According to the press office of the Ministry of Revenue and Duties(Mindohodiv), in January-March 2013 209 licenses on the sale of alcohol and tobacco were cancelled, due to the sale of these products to persons under 18
Mindohodiv also reports of the penalties amounting to 1.4 million UAH to be paid by violators.
Most licenses – 22 - were revoked in Kyiv; local entrepreneurs are to pay 150 thousand UAH in penalties. 18 licenses were revoked in Zaporizhzhya with penalties of 122 thousand UAH.
Entrepreneurs of Bukovyna lost 18 licenses and are going to pay 122 thousand UAH.
In the same period of 2012 325 licenses were canceled.
