FINLAND – RUSSIA IMPORTS
September 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union ministers have been asked to approve Finland's re-imposing restrictions on cheap personal beer imports from Russia, preventing a cross-border sales boom. EU law says private travellers can import up to 200 litres from non-EU states, but Finland has restricted imports to six litres/traveller since 2000. This special right expires December; Brussels wants it renewed, at 16 litres.
EUROPEAN Union ministers have been asked to approve Finland's re-imposing restrictions on cheap personal beer imports from Russia, preventing a cross-border sales boom. EU law says private travellers can import up to 200 litres from non-EU states, but Finland has restricted imports to six litres/traveller since 2000. This special right expires December; Brussels wants it renewed, at 16 litres.
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