On Tuesday 10 July, the environment committee of the European Parliament approved by a very large majority (51 votes for, 1 against and no abstentions), the proposal for a European regulation concerning the marketing of Shochu – a spirit bottled in Japan according to nominal quantities not existing in EU legislation.
The proposal for a regulation on minimal quantities for the marketing of Shochu aims to introduce an exemption to EU rules on the size of bottles for spirits, traditionally...