Slides for the 2016-03-31 meeting, translated to English.

1. tinyurl.com/20160331
! Pol.is summary
! MoF briefing
! Stakeholder discussion
! Ministry responses

2. Objective ! Reflective ! Interpretative ! Decisional
Pol.is 3/7 ~ 3/30
!24 days
!64 comments
!6881 votes

3. Under Article 30, Paragraph 1 of the Tobacco and
Alcohol Administration Act, “liquor may not be
transferred by a method by which the age of the
buyer or transferee cannot be identified, and
which methods include, but are not limited to,
vending machines, postal sales, or transactions
via electronic platforms”. Therefore, the
transactions of alcohol via electronic platforms,
including the Internet, are currently prohibited.

4. The technology of Internet and e-shopping has been
advancing in recent years, the modes of transactions are
also constantly innovating and diversifying. Some in the
industries of online shopping and alcohol products have
been suggesting that the authority, with reference to the
foreign practices, allow online transactions of alcohol.
After studying the international practices, the Ministry
of Finance plans to launch a pilot scheme of online
transactions of alcohol, which is executed under a
control system (not lower than the existing control level
of physical stores) in order to prevent children and
teenagers from obtaining alcohol products online.

5. To prevent children and teenagers from easily getting
alcohol products, how should the physical and online
stores be controlled and executed? Please share your
ideas and suggest some control measures.
During the live broadcast of consultative council
convened in the Executive Yuan at 3/31, we will invite
Child Welfare League Foundation, Consumer Protection
Committee, the related industries and scholars to
establish a control system. The agenda will be decided
by the most agreed “Shared Opinions” on Pol.is.

6. I think the selling of alcohol products in
supermarkets is convenient enough, and
there’s no need to allow online purchase.
Objective Reflective
Interpretative

7. O De-facto online liquor purchase
1. Browsing the “online catalog”

8. O De-facto online liquor purchase
2. Sending RQF + Tel. & Addr.
1. Browsing the “online catalog”

9. 2. Sending RQF + Tel. & Addr.
1. Browsing the “online catalog”
2. Sending RQF + Tel. & Addr.
3. Confirm Name and Age
O De-facto online liquor purchase

10. 2. Sending RQF + Tel. & Addr.
1. Browsing the “online catalog”
2. Sending RQF + Tel. & Addr.
3. Confirm Name and Age
4. Pay on delivery to home
3. Confirm Name and Age
O De-facto online liquor purchase

11. I think the selling of alcohol products in supermarkets is
convenient enough, and there’s no need to allow online purchase.
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12. # Group 1 (20%)
$ Group 2 (80%)(
I’m afraid the cloud computing of the Internet cannot be
controlled once the online purchase is allowed.
I believe that verifying ID no. and date of birth when purchasing alcohol,
and payment with credit card on delivery will do the job! If we have to
pick up in the supermarket, there’ll be no difference between the existing
mode of purchase. I hope that home delivery will be allowed.

13. It’s convenient to promptly buy the wine I like via the Internet.
DUI shouldn’t be confused with online selling of alcohol.
98%
83%
Sphinx Yang
I think it's inappropriate to conflate alcoholism of
some people with whether the Internet is a suitable
place for selling alcohol products.
Mini Chen
R Shared Feelings
93%
93%

14. R Shared Expectations
Sean WZ Lin
95%
As long as we have good supervision, drinking and wine tasting
are parts of the culture. Expanding culture on the Internet is a
representation of knowledge and humanity. With the public
information and prices of wines on the Internet, purchasers can
compare various wines and share their views.
Chih-wen Chang
92%
As online transactions makes it easier to audit purchasers
and product activities than physical channels, they are
useful for stopping alcohol abuse. Also, to nip underage
drinking in the bud, family support is essential.

15. I Verification Methods
45%Online Payment
77%Home Delivery
85%Physical Stores

16. I Online Payment
Jim Sung
Online payment with credit card can confirm
the purchaser is at the age of 18. Home
delivery should be signed by a person at the
age of 18 who presents relevant documents on
delivery to verify his age. Restriction of the
location of goods pickup is at the expense of
the convenience of online shopping. 94%

17. Wines are relatively heavy and need to be
kept under temperature control, so home
delivery matches the intention of online
selling of alcohol products.
Thomas Chang
100%
II Home Delivery

18. III Physical Stores
For online selling of alcohol products, only the one
who signs for delivery should be controlled and
monitored, just like with physical stores, we only
check “who is buying”, not who is drinking.
Hsueh Han Liu
90%