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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8748

15 July 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/internal market
Commission brings Swedish alcohol importation monopoly, Systembolaget, before Court

Brussels, 14/07/2004 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has decided to bring Sweden before the Court of Justice with regard to alcohol imports. It feels that Sweden is creating obstacles to the free circulation of alcohol by obliging Swedish residents to go through the national monopoly, Systembolaget, to buy imports of alcohol. In principle, the importation of wines and spirits has been free for personal consumption since Sweden joined the EU. In practice, however, Swedes can only...

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