Guides

Guides and materials for retail businesses.

LEGISLATION

Laws and regulations

The most important legislation governing trade activities and their latest amendments.

Laws and regulations governing trade activities

Alcohol Act
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Alcohol, Tobacco, Fuel and Electricity Excise Duty Act
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Copyright Act
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Waste Act
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Trademark Act
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Language Act
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Competition Act
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Value-Added Tax Act
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General Part of the Economic Activities Code Act
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Taxation Act
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Packaging Excise Duty Act
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Packaging Act
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Advertising Act
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Consumer Protection Act
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Food Act
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Product Conformity Act
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Tobacco Act
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Fire Safety Act
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Income Tax Act
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Employment Contracts Act
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Law of Obligations Act
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Commercial Code
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Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council

General principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety.

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Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council

Specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin.

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Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council

General rules on the hygiene of foodstuffs for food business operators.

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Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005

Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, addressing unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market.

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Act on Prevention of Unfair Trading Practices in the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain

(abbreviated as PTEKS)

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Requirements for disclosing the price of goods and services and for notifying price reductions

Regulation No 14 of the Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure, 9 February 2016.

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Advertising tax in Tallinn

Tallinn City Council Regulation No 44

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Minister of the Environment regulation No 21, "Manner and procedure for labelling electrical and electronic equipment"
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Requirements for the collection, return to the producer, recovery or disposal of waste batteries and accumulators

and procedure, target figures and deadlines for achieving the targets. Government of the Republic Regulation No 124 of 7 August 2008.

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Design of revenue stamps for alcohol and tobacco products, types of revenue stamps for tobacco products

procedure for issuing and waiving revenue stamps and for dispatching tobacco product revenue stamps, the form of the stamp delivery note and the procedure for completing it.

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Government Regulation No 65, "Collection of waste from electrical and electronic equipment

return to the producer, recovery or disposal requirements and procedure, target figures and deadlines for achieving the targets.

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Requirements for the collection, return to the producer, recovery or disposal of waste batteries and accumulators

and procedure, target figures and deadlines for achieving the targets

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Estonian language proficiency and usage requirements for public officials, employees and self-employed persons

Government of the Republic Regulation No 84. The regulation establishes the level "C1" of mandatory Estonian language proficiency for the persons listed in subsections 1 and 2 of § 23 of the Language Act, as well as the descriptions of the relevant language-use situations.

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Guide for providing consumer goods with Estonian-language information and guide for granting warranties on goods or services
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Requirements for presenting food information for food not pre-packaged for sale

Regulation No 24 of the Minister of Rural Affairs

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Food safety information materials and guidelines
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Toy safety requirements and conformity assessment procedure
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