Compliance

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Effective from: 19 September 2026

Duty-free trade only works when everyone in the chain can trust the paperwork. This page sets out how Globev Duty Free Limited operates and what we expect of the businesses we supply. Last updated 19 September 2026.

1. Excise and bonded operations

In short: all stock sits under duty suspension in a licensed bonded warehouse in the Netherlands and moves on proper excise documents.

GloBev holds its stock with an authorised warehousekeeper in the Netherlands. Every release is covered by an electronic administrative document (e-AD) under the EU Excise Movement and Control System (EMCS), or by the customs transit documents appropriate to the goods' status. We publish the customs status of each product (T1 or T2) so that your customs team knows what documents a movement will need before you order. We do not release duty-suspended goods to any party that cannot show a valid authorisation to receive them.

2. Know your customer

Before opening an account we verify the legal entity, its registration and VAT numbers, its excise authorisations where relevant, the identity of directors and beneficial owners, and the intended destination market. We repeat these checks periodically and whenever an order pattern changes. We decline business where we cannot complete them.

3. Sanctions and export controls

In short: screened at onboarding and again before every release, against EU, UN, UK and US lists.

Customers, owners, consignees and destinations are screened against the EU consolidated list, UN Security Council lists, the UK sanctions list and the US OFAC SDN list. We do not supply embargoed destinations and we require customers to confirm goods will not be diverted to them. Where a match or a red flag arises we hold the order until it is resolved and report to the relevant authority where the law requires.

4. Anti-bribery and corruption

We prohibit bribery in any form, including facilitation payments, and we comply with the Irish Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act 2018, the UK Bribery Act 2010 and the anti-corruption laws of the markets we serve. Gifts and hospitality must be modest, transparent and never intended to influence a decision. Staff and agents receive training and can report concerns confidentially to the director.

5. Responsible marketing of alcohol

In short: we market to the trade, not to consumers, and never to anyone under legal drinking age.

This website and our communications are directed at licensed businesses. We do not advertise to consumers, do not associate alcohol with driving, social or sexual success, or with health or performance benefits, and do not use imagery or channels that appeal to minors. We support the brand owners' own responsible-drinking programmes and expect our customers to market in line with the law and codes of their markets.

6. Product integrity and traceability

We buy directly from brand owners and their appointed distributors, or from bonded traders we have vetted. Every line carries its EAN, case GTIN and HS code, and every movement is recorded against lot codes so that a product can be traced back to source and forward to the customer. We do not trade in goods with removed or altered lot codes and we cooperate with brand owners on any authenticity concern.

7. Ethical sourcing

GloBev is below the thresholds at which formal modern-slavery statements are required, but the group's standards apply to us all the same: we expect suppliers and logistics partners to respect labour and human-rights law, pay fair wages, and prohibit forced and child labour, and we will end relationships where they do not.

8. Raising a concern

Anyone, inside or outside the business, can raise a compliance concern with the director at sales@globevdutyfree.com. Concerns are investigated and reports made in good faith will never lead to retaliation.