The Standing Committee on Health and Care Services is considering a private member's bill from ten MPs proposing to allow alcohol sales in unmanned retail outlets. A committee majority argues that unmanned technology can secure the viability of grocery stores in rural areas while complying with alcohol law, and calls on the government to enable municipalities to permit such sales. A Christian Democratic minority contends that unmanned operations weaken oversight of alcohol sales and risk liberalizing alcohol policy.
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The Storting calls on the government to ensure that municipalities may permit the sale of alcohol in unmanned stores, and if necessary to return to the Storting with a proposal for legislative change.
The Storting calls on the government to notify municipalities, state authorities, and the Directorate of Health that they may continue to approve alcohol sales in unmanned stores, provided that the technical solutions are adequate to meet alcohol law requirements for oversight, pending any future legislative change presented to the Storting.