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Which EU Directives regulate the marketing of alcoholic beverages?

4.2 Other relevant EU regulation The only EU Directive that contains explicit regulation on the marketing of alcoholic beverages as defined in the ELSA project is the Council Directive 89/552/ EEC on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law or short ‘Television without Frontiers Directive’.

Is the EU recommendation not to produce alcoholic beverages to appeal to children?

The EU Recommendation not to produce alcoholic beverages to appeal to children and adolescents is not sufficiently covered. A (partial) ban on or volume restriction of alcohol marketing is mainly regulated by law. Enforcement of marketing regulations is more often regulated by law than by self-regulation.

What is the European Commission's position on excise duties on alcohol?

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Directive 92/83/EEC of 19 October 1992 on the har monisation of the str uctures of excise duties on alcohol and alcoholic beverages (1), and in par ticular Ar ticle 27(4) thereof,

How many countries regulate the production of alcoholic beverages targeted at children?

• Regulation on the production of alcoholic beverages specially targeted at children is present in only 9 countries and only 12 have mention of a connection with the consumption of drug and other harmful substances.