5.2.3 Regulation of specialised shops
“Specialised shops” means a special category of shops that may operate for longer hours,
provided that they offer for sale goods and services, which are specied by Order of
the Minister of Labour and Social Insurance. The specialised shops are classied into 15
sub-categories, according to the operating hours. The arrangements for their operation
are as follows:
(1) Bakeries and confectionaries
(a) Hours of Operation: 4 hours Monday-Sunday
(b) Products:
• Fresh bread, all kinds of bakery, including fresh pastry and confectionary
products, except wedding sweats, which are sold only at confectionaries.
• Dairy products and packaged meat processed products, whose weight does
not exceed 300 gr. per package, fresh milk, long life milk , butter, margarine,
honey and jams.
• Soft drinks, juices, bottled water, canned coffees, isotonic drinks, ice creams
and ice.
• Tea, instant coffee, sugar in small sachets, sugar substitutes and ground
coffee.
• Packed candy products, potato crisps and other similar products and dry
breakfast cereals.
• Chocolates and chocolate products, wafers, biscuits and dry nuts.
• Take-away meals
(2) Kiosks or convenience stores
(a) Hours of operation: 4 hours, Monday-Sunday
(b) Goods:
• Newspapers, magazines and other printed material and multimedia distributed
by press agencies, as well as goods accompanying them as offer/gift, excluding
alcoholic beverages.
• Cigarettes, cigars, tobacco, tobacco pipes, material for rolling cigarettes,
cigarette lters, cigarette holders, matches, lighters, ints, lighter fuels and other
relevant tobacco products.
• All kinds of batteries, torches, light bulbs, uorescent light starters, sockets,
socket fuses, multi-socket sets, extension wires, watches, alarm-clocks, small
radios and calculators.
• Photo-camera lms, disposable photo-cameras, empty tape recorder cassettes
and video tapes, empty computer diskettes, empty CD’s and DVD’s.
• Tele-cards, prepaid mobile telephone connection packages, mobile telephone
accessories, pay-phone services, fax and photocopying services
• Bandages, cotton wool, rst aid material, pain killers for which no medical
prescription is required, condoms, sanitary napkins, baby and adults napkins,
toilet paper, paper napkins and tissues, shaving materials, deodorants, hair
treatment cosmetics, combs and hair brushes.
• Stationery and other relevant ofce material, correspondence material, stamps,
maps, greeting cards and play cards.
• Christmas and Easter ornaments, balloons, tourist souvenirs, carnival and marine
products, suntan oils or lotions, sunglasses, hats, walking sticks, nail clippers,
worry bead strings, key-rings and jewellery imitations
• Charcoal, grill motors, kindling, knives, forks, disposable dishes and glasses, gas
stoves and small liquid gas containers, aluminium foil, garbage bags, kitchen
gloves, dish washing liquids, room sprays, scented candles, insecticides,
mosquito pesticides and mosquito repellent appliances, shoe polishes and
shoelaces.