Work on new regulations that will ban the sale of alcohol at gas stations at night is dragging on, RMF FM journalist Michał Dobrołowicz has found out. We are checking what will happen next with the idea announced at the beginning of the summer holidays, which caused a lot of excitement not only among drivers and gas station customers, but also in the ruling coalition.
The government wants ban on sales at gas stations. We are back to this project. There have been many questions from other ministries that have been forwarded to the Ministry of Health on this subject. We will prepare additional elements in this statutory amendment. – announces Deputy Minister of Health Wojciech Konieczny in conversation with our reporter.
The Ministry of Health is maintaining a plan according to which there would be a ban on the sale of alcohol at gas stations in Poland between 10pm and 6am. Recent findings indicate that the changes would not end there. The new law will include additional elements related to alcohol.
We plan to increase penalties for use illegal alcohol advertisingwhich are very low, totaling PLN 10,000 and almost no one cares about them – Deputy Minister Konieczny admits. This includes, for example, illegal advertising of alcohol on a social media profile.
These regulations will come into force at the earliest next year. In the fall, a bill with these changes, including a ban on the sale of alcohol at night at gas stations, will be submitted to the Sejm.
I think it is possible ban on the sale of alcohol at gas stations It won’t change much anyway. Alcohol is readily available in local shops, even on weekends. The effects probably won’t be spectacular. – comments one of the Warsaw drivers in conversation with our reporter.
I am in favor of introducing such a ban. Gas stations should be associated with the sale of gasoline, perhaps some snacks, but not alcohol. In my opinion, alcohol should be removed from gas station displays because it is too tempting for drivers. I would be in favor of completely removing sales in these places, not just at night; people would quickly get used to it, just as they accepted the ban on smoking in restaurants. – add another driver.
