should be transferred to corresponding agencies for punishment in accordance with laws. Whoever commits a crime should be ascertained criminal responsibility.
Article 32 Whoever violates Article 22 Section 3 of these measures should be given a warning by the competent commercial departments and instructed to make correction. If the case is serious, a fine of less than 10 thousand yuan may be imposed.
Article 33 If the competent commercial departments violate the provisions of these measures during supervision and administration of alcohol circulation should be given administrative sanction in accordance with laws.
Article VI Supplementary Articles
Article 34 The areas that have performed administrative permission management for alcohol circulation should perform continuously the permission system and the system of trace to the source to the circulation of alcoholic commodities. Alcohol circulation permit is regarded as Registration Form.
Article 35 Registration Form and Attached Documents are made uniformly by the Ministry of Commerce. Provincial competent commercial departments are responsible for the concrete implementation.
Article 36 The competent commercial departments at the lever higher than county may authorize corresponding agencies to be engaged in the supervision and administration of alcohol circulation in accordance with laws.
Article 37 The interpretation of these measures is vested in the Ministry of Commerce.
Article 38 These measures shall come into effect on January 1, 2006 and set 3 months as transitional period on the date of implementation. During the transitional period, alcohol managers should handle record registration and establish alcohol trace to the source system in accordance with these measures.
《酒类流通管理办法》已经2005年10月19日商务部第15次部务会议审议通过，现予以发布，自2006年1月1日起。
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酒类流通管理办法
{dy}章 总 则
{dy}条 为规范酒类流通秩序，促进酒类市场有序发展，维护国家利益，保护酒类生产者、经营者和消费者的合法权益，根据国家有关、，制定本办法。
第二条 本办法所称酒类是指酒精度（乙醇含量）大于0.5％（体积分数）的含酒精饮料，包括发酵酒、蒸馏酒、配制酒、食用酒精以及其他含有酒精成分的饮品。经国家有关行政管理部门依法批准生产的药酒、保健食品酒类除外。
本办法所称酒类流通包括酒类批发、零售、储运等经营活动。
第三条 在中华人民共和国境内从事酒类流通活动，应当遵守本办法。
第四条 酒类流通实行经营者备案登记制度和溯源制度。
第五条 商务部负责全国酒类流通监督管理工作。
县级以上商务主管部门负责本行政区域内酒类流通监督管理工作。
第二章 备案登记
第六条 从事酒类批发、零售的单位或个人（以下统称酒类经营者）应当在取得营业执照后60日内，按属地管理原则，向登记注册地工商行政管理部门的同级商务主管部门办理备案登记。
第七条 酒类经营者备案登记程序如下：
（一）领取《酒类流通备案登记表》（以下简称《登记表》）。《登记表》可以通过商务部政府网站（）下载，或到所在地商务主管部门领取。
（二）填写《登记表》。酒类经营者应完整、准确、真实地填写《登记表》；同时认真阅读《登记表》所附条款，并由法定代表人或业主签字、盖章。
（三）向商务主管部门提交下述备案登记材料：
1、按本办法第七条第（二）项要求填写的《登记表》一式两份；
2、由法定代表人或业主签字、盖章的营业执照复印件和卫生许可证复印件；
3、经商务部认可并由省级商务主管部门公示要求提交的其它材料。
第八条 商务主管部门应自收到酒类经营者提交的上述材料之日起5个工作日内办理备案登记手续，在《登记表》上加盖印章。
第九条 商务主管部门应当完整准确地记录和保存酒类经营者的备案登记信息和登记材料，建立备案登记档案，定期向上级主管部门报送，并可向社会公布。
