EU MINISTERS DELAY DECISION ON MINIMUM EXCISE DUTIES
November 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has today (Tue) delayed a decision on setting new raised minimum excise duties on alcohol for up to seven months and maybe longer, asking the European Commission to investigate the issue. The current Finnish EU presidency has just announced (3.30pm) the "council has invited the Commission to carry out a comprehensive study", with the results coming in the "first half of 2007". Although the Finns said this would "facilitate further decisions", the report will be released ...
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