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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>74830</law_id><section_number>4.1-218</section_number><catch_line>Limitation on wine and beer importers</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>4.1-401</reference><reference>4.1-500</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="4.1">Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">Alcoholic Beverage Control Act</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Administration of Licenses</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Licenses Granted by Board; Limitations; Revocation and Suspension</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p><span class="dictionary">Wine</span> importer <span class="dictionary">licensees</span> and <span class="dictionary">beer</span> importer <span class="dictionary">licensees</span> shall not <span class="dictionary">sell</span> and deliver or ship any brand of <span class="dictionary">beer</span> or <span class="dictionary">wine</span> to wholesale <span class="dictionary">licensees</span> for the purpose of resale until such importer has also complied with the provisions of this section and <span class="dictionary">Board</span> regulations for each such brand.
		Any <span class="dictionary">licensed</span> importer, if not also the owner of the brand to be imported into the Commonwealth, shall provide to the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> written authorization from the brand owner entitling the importer to (i) <span class="dictionary">sell</span> and deliver or ship such brand into the Commonwealth and (ii) establish written agreements of a definite duration and within the meaning of the <span class="dictionary">Wine</span> Franchise Act (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Construction and purpose" href="/4.1-400/">4.1-400</a> et seq.) and the <span class="dictionary">Beer</span> Franchise Act (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/4.1-500/">4.1-500</a> et seq.), on behalf of the brand owner, as its authorized representative, with each wholesale <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> to whom the importer <span class="dictionary">sells</span> any brand of <span class="dictionary">beer</span> or <span class="dictionary">wine</span> owned by the brand owner. In addition, each such <span class="dictionary">licensed</span> importer shall file and maintain with the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> a current list of all wholesale <span class="dictionary">licensees</span> authorized by such importer, as the authorized representative of the brand owner, to distribute such brand within the Commonwealth.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 4-25; 1952, c. 535; 1956, c. 520; 1962, c. 532; 1964, c. 210; 1970, cc. 627, 723; 1972, c. 679; 1973, c. 343; 1974, c. 267; 1975, c. 408; 1976, cc. 134, 447, 496, 703; 1977, c. 439; 1978, c. 190; 1979, c. 258; 1980, cc. 526, 528; 1981, cc. 410, 412; 1982, c. 66; 1984, c. 200; 1987, c. 365; 1988, c. 893; 1989, c. 42; 1990, c. 707; 1991, c. 628; 1992, cc. 215, 350; 1993, c. 866.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