第十条 登记表上的任何登记事项发生变更时，酒类经营者应当自变更之日起30日内（属于工商登记事项的自工商登记变更之日起30日内）向商务主管部门办理变更手续。
商务主管部门收到酒类经营者提交的书面材料后，应当在5个工作日内办理变更手续。
《登记表》自酒类经营者在工商行政管理部门注销登记或被吊销营业执照之日起自动失效。商务主管部门应定期与同级工商行政管理部门核实注销或吊销情况。
第十一条 商务主管部门在办理备案登记或变更备案登记时，仅可收取经当地物价部门核定的工本费，不得收取其它费用。
第十二条 酒类经营者不得伪造、涂改、出租、出借、转让、买卖或骗取《酒类流通备案登记表》。
第三章 经营规则
第十三条 从事酒类批发、零售、储运等经营活动应当依法执行国家或行业有关标准的规定。
第十四条 酒类经营者（供货方）在批发酒类商品时应填制《酒类流通随附单》（以下简称《随附单》），详细记录酒类商品流通信息。《随附单》附随于酒类流通的全过程，单随货走，单货相符，实现酒类商品自出厂到销售终端全过程流通信息的可追溯性。
《随附单》内容应包括售货单位（名称、地址、备案登记号、联系方式）、购货单位名称、销售日期、销售商品（品名、规格、产地、生产批号或生产日期、数量、单位）等内容，并加盖经营者印章。
已建立完善的并符合本办法要求的溯源制度的酒类经营者，经商务部认可，可以使用自行制定的单据，代替本办定的《随附单》。
第十五条 酒类经营者采购酒类商品时，应向首次供货方索取其营业执照、卫生许可证、生产许可证（限生产商）、登记表、酒类商品经销授权书（限生产商）等复印件。
酒类经营者对每批购进的酒类商品应索取有效的产品质量检验合格证明复印件以及加盖酒类经营者印章的《随附单》或符合本办法第十四条第二款规定的单据；对进口酒类商品还应索取国家出入境检验检疫部门核发的《进口食品卫生证书》和《进口食品标签审核证书》复印件。
酒类经营者应建立酒类经营购销台帐，保留3年。
第十六条 酒类经营者应当在固定地点贴标销售散装酒，禁止流动销售散装酒。
散装酒盛装容器应符合国家食品卫生要求，粘贴符合国家饮料酒标签标准的标识，并标明开启后的有效销售期、经营者及其联系电话。
第十七条 酒类经营者储运酒类商品时应符合食品卫生管理、防火安全和储运的相关要求。酒类商品应远离高污染、高辐射地区，不得与有毒、有害、污染物（源）、腐蚀性等物品混放。
第十八条 酒类经营者销售酒类商品应明码标价，诚实守信。
第十九条 酒类经营者不得向未成年人销售酒类商品，并应当在经营场所显著位置予以明示。
第二十条 禁止批发、零售、储运以下商品：
（一）使用非食用酒精等有害人体健康物质兑制的酒类商品；
（二）伪造、篡改生产厂名、厂址、生产日期的酒类商品；
（三）侵犯商标专用权等知识产权的酒类商品；
（四）掺杂使假、以次充好、以假充真、超过保质期等的酒类商品和非法进口酒；
（五）其他国家禁止销售的酒类商品。
第四章 监督管理
第二十一条 县级以上商务主管部门依据国家有关法律、法规和本办法，对本行政区域内酒类流通进行监督管理。
各级商务主管部门不得限制或阻碍合法酒类商品在本地区的流通。
第二十二条 商务主管部门在监督管理时，应出示有效证件，执法人员不得少于两人。在有证据或接到举报等情况下，执法人员可以查阅账册或抽取样品。抽取样品的，应当向当事人出具有效凭证。
商务主管部门有义务为当事人保守商业秘密。
酒类经营者应配合商务主管部门的监督检查，如实提供情况，不得擅自转移、销毁待查受检酒类商品。
第二十三条 商务主管部门应建立酒类流通监测体系，对当地酒类流通情况进行监测分析，建立酒类经营者信用档案，并适时向社会公布。
商务部应用现代信息技术建立酒类流通管理和酒类商品安全信息系统，各级商务主管部门和酒类经营者应及时报送相关信息。
第二十四条 商务主管部门可自行或会同有关部门对本地区销售的酒类商品进行抽样检验，并可向社会公布检验结果。
商务主管部门出具或认可的酒类鉴定结论应以国家法定检测机构检测结果或被侵权企业的鉴别报告为依据。
第二十五条 鼓励酒类行业组织建立和完善行业自律制度。
第二十六条 任何单位或个人有权向当地商务主管部门、工商行政管理部门或有关部门举报、投诉违反本办法的行为。
第五章 法律责任
第二十七条 违反本办法第六条、第十条{dy}款规定的，由商务主管部门给予警告，责令其限期改正；逾期拒不改正的，可视情节轻重，对酒类经营者处二千元以下罚款，并可向社会公告。
违反本办法第十二条规定的，可视情节轻重，处一万元以下罚款；违反工商行政管理法律法规的移送工商行政管理机关依法处理；构成犯罪的，依法追究刑事责任。
第二十八条 违反本办法第十四条、第十五条规定的，由商务主管部门予以警告，责令改正，并可向社会公布；拒不改正的，可视情节轻重，处五千元以下罚款，并向社会公告。
第二十九条 违反本办法第十六、十七条规定的，由商务主管部门予以警告、责令改正；情节严重的，可处一万元以下罚款，并可移送工商行政管理机关依法处理；构成犯罪的，依法追究刑事责任。
第三十条 违反本办法第十九条规定的，由商务主管部门或会同有关部门予以警告，责令改正；情节严重的，处两千元以下罚款。
第三十一条 违反本办法第二十条规定的，由商务主管部门或会同有关部门没收非法商品，并可视情节轻重处三万元以下罚款；违反工商行政管理法律法规及侵犯商标专用权的，移送工商行政管理机关依法处理；违反其他法律法规的，移送相关机关依法处理；构成犯罪的，依法追究刑事责任。
第三十二条 违反本办法第二十二条第三款规定的，由商务主管部门予以警告、责令改正；情节严重的，可处一万元以下罚款。
第三十三条 商务主管部门从事酒类流通监督管理违反本办法规定的，依法给予行政处分。
第六章 附 则
第三十四条 已依法实行酒类流通行政许可管理的地区，应继续执行许可证制度，酒类商品流通按本办法实行溯源制度，酒类流通许可证书视同《登记表》。
第三十五条 《登记表》和《随附单》由商务部统一制定，省级商务主管部门负责具体实施。
第三十六条 县级以上商务主管部门可以依法委托相关机构从事酒类流通监督管理工作。
第三十七条 本办法由商务部负责解释。
第三十八条 本办法自2006年1月1日起，自之日起设立三个月过渡期。在过渡期内，酒类经营者应当按照本办法规定办理备案登记和建立酒类流通溯源制度。
