Minimum pricing | European Futures https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk Edinburgh Europa Institute Wed, 11 Apr 2018 20:05:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/files/2015/03/European-Futures-Icon.png Minimum pricing | European Futures https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk 32 32 Scotland’s Minimum Pricing – Balancing Public Policy and the Single Market https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/scotlands-minimum-pricing-balancing-public-policy-and-the-single-market/ Sat, 22 Oct 2016 08:00:15 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/europablogsite/?p=4257 Arianna Andreangeli In-Depth Analysis The Court of Session’s ruling on minimum pricing of alcohol in Scotland has upheld that the policy is an appropriate and proportionate restriction on the free movement of goods, writes Arianna Andreangeli. Analysing the judgement, she argues that it marks a significant development in reaffirming that, in certain cases, public health …

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]]> Scottish Minimum Pricing on Alcohol: The Court of Justice Speaks https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/scottish-minimum-pricing-on-alcohol-the-court-of-justice-speaks/ Thu, 14 Jan 2016 08:00:02 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/europablogsite/?p=2612 Arianna Andreangeli In-Depth Analysis The recent EU court preliminary ruling on Scotland’s alcohol minimum pricing illustrates the conflict in EU law between upholding the integrity of the internal market and allowing measures designed to protect public health, writes Arianna Andreangeli. She explains that the case has rested on whether minimum pricing or taxation can better …

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]]> Scotland’s Alcohol Minimum Pricing: First Encounter with EU Law https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/scotlands-alcohol-minimum-pricing-first-encounter-with-eu-law/ https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/scotlands-alcohol-minimum-pricing-first-encounter-with-eu-law/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2015 08:00:47 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/europablogsite/?p=1774 Arianna Andreangeli In-Depth Analysis In this special extended article, Arianna Andreangeli analyses the opinion of the Advocate General in the preliminary reference case on the compatibility of Scotland’s minimum pricing with EU internal market rules. The central question, she writes, is whether the measures meet a public policy objective in an appropriate and proportional way …

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