An initial license for wholesale of alcohol is issued for a duration of one year. If a license is then renewed, it will have an indefinite period of validity.Licenses for retail sale of tobacco are granted for a duration of four years at a time.A license for food distribution is valid as long as the activity meets the requirements of the law and government regulations that apply to it.Additional sources: Regulation on the production, import and wholesale of alcohol for commercial purposes (828/2005), last amended on 26 September 2007, Article 4; Regulation on the retail sale of tobacco (325/2007), adopted on 13 April 2007, Article 1.