This sounds very much like the Swedish alcohol importation laws.
You can bring a tax free quota into Sweden (and many other places for that matter) but you can’t buy tax free inside Sweden, can you?
Svalbard's Alcohol Quotas
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#22What's interesting about this?
Maybe that there is a customs border internal to Norway?
Wikipedia on Svalbard:
“While part of the Kingdom of Norway since 1925, Svalbard is not part of geographical Norway; administratively, the archipelago is not part of any Norwegian county, but forms an unincorporated area administered by a governor appointed by the Norwegian government, and a special jurisdiction subject to the Svalbard Treaty that is outside of the Schengen Area, the Nordic Passport Union and the European Economic Area.”
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#23Sounds rather much for one person in one month.
24 cans of beer? Depending on the size that's between 8 and 14 litres a month, about 1.8-3.2 litres a week. At 4% that's at most 13 UK units per week (assuming you buy large cans) -- guidelines are 14 units per week. For say 330ml cans of Tiger it's 8 units a week, that's not a lot for one person.
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
I find the law that requires you to carry a firearm more interesting: https://www.sysselmannen.no/en/weapon/ Being a remote town in the far north with unusual day/nighy cycles does require some strange laws to keep everyone safe and sane I guess. Also, Tom has been there ofc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFJ-ze2-SqU
Requiring citizens to keep arms was actually quite common up until the 1800s, with some municipalities actually purchasing firearms for residents, with the expectation that they would be paid back as was manageable.
In which countries?
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#25Sounds rather much for one person in one month.
Seems designed to move people from beer to wine and spirits? Or into home brewing?
Probably a thriving market in non-drinkers selling their quotas, too
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#26What's interesting about this?
Do you know a lot of places with monthly alcohol purchase quotas?
Qatar has "alcohol license" for residents. Not sure about that but what i heard your employer has to say how much you get to drink.
https://www.angloinfo.com/how-to/qatar/lifestyle/food-drink/...
EDIT: yes article mentions this
The letter must be addressed to the Qatar Distribution Company, be stamped and signed by an authorised person within the company, and include the following information:
The applicant's position within their company
The applicant's basic salary. The word 'basic' must be used. To get a permit a minimum salary is needed (4,000 riyals or 1,100 US dollars)
Whether the applicant receives an accommodation entitlement or has free accommodation
Whether the applicant is married
When applying for a permit an individual must fill in an application form, pay a returnable deposit and state their religionRe: Svalbard's Alcohol Quotas
#27> Private individuals resident in Svalbard must purchase their alcohol quota in Svalbard and are not able to import tax-free alcohol from the mainland to Svalbard.
I doubt local shops have particularly good assortment to choose from, do they?
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#28Headline fooled me. To me quota usually means "you must do this much", this appears to be a limit.
I think quotas work in both directions.... you have to do this many in certain time, or you only get this many in certain time.
Here is the definition....
:a proportional part or share
especially : the share or proportion assigned to each in a division or to each member of a body
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#29Headline fooled me. To me quota usually means "you must do this much", this appears to be a limit.
I think quotas work in both directions.... you have to do this many in certain time, or you only get this many in certain time. Here is the definition.... :a proportional part or share especially : the share or proportion assigned to each in a division or to each member of a body
Yeah, perhaps my life experience just had a lot of the "have to do this many" quotas, and the others were presented to me as limits. TIL.
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#30> Private individuals resident in Svalbard must purchase their alcohol quota in Svalbard and are not able to import tax-free alcohol from the mainland to Svalbard. I doubt local shops have particularly good assortment to choose from, do they?
same goes for Iceland, only place you can buy alcohol outside of a bar is from a government shop that closes at 18:00.