Scotland: Wine may be exempt from minimum pricing rules
Scotland: Wine may be exempt from minimum pricing rules
Jul 25, 2012 6
(Decanter) - Plans to set a minimum price for wine in Scotland are coming up against the complex bureaucracy of the European Union's agriculture trade rules. European wine trade body CEEV (Comité Européen des Entreprises Vins) says wine's status as an agricultural product means it is governed by the EU's Common Market Organisation rules, and therefore is exempt from rulings on price.
'It is explicitly written that it's not possible to have marketing rules on price,' the CEEV's Sylvain Naulin told Decanter.com.
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