EU DRINKS IMPORTS INQUIRY
November 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLSMALL shopkeepers in Britain may face a cut in demand for tobacco and alcohol in the coming months, if new pressure from the European Commission on the British government to reduce the amount of these goods seized by customs officers from the travelling public is successful.The Commission has now started formal European law infringement proceedings against the UK over the issue, seemingly unimpressed by concessions from the Government over the amounts of tobacco and alcohol that can be imported from other European Union (EU) member countries for ...
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