Governments asked to correct "distortion" of counterfeit vodka

Government Regulation igry22-01-2007 the Government requested to stop the illegal trade in alcohol. It is planned to align the excise tax rates, limiting retail sales, increase the responsibility for illegal production and trafficking. But all this may end in nothing because of the banal lack of work control system EGAIS. On Monday, another death was recorded from the use of surrogate alcohol - killed a resident of the Chelyabinsk region. In total, the Volga-Ural Federal District at the weekend was with a similar diagnosis, according to the MOE, has been hospitalized 31 people. The hospitals are being treated over a thousand injured. This situation, though not as large, typical for the country as a whole. The critical state of affairs, many experts attributed to the imperfection of the Unified State Automated Information System automation of state control over production volume and circulation of ethyl alcohol and alcohol-containing products - EGAIS. Now until February 1, Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov will fix all the "distortions". The President demanded that the head of the government to restore order in the alcohol market. According to the presidential administration, the MEDT and the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia - the main developers EGAIS - do not take into account that the introduction of a system takes time and money to adapt to new rules of both the companies and authorities in the field. Among the emergency measures the government - the alignment of excise rates on alcohol, limiting the retail sale of alcohol in public places children and adolescents, stricter liability for the illegal production and trafficking. It is emphasized that EGAIS requires a very serious improvement, because of the loss of information, its information is often at variance with those of accounting and taxation. But what's the worst, the system does not allow us to monitor the legality of the supply of alcohol at retail, but because of its control functions often come to naught. Elena Ponomareva