FINLAND – COMPETITION
January 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A FORMAL complaint has been lodged with the European Commission by the Finnish Food Marketing Association about Finland's alcohol sales monopoly system, which the group claims breaks European Union (EU) competition law. The association claims Finland's Alko has moved away from its original role of limiting the sale of alcohol, instead becoming an effective marketing machine. This stance could help its case at the Commission, which would have to balance Finland's EU treaty commitments on free trade and health in making a ruling.
A FORMAL complaint has been lodged with the European Commission by the Finnish Food Marketing Association about Finland's alcohol sales monopoly system, which the group claims breaks European Union (EU) competition law. The association claims Finland's Alko has moved away from its original role of limiting the sale of alcohol, instead becoming an effective marketing machine. This stance could help its case at the Commission, which would have to balance Finland's EU treaty commitments on free trade and health in making a ruling.
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