Dr. Agne Limante, Research Fellow, Law Institute of Lithuania
While most Europeans were buying presents and wine for Christmas eve, on 23 December 2015 the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered a long awaited judgment in Scotch Whisky Association case[1] which related to a plan of the Scottish government to introduce a minimum unit alcohol price. In short, the Court ruled that introducing a minimum unit alcohol price would breach EU law if other tax options exist.
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