Health warnings on alcoholic beverages in EU Member States : current policies and views at Member State level on EU level actions

The European Commission's commitment laid down in the Europe's Beating Cancer Plan (published in February 2021), is to propose the provision of health warnings on labels of alcoholic beverages in the EU. With this proposal, the European Commission aims to address the harmful consumption of alcoholic beverages and to increase awareness of the health risks associated with alcohol consumption. For the development of such a proposal, insight is needed into the current situation in EU Member States regarding health warnings on alcoholic beverages and in their views regarding EU level action in this respect. The Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE) has therefore tasked the EUHealthSupport consortium to conduct a study with the purpose of answering the following two research questions: 1. What policies or regulations are in place or are being developed in EU Member States that address health warnings on alcoholic beverages? 2. What are the views of Member States regarding the need for EU level action on the topic of health warnings on alcoholic beverages; and if considered necessary, through which types of non-legislative and/or legislative measures?