It is the first and most highly significant policy document since it outlines the purpose “to reduce consumption of alcohol, availability, especially to minors, alcohol abuse, the damage caused by it to health and the economy and to establish legal principles of granting economic entities the right to manufacture, sell, import and export alcohol products.” Initially, policy implementation of the law was delegated to the ministries, and then one year later, from 20 June 1996, to a newly established supervisory body: the State Agency for Tobacco and Alcohol Control [ 17 ].
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