Scots Minimum Pricing case referred to European Court of Justice

Alcohol Alert, June 2014: Eric Carlin, Director of Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP), explains the ins and outs of a court decision referring the case of Scottish legislation on minimum unit pricing to Europe. In May 2012, the Scottish Government passed the Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Act at Holyrood, with scant opposition from MSPs across the political spectrum. Two years on, the law is still to be implemented, due to a challenge led by the Scotch Whisky Association over the question of its legality, which has recently been referred from the Court of Session in Edinburgh to the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. You can find out more by subscribing to our newsletter; please visit our website www.ias.org.uk and click on "Alcohol Alert" to read the latest Issue: http://www.ias.org.uk/What-we-do/Alcohol-Alert.aspx