Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 560-2-2-.17 - Trade Practices - Inventory Sets and Resets; Notification

(1) A Retailer or Retail Consumption Dealer may submit a request for Wholesalers to conduct a single initial setting of Alcoholic Beverages at the Retailer's or Retail Consumption Dealer's location.

(2) A Retailer or Retail Consumption Dealer at their option, may submit a request for Wholesalers to conduct the re-setting of assigned Brand Labels once per calendar year at the Retailer's or Retail Dealer's location.

(3) Each Retailer or Retail Consumption Dealer shall notify the Department through the Georgia Tax Center and notify all applicable Wholesalers of such sets or resets no less than ten (10) business days prior to the scheduled date.

(a) Participation in a scheduled set or reset by any Wholesaler is completely voluntary. Wholesalers who choose to participate in a set or reset shall be subject to equal terms;

(b) All Retailers or Retail Consumption Dealers and participating Wholesalers must maintain a copy of the notification at their licensed premises for three (3) years.

(4) A set or reset may only be performed Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., excluding state holidays.

(5) During a set or reset, a Wholesaler may move or touch only its assigned Brand Labels.

(a) The Wholesaler may request that the Retailer or Retail Consumption Dealer remove a Brand Label that is located in Wholesaler's assigned space but are not Brand Labels assigned to that Wholesaler;

(b) If the Retailer or Retail Consumption Dealer declines to remove the Brand Labels, then the shelf space shall be deemed assigned to that Brand Label.

Notes

Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 560-2-2-.17

O.C.G.A. §§ 3-2-2, 3-2-6.

Original Rule entitled "Consideration of Goods Bought or Sold to Be in Cash; Exceptions" adopted. F. May 5, 1982; eff. May 25, 1982. Repealed: New Rule entitled "Trade Practices - Inventory Set and Resets; Notification" adopted. F. Oct. 1, 2010; eff. Oct. 21, 2010. Amended: New title "Trade Practices - Inventory Sets and Resets; Notification." F. May 31, 2023; eff. June 20, 2023.