COMMISSION ERRED IN BAVARIA BEER CASE SAY ECJ JUDGES
December 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) has said that the European Commission broke European Union law when refusing to give UK-based German beer importer the Bavarian Beer Company names of people attending a legal meeting in Brussels. Bavarian had launched legal action claiming that by allowing pubs to effectively exclude its beers from the British market, UK law created an illegal restraint on trade. The UK government later liberalised British drinks contracting laws, but not before EU, UK government and drinks industry representatives met in ...
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