Amended proposal for a Council Recommendation on the drinking of alcohol by children and adolescents (presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 250 (2) of the EC Treaty)
Date: 2001-06-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: alcoholism, child, disease prevention, public health, young person

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 01.06.2001
COM(2001) 310 final

2001/0801 (CNS)

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Date  of  transmission  of  the  proposal  to  the  Council  (COM(2000)736  final):
28.11.2000.

Date of transmission of the proposal by the Council to the European Parliament
(Consultation Procedure (COM(2000)736-2001/0801(CNS)): 16.01.2001.

Date of the opinion of the European Parliament (PE A5-150/01): 16.05.2001.

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The  proposal  for  a  Council  Recommendation  recommends  the  development  and
implementation of appropriate comprehensive health promotion policies with regard
to alcohol and young people at local, national and EU level. The Member States are
invited  to  take  action  to  address  the  problems  caused  by  alcohol  consumption  of
young people through education and information, and to strengthen the enforcement
of regulatory control, e.g. rules on alcohol sales, drink driving and advertising.

The proposed recommendations also ask Member States to call on alcohol producers
and  retailers  to  communicate  responsibly  and  to  enforce  self-regulatory  rules  on
advertising.  National  governments are  invited to elaborate or further  develop  codes
of  conduct  with  the  concerned  industry  to  ensure  that  alcoholic  products  are  not
targeted to young people or designed or promoted to appeal particularly to them.

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Following  the  debate  on  this  Recommendation  on  15  May  2001,  The  European
Parliament adopted the following amendments on 16 May: 1-6, 8, 9 (1st part), 10-11,
12 (2nd part), 14-18, 19 (1st part), 20-40, 42-46, 48-56. The proposal as amended was
adopted  by  a  large  majority;  and  the  legislative  resolution  by  445  votes  in  favour,
63 votes against and 21 abstentions.

Of  these,  Commissioner  Byrne  had  indicated  on  15  May  in  the  Plenary  that  the
Commission could accept, in full or in part, the following amendments: 1, 8, 10, 11,
15, 17, 18, 21, 22, 24, 27, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 38, 39, 40, 42, 49, 50, 51 and 52.

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The reasons to accept these amendments in full can be summarised as follows:

Amendment 1:
reflects the statements of the Commission’ s communication on road safety.

the  new  wording  proposed  for  Recital  4  is  more  explicit  and

it seems indeed advisable to accept the proposed re-wording of
Amendment 8:
Recital 15, in order to  underline  more  clearly the need for more research including
more extensive and consistent data collection.

it  seems  advisable 

improve  paragraph  1  by
Amendment 10:
highlighting the need to promote research and data collection. It also makes sense to
underline  the  need  to  enable  young  people  to  make  informed  choices  and  in  this
context to also mention the regional level.

indeed 

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Amendment 11:
this new paragraph 1a adds value to the statement in paragraph
1  by  adding  a  reference  to  alcohol  as  one  of  the  important  health  determinants.
Including  elements  of  amendment  17  it  now  reads:  “VXSSRUW(cid:3) WKH(cid:3) VWXG\(cid:3) RI(cid:3) DOFRKRO
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amendment 17).

Amendment 18:
student  organisations  should  indeed  be  mentioned  here  in
paragraph  5  together  with  youth  and  sport  organisations;  peer  pressure,  parental
abuse  and  lack  of  self-esteem  are  important  areas  of  concern;  to  help  to  eliminate
negative images associated with alcohol-free alternatives is a valid aim.

it  is  important  to  strengthen  the  role  of  young  people  in
Amendment 27:
paragraph  11;  to  replace  the  words  “into  start  drinking  at  worrying  levels”  by  “to
make harmful use of alcohol” is also acceptable.

Amendment 30:
to  replace  “call  upon”  the  producers  and  retailers  to  enhance
self-regulatory  control  by  “require...”is  an  acceptable  terminology  change  in
paragraph 13.

Amendment 31:
“require…” is an equally acceptable change of the wording in paragraph 14.

to  replace  “seek  agreement”  of  manufacturers  and  retailers  by

to  add  a  new  indent  10  under  paragraph  15b,  concerning  ‡WKH
Amendment 34:
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includes  a  reference  to  “alcopops”  (the  starting  point  for  the  drafting  of  this
recommendation).

