The Government’s plans to introduce minimum pricing for alcohol have been dealt a blow by a finding of the European Court of Justice that the proposal risks infringing EU rules on free trade.
The court was delivering a preliminary judgment on a similar plan for a floor on alcohol prices from the Scottish parliament.
Advocate general of the court, Yves Bot, said minimum pricing would be legal only if it could be shown that no other mechanism, such as increasing taxes, was capable of delivering the desired public health benefits.
The court will deliberate before delivering a final judgement in about six months. In most cases, this follows the opinion published by the advocate general.
Source: Irish Examiner, 03/09/2015
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