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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Stakeholder meeting



In the framework of the PROTECT project, a meeting with all stakeholders involved in alcohol labelling policy was organized by the CRIOC and Eurocare on the 17th of March 2011 in the European Parliament in Brussels. The European institutions (European Commission - EC - and Parliament - EP), the beverage industry, consumer organisations, NGOs, media, youth organizations as well as the public were invited to exchange around measurable best practices on alcohol labelling.
 
The seminar was hosted by Alyn Smith (The Green /EFA Alliance in the EP), who said in his introductory speech that “even though the EU does not have direct competence in health matters, all members states could greatly benefit from such meetings, in order to exchange ideas and best practices”. He was in this sense “delighted to see representatives from all stakeholders, especially from the industry” since he does not believe in “digging trenches” but rather in “open and genuine debates”.
 
This introduction was followed by a series of presentations by public health experts, focusing on alcohol health hazards, alcohol labeling policies in Europe (PROTECT) as well as the point of vue of the European Commission on the subject. The complete program, all the presentations as well as video recordings of the different speakers can be found here.



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