OAR 845-013-0060
Items of Nominal Value, ORS 471.398(4)
(1)
In addition to advertising and point of sale material, ORS 471.398 (Prohibition of financial assistance from wholesaler to retailer)(4) allows a supplier (manufacturer or wholesaler), or its agents, to provide items of nominal value to a retailer. This rule describes the items of nominal value a supplier, or its agents, may give to a retailer.(2)
A supplier, or its agents, may give basic items that support the supplier’s products at the retailer’s premises such as:(a)
Tavern Heads:(A)
One tavern head per calendar year per retail licensee;(B)
A trade-in of a tavern head at the fair market value as partial payment for a new one when the retailer replaces an existing draft system.(b)
Washers or Thomas valves necessary for proper operation of draft equipment;(c)
New and used empty shells or bags in sufficient quantity for returning the supplier’s empty containers;(d)
Samples and Tastings:(A)
Tastings or samples of distilled spirits that the retailer does not carry but only in an amount not to exceed 50 ml.;(B)
Tastings or samples of wine and malt beverages that the retailer does not carry. The sample must not exceed a one gallon container of malt beverage or a five liter container of wine. It must be clearly and permanently marked “sample — not for resale”;(C)
Distilled spirits, wine and malt beverage tastings for retailer educational seminars that are not open to the public.(3)
A violation of any section of this rule is a Category III violation.
Source:
Rule 845-013-0060 — Items of Nominal Value, ORS 471.398(4), https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/view.action?ruleNumber=845-013-0060.