4.1-412 - Increase of prices.
§ 4.1-412. Increase of prices.
No winery or wine importer shall increase the prices charged any wholesalewine licensee for wine except by written notice to the wholesaler signed byan authorized officer or agent of the winery or wine importer, which noticeshall contain the amount and effective date of the increase. A copy of thenotice shall be sent to the Board and shall be treated as confidentialinformation, except in relation to enforcement proceedings for violation ofthis section. No increase shall take effect prior to thirty calendar daysfollowing the date on which the notice is postmarked. The Board mayauthorize such price increases to take effect with less than the aforesaidthirty-calendar-day notice if a winery or wine importer so requests anddemonstrates good cause therefor.
(Code 1950, § 4-118.33; 1985, c. 542, § 4-118.53; 1989, c. 10; 1993, c. 866.)