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Health professionals say they are stepping up efforts to see alcohol minimum pricing in place in Scotland, with a seminar being held in Brussels.
Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) will speak at the event, which will explore Scotland's alcohol policies, on 5 September.
Legislation to introduce a minimum unit price of 50p north of the border, was passed at Holyrood in 2012.
But a legal challenge to the policy has been referred to a European court.
A group led by the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) and other European wine and spirits producers mounted a legal challenge to the Scottish government's plans, arguing that minimum pricing legislation breaches European law.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-28996419
Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) will speak at the event, which will explore Scotland's alcohol policies, on 5 September.
Legislation to introduce a minimum unit price of 50p north of the border, was passed at Holyrood in 2012.
But a legal challenge to the policy has been referred to a European court.
A group led by the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) and other European wine and spirits producers mounted a legal challenge to the Scottish government's plans, arguing that minimum pricing legislation breaches European law.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-28996419