Section 30-6-B12 - Manufacturer and wholesaler price lists to be filed(a) Each manufacturer and wholesaler permittee shall, annually, on or before the twelfth day of December, file with the department on forms prescribed by the department one copy of a complete schedule, with each page of such schedule numbered in numerical order, duly verified by the permittee and attested by the backer if an individual or, if the backer is a corporation, by an officer of such corporation, of all alcoholic liquors offered for sale in Connecticut. These lists shall contain with respect to each item: (1) The type of beverage and brand name; (2) the size of the container; (3) the age or per cent and type of neutral spirits; (5) the number of bottles per case; (6) the bottle price and case price which shall include all customs, duties, federal taxes, state taxes and cost of delivery to the permittee. If a manufacturer or wholesaler sells to another manufacturer or wholesaler, the prices shall be submitted on a separate schedule; (7) the name of the publication or publications the prices will appear in. If not published, the affidavit required by subsection (g) shall be submitted. The following information shall be submitted only by manufacturer and wholesaler beer permittees: (1) The type of beverage; (2) the size of the container (barrel, half-barrel, quarter-barrel); (3) the number and size of bottles per case; (4) the container price and case price; (5) the name of the publication or publications the prices will appear in. If not published, the affidavit required by subsection (g) shall be submitted.(b) Except in the case of still wines and sparkling wines, the case price shall be individual for each item and not in combination with another item. Schedules on multiple packages of still wines and sparkling wines shall contain the bottle price for each item contained in the multiple package, the unit price, and the case price. The bottle price posted in such multiple package case must be the same as the bottle price posted in a case containing the one type and brand of wine. The price set forth therein shall become effective on the first day of the calendar month following the effective filing date thereof and, unless withdrawn or amended, shall be considered refiled and effective each month until the filing date of the next complete schedule.(c) Price changes and prices on new items may be filed on supplemental price schedules, which schedules shall be filed on or before the twelfth day of any month, and the prices on such supplemental schedules shall become effective on the first day of the month following the effective filing date thereof. One copy of such supplemental price schedules showing amended prices shall be filed and only price changes and prices on new items should be listed.(d) No changes, corrections or additions will be considered after the effective filing date, except in cases where obvious typographical errors have been made and except where otherwise allowed by statute.(e) No manufacturer or wholesaler permittee may sell or offer for sale any brand of alcoholic liquor which does not appear on his price schedule. All items listed shall be bona fide offerings of the items set forth in the list and each manufacturer and wholesaler, upon request of the department, shall furnish the department with an inventory of any items that appear on his list. All liquor sold in less than case units at wholesale shall be sold at the per bottle price posted.(f) All liquors shall be shipped and received by the purchaser in the same period for which the prices set forth in the invoices are in effect.(g) Each manufacturer and wholesaler shall furnish each permittee customer with a copy of his price schedule, as amended, either by direct mail or by publishing his price schedule in any publication approved by the department of liquor control, provided, in accordance with the method used, the manufacturer, wholesaler or publication shall, on or before the tenth day of the month for which such schedule is effective, submit an affidavit that the provisions of this section have been complied with. If a manufacturer or wholesaler permittee solicits a new account, he shall, before making any sales, present a current price schedule to such account.(h) A manufacturer or wholesaler posting prices on private labels shall submit those prices on separate sheets distinctly marked "Private Labels."(i) Each price schedule filed shall contain the statement that the manufacturer or wholesaler is a "present authorized distributor" of all brands on which prices are quoted. If for any reason a manufacturer or wholesaler files prices on any items or brands of which he is not an authorized distributor, such items or brands shall be listed as "close-outs." Prices on so-called "close-out" items shall be filed every month even though they remain the same. Such items shall be disposed of within three months and shall not be listed on more than three successive lists without permission of the department and the department will strike from the list those items unless the distributor presents the department with satisfactory reasons for not doing so.(j) A violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be punishable by suspension or revocation.Conn. Agencies Regs. § 30-6-B12
Effective January 11, 1984; Amended October 1, 2001