Drinks industry bosses have pledged to take their fight to stop the introduction of minimum unit pricing for alcohol in Scotland to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) after their legal challenge was dismissed by a court.
The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has rejected pleas by MSPs, alcohol awareness charities and doctors to end their legal challenge to minimum unit pricing (MUP) after Scotland's highest civil court ruled that it was compatible with UK and European Union (EU) law.
Gavin Hewitt, chairman of the SWA, which launched the legal action with Comite Vins and spiritsEUROPE, said "this issue will eventually be considered in Luxembourg". Miles Beale, chief executive of Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA), which supports the action, said the ruling "is just the first step in a long legal process".
Source: Belfast Telegraph, 04/05/2013
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