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Amendment 15:
NGOs have to play a role in this field and should be mentioned
in paragraph 10 (foster a multi-centre approach to educate young people). Paragraph
10 now therefore reads as follows: “)RVWHU(cid:3)D(cid:3)PXOWL(cid:16)FHQWUH(cid:3)DSSURDFK(cid:15)(cid:3)WR(cid:3)HGXFDWLQJ
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Amendment 17:
the  aspect  of  data-banks  is  to  be  mentioned  within  the  context
of research and data collection. Paragraph 1a (new) now therefore reads as follows:
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Amendment 21:
it  is  important  to  include  retailers  in  the  responsibility  to  train
servers and salespersons with regard to the protection of young people and to add a
reference  to  existing  licensing  restriction;  paragraph  6  now  therefore  reads  as
follows: “(QFRXUDJH(cid:3)WKH(cid:3)SURGXFHUV(cid:3)DQG(cid:3)UHWDLOHUV(cid:3)RI(cid:3)DOFRKROLF(cid:3)EHYHUDJHV(cid:3)LQ(cid:3)WKHLU
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(See also amendment 42).

Amendment 22:
to produce advisory materials in consultation with young people
is  a  valid  suggestion;  teachers  and  educators  have  an  important  role  in  health
promotion;  to  include  the  media  and  the  workplace  is  justified.  Paragraph  7  reads
therefore  as  follows:  “(QFRXUDJH(cid:3) WKH(cid:3) SURGXFWLRQ(cid:15)(cid:3) ZKHQHYHU(cid:3) DSSURSULDWH(cid:3) LQ
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it is a valid aspect to make sure that underage consumers are not
Amendment 24:
targeted  with  misleading  brand  names.  Paragraph  15a  will  therefore  now  read  as
follows:  “(QVXUH(cid:3) WKDW(cid:3) WKH(cid:3) PDQXIDFWXUHUV(cid:3) GR(cid:3) QRW(cid:3) WDUJHW(cid:3) DOFRKROLF(cid:3) SURGXFWV(cid:3) DW
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amendment 33).

Amendment 33:
this amendment proposes a re-wording of paragraph 15a which
is  also  covered  through  amendment  24;  it  now  reads:  “(QVXUH(cid:3) WKDW(cid:3) WKH
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this  amendment  proposes  to  make  a  reference  to  the  need  to
reduce the risk of confusion between alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. A new
indent  11  under  paragraph  15(b)  now  covers  this  issue:  “(cid:16)(cid:3) WKH(cid:3) ULVN(cid:3) RI(cid:3) FRQIXVLRQ
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it  seems  helpful  to  make  a  reference  under  paragraph  15b  to
Amendment 38:
specific types of drinks which are targeted at the young population: the first sentence
of  paragraph  15b  now  therefore  reads:  “(QVXUH(cid:3) WKDW(cid:3) DOFRKROLF(cid:3) EHYHUDJHV(cid:3) DUH(cid:3) QRW
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Amendment 39:
it  makes  sense  to  clarify  that  advertising  can  be  directed
separately towards children or adolescents, or to both groups at the same time. Indent
8  of  paragraph  15b  therefore  reads:  “-  DGYHUWLVLQJ(cid:3) LQ(cid:3) SULQW(cid:3) DQG(cid:3) RWKHU(cid:3) PHGLD
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advertising on Television is regulated at EU level, and there are
Amendment 40:
also  national  regulations  on  radio.  It  seems  therefore  advisable  to  speak  about
‘media’  more  in  general,  avoiding  conflict  with  existing  regulation.  Indent  8  of
paragraph  15b  therefore  reads  now:  “(cid:16)  DGYHUWLVLQJ(cid:3) LQ(cid:3) SULQW(cid:3) DQG(cid:3) RWKHU(cid:3) PHGLD
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Amendment 42:
to keep alcoholic drinks in sales areas apart from non-alcoholic
drinks  is  an  important  part  of  the  training  for  sales  persons.  Paragraph  6  therefore
now  reads  as  follows:  “(QFRXUDJH(cid:3) WKH(cid:3) SURGXFHUV(cid:3) DQG(cid:3) UHWDLOHUV(cid:3) RI(cid:3) DOFRKROLF
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Amendment 49:
it  is  indeed  needed  to  emphasise  the  role  of  the  new  Public
Health Action Programme and the ‘health in other policies’ approach with regard to
possible alcohol policy developments within the proposed  Recommendation. Under
‘Follow-up  at  Community  level’  a  new  paragraph  (4)  is  proposed  to  cover  these
issues:  “7R(cid:3) PDNH(cid:3) IXOO(cid:3) XVH(cid:3) RI(cid:3) DOO(cid:3) &RPPXQLW\(cid:3) SROLFLHV(cid:15)(cid:3) SDUWLFXODUO\(cid:3) RI(cid:3) WKH
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Amendment 50:
the  proposed  inclusion of alcohol in  EU  programmes  aimed  at
young people is implicitly covered in the new paragraph covering the health in other
policies approach (see amendment 49).

Amendment 51:
it  is  valid  to  emphasise  the  need  for  co-operation  with  the
World  Health  Organisation.  Paragraph  2  under  ‘Follow-up  at  Community  level’
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Pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty, the Commission amends its proposal as
set out above.

Done at Brussels,

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