GERMAN DISTILLERY SUBSIDIES SHOULD BE PHASED OUT OVER SEVEN YEARS, SAYS EUROPEAN COMMISSION
June 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE ABILITY of the German government's alcohol monopoly, the Branntweinmonopol, to subsidise farm distilleries producing spirits from crops such as cereals and potatoes must end by December 2013, the European Commission has proposed. From that date, the usual European Union (EU) restrictions on government handouts will apply: these generally ban operating subsidies. Under today's Brussels proposal, smaller distilleries, including companies working closely with them and small fruit cooperative distilleries can receive these subsidies until ...
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