08/12/2010 (Agence Europe) - Extension of German alcohol monopoly. On Monday 6 November, experts from EU member states at the Special Agricultural Committee (SAC) approved the proposal to allow Germany to continue granting state aid to the ethyl-based alcohol sector until 2018 (EUROPE 10254). The text will officially be adopted on 10 December by the EU Council of Ministers. The regulation stipulates a cut in quantities of alcohol produced by the monopoly until the monopoly is definitively...