Small wineries, attention!

Information about legal requirements for obtaining a license for production of alcohol beverages

To obtain license for production of alcohol beverages (for small wine production), the business entity applies for a license for production of alcohol beverages (for small wine production) to the State Tax Service (Kyiv, Lvivska Sq., 8)  with documents (notarized or by the institution/state body that issued them), namely:

- copies of founding documents;

- copy of registered conformity declaration of material and technical base of small wine production compiled according to legislative requirements;

- document confirming payment of an annual license fee in the amount of 780 UAH;

- agreement with laboratory accredited according to legislation (in case of absence of own accredited laboratory);

- documents confirming the right to use separate non-residential premises (shops, basements, hangars) intended for business activities belonging to the business entity (including foreign business entity operating through its registered permanent establishment) on the basis of property law defined by Ukrainian legislation and equipment for production and bottling of consumer grape wines, fruit and berry wines, honey drinks;

- information about Ukrainian classification of the FEA goods codes for furtherly produced products.

Deadline for consideration of documents is not later than 30 calendar days from the date of receipt of application with documents.

Please note common mistakes in documents, namely:

- There is no information about Ukrainian classification of the FEA goods codes for wine materials and wines.

- Declaration is incomplete.

- Information specified in declaration contradicts information provided in other documents submitted with license’s application.

- There is no information about registration of Declaration.

- According to the data of tax accounting and registers, business entities are registered as a single tax payer of Group I - III.