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Response to the ECJ rejection of minimum pricing for alcohol
Commenting on the ECJ’s decision that minimum pricing of alcohol is contrary to EU law, Christopher Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle Economics at the Institute of Economic Affairs, said:
“This ruling is an early Christmas present for millions of drinkers. Minimum pricing would have clobbered low and middle income drinkers for no good reason. It is a shame the SNP ignored repeated warnings that this sort of price fixing breaches EU law but now that the European Court of Justice has spoken, let us hear no more about it. Goodbye and good riddance to minimum pricing.”
Notes to Editors:
To arrange an interview, please contact Stephanie Lis: slis@iea.org.uk or 07766 221 268.
The mission of the Institute of Economic Affairs is to improve understanding of the fundamental institutions of a free society by analysing and expounding the role of markets in solving economic and social problems.
The IEA is a registered educational charity and independent of all political parties.
“This ruling is an early Christmas present for millions of drinkers. Minimum pricing would have clobbered low and middle income drinkers for no good reason. It is a shame the SNP ignored repeated warnings that this sort of price fixing breaches EU law but now that the European Court of Justice has spoken, let us hear no more about it. Goodbye and good riddance to minimum pricing.”
Notes to Editors:
To arrange an interview, please contact Stephanie Lis: slis@iea.org.uk or 07766 221 268.
The mission of the Institute of Economic Affairs is to improve understanding of the fundamental institutions of a free society by analysing and expounding the role of markets in solving economic and social problems.
The IEA is a registered educational charity and independent of all political parties.
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