[nherment]

Thats a really good point regarding EU citizens having access to this service. Swedish services are thoroughly tied to the bankid/personnal number. There is a EU regulation [1] somewhat related to this that prevent sellers from discriminating the availability of goods based on your place of residence.

I wonder if this regulation applies to these shops.

A couple of paragraphs are particularly interesting, #18 and #19:

(18) [...] traders should not, through the use of technological measures or otherwise, prevent customers from having full and equal access to online interfaces, including in the form of mobile applications, based on their nationality, place of residence or place of establishment. [...]

(19) In order to ensure the equal treatment of customers and to avoid discrimination, as required by this Regulation, traders should not design their online interface, or apply technological means, in a way that would, in practice, not allow customers from other Member States to easily complete their orders.

[1] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?qid=15422088...

[riffraff]

I'm pretty sure the regulation is violated all the time everywhere, i.e. vending machines that require some local electronic card (e.g. to prove your age for sigarettes).

It's a pity, of course, but not a "new" problem.

[distances]

Which EU countries have cigarette vending machines? I've never seen such a thing, in the countries I shop they're behind a cashier. Sometimes even hidden so that if you don't know what to ask for you're not getting it.

[detaro]

Germany, Austria, Italy at least.

[majewsky]

In Germany, cigarette vending machines were incredibly common until around 15 years ago, but I haven't seen one in ages. Between stricter age verification requirements, a decline in smoking in general, and vandalism towards those machines, the profit margin was probably stretched too slim to continue maintaining these machines.

[Dma54rhs]

Spain as well, you can't get cigs from gas stations or super markets like in the UK.

[distances]

Interesting, I'll have to keep my eyes a bit more open when traveling.

[eythian]

Netherlands and Germany have them.