gr.bev-cuvee.org · AS OF 2026-11-10
Greece
The business-to-business (B2B) hub for beverage alcohol: the trade rulebook for beverage alcohol, country by country, each section with its official sources.
As of 2026-11-10
Market status
Licensed. Customs and excise controls apply to alcoholic products. Operators handling the ready-to-consume alcoholic drinks covered by the national traceability rules register and report their movements.
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Who can trade
Customs identification: An Economic Operators Registration and Identification (EORI) number is required for business customs operations.
Import, wholesale and distribution: Producers, importers, recipients from other member states and domestic wholesalers of the covered ready-to-consume alcoholic drinks register in the electronic alcohol-trader register and record daily movements by lot and other required details. This registration applies to the products defined in the cited decisions; it is not a statement that every beer or wine product has identical reporting obligations.
Detailed warehousekeeper, consignee and food-business permissions for each product category: Not yet sourced.
Business-to-business (B2B) online sale: Specific alcohol wholesale permission and electronic-sale conditions: Not yet sourced.
Sources
- https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/customs/customs-procedures-import-and-export/customs-operations/economic-operators-registration-and-identification-number-eori_en?prefLang=it
- https://www.aade.gr/ilektroniko-mitroo-epitideymation-alkooloyhon-poton-ilektroniko-systima
- https://minfin.gov.gr/en/tax-policy/tax-guide/excise-duties-efk/
Customs and duty
Tariff headings: Beer made from malt: 2203. Wine of fresh grapes, including fortified wine and certain grape must: 2204. Other fermented beverages, including cider, and qualifying mixtures: 2206. Spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages: 2208.
Import duty: The European Union common customs tariff applies to third-country imports. Detailed classification, origin, preferences, quotas and other tariff measures determine the duty. The Integrated Tariff of the European Union (TARIC) supplies the applicable measures; a four-digit heading alone does not establish the payable duty.
Excise: Beer uses volume and degrees Plato, with reduced treatment for qualifying independent small breweries. Still and sparkling wine have a zero rate. Other fermented beverages, including qualifying cider, and intermediate products use product volume. Spirits use pure-alcohol volume; specified traditional spirits qualify for reduced treatment.
Territorial treatment: European Union customs and excise rules apply in Greece, including Mount Athos. Mount Athos is outside the Union value added tax territory. Any additional regional alcohol-excise reliefs: Not yet sourced.
Sources
- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32016R1872
- https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/customs/common-customs-tariff-cct/calculation-customs-duties_en
- https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/online-services/online-services-and-databases-customs/eu-customs-tariff-taric_en
- https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/taxation/vat/vat-directive/how-does-vat-work/territorial-scope_en
- https://minfin.gov.gr/en/tax-policy/tax-guide/excise-duties-efk/
Labelling
Required language(s): Greek for mandatory information on prepacked food; additional languages are permitted.
Mandatory warnings: Ingredient-dependent statements apply, including relevant sweetener and aspartame warnings. A general national alcohol-health or pregnancy warning: Not yet sourced.
Alcohol strength: Beverages above 1.2% alcohol by volume declare their actual alcoholic strength; wine follows its sector-specific rules.
Allergens: Relevant allergens require declaration. Without an ingredient list, the declaration uses “contains” followed by the allergen. Sulphur dioxide and sulphites above 10 milligrams per kilogram or litre, expressed as total sulphur dioxide, require declaration.
Origin: Wine requires provenance. Other beverages require origin where omission misleads; an origin claim can trigger primary-ingredient origin requirements.
Wine particulars: Ingredient and nutrition declarations apply, with transitional treatment for wine produced before 8 December 2023. Electronic disclosure is conditional; allergens and energy remain on the physical label.
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Age and sale limits
Legal purchase age: 18. Sale, supply and offering of alcohol to minors are prohibited. Sellers must verify adulthood and refuse the sale without proof.
Channel limits: Alcohol vending-machine sales are prohibited. Local sale hours and wholesale-specific restrictions: Not yet sourced.
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Protected names
Protection framework: The European Commission maintains the legal registration database for protected food, wine and spirit names, alongside a register of protected traditional wine terms. Registration status and product specifications determine the applicable protection.
Verified examples: Rioja and Champagne are protected designations of origin for wine. These examples are not an exhaustive list.
Additional named spirit, beer and cider protections: Not yet sourced.
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GTIN authority
Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) member organisation: GS1 Association Greece.
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Not yet sourced
Detailed warehousekeeper, consignee and food-business permissions; wholesale online-sale conditions; additional regional excise reliefs; local and wholesale-specific sale hours: Not yet sourced.
General national alcohol-health or pregnancy warning; additional named spirit, beer and cider protections: Not yet sourced.
Library catalogue: bev-cuvee.org · this page as data: mcp.bev-cuvee.org/mcp (get_rulebook, code gr)