1. Conditions for granting a manual wine production license

BaseArticle 9 and Article 10 of Decree 105/2017/ND-CP, for granted Craft wine production license, the production facility must meet the conditions as follows:

- Conditions for manual wine production for business purposes:

·    Being an enterprise, cooperative, cooperative union or business household established in accordance with the law.

·    Ensure food safety conditions and alcohol labeling according to regulations.

- Conditions for manual wine production to sell to establishments with a wine production license for reprocessing:

·    Have a sales contract with an enterprise that has an industrial wine production license.

·    In case of not selling alcohol to an enterprise with a license to produce industrial alcohol, organizations and individuals producing alcohol manually must carry out licensing procedures.Craft wine production license for business purposes according to regulations.

2. Application for a manual wine production license

* Profile components:

Pursuant to Article 20 of Decree 105/2017/ND-CP amended and supplemented by Decree17/2020/ND-CP, records include:

- Application for issuanceCraft wine production license for business purposes according to Form No. 01 in the Appendix issued with Decree 17/2020/ND-CP.

- Copy of Certificate of registration of enterprise, cooperative, cooperative union or business household.

- Copy of Wine Product Declaration or copy of Receipt of Declaration of Conformity or Certificate of Declaration of Compliance with Food Safety Regulations (for wine without technical regulations); Copy of Certificate of establishment meeting food safety conditions, except for establishments that are small food businesses according to the provisions of law on food safety.

- A list of alcohol product names accompanied by a copy of the alcohol label that the organization or individual produces or plans to produce.

* Number of records: 01 set

Thus, to fully prepare dossiers to apply for a manual wine production license, individuals and organizations need to perform the following tasks:

- Business registration (enterprise, cooperative, cooperative union or business household).

- Apply for a food hygiene and safety license according to regulations.

- Conduct product registration registration procedures.

Note: In case of manual wine production and sale to establishments with a Wine Production License for reprocessing, business registration is not required but can be produced as an individual.

3. Procedures for applying for a manual wine production license

Step 1: Submit application

Authority to grantCraft wine production license under the Economic Department/Economic and Infrastructure Department under the District People's Committee (district, district, town).

There are 02 ways to submit application:

- Method 1: Submit at the one-stop shop of the district-level People's Committee or directly at the Economic Department/Economic and Infrastructure Department of the district-level People's Committee.

Method 2: Submit via the Public Service Portal of the province/city where the alcohol production facility is headquartered.

Step 2: Receive and process documents

Within 10 working days from the date of receiving the complete dossier, the Economic Department/Economic and Infrastructure Department reviews, appraises and issues licenses to traders:

- If the application is valid, issue a License to the trader.

- If the dossier is not valid, within 03 working days from the date of receiving the dossier, the Department of Economics/Department of Economics and Infrastructure must issue a written request for amendments and supplements.

- In case of refusal, you must respond in writing and clearly state the reason.

Step 3: Get results

Pursuant to the provisions of Article 25 of Decree 105/2017 amended and supplemented by Decree 17/2020.

4. Time to issue a license to produce artisanal alcohol

Level timeCraft wine production license is 10 working days from the date of receipt of complete documents as prescribed in Article 25 of Decree 105.

5. Fees for licensing craft wine production

According to regulations in Circular299/2016/TT-BTC, pAppraisal of business conditions for issuanceCraft wine production license for business purposes is 1.1 million VND/time/file.