ETRC forces rethink of bottle size restrictions
Gavin Lipsith
15-Jan-2006
EU. The European Travel Retail Council (ETRC) has secured an exemption for duty-free retailers from a proposal to set mandatory bottle sizes for liquor and wines sold in the European Union
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However, retailers selling to intra-EU passengers will only be allowed to sell regulated bottle sizes if the proposal is adopted, meaning that several travel-retail exclusive packs—notably the 40oz bottle popular
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