Brussels, 04/01/2016 (Agence Europe) - On 23 December, the European Court of Justice decided that setting a minimum sales price per unit of alcohol, as the Scottish government has done, is incompatible with EU law.
In its ruling (C-333/14), the Court develops the same reasoning that Advocate General Yves Bot had proposed in September 2015 (see EUROPE 11381). The judges therefore also consider that the Scottish legislation has a restrictive effect on the market - which could be avoided by...