The European Spirits Organisation - CEPS is the European representative body for producers of spirit drinks.
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New! The environment page highlights some of the environmental issues we are currently dealing with.
Updated! The EU enlargement page has been updated (November 2011).
Updated! Two new members of staff joined the secretariat in November. See the secretariat page for more information (November 2011).
Updated! The Regulation on the provision of food information to consumers page has been updated (November 2011).
New! Gavin Hewitt, Chief Executive of the Scotch Whisky Association, has been elected President of the European Spirits Organisation – CEPS with effect from 23 November. Read more here (November 2011).
New! Paul Skehan is the new Director General of the European Spirits Organisation - CEPS. Read more here (November 2011).
New! Spirits Producers welcome WTO Panel Report on Philippines: The European Spirits Organisation - CEPS welcomes the release of the WTO Panel Report which confirms that taxes levied in the Philippines on EU spirits are illegal under WTO rules (15 August 2011). Click here to read the press release.
Factsheets on Alcohol advertising and consumption; Alcohol taxation, pricing and alcohol-related harm and Alcohol and underage drinking have been updated and Factsheet on consumer information about alcohol has been added to the factsheets page. (June 2011).
The World Health Organision page has been updated. (June 2011).
The Annual Review 2010 - 2011 has been added to the publications section (June 2011).
The produciton statistics page has been updated (May 2011).
The latest excise duty and other tax rates table has been added to the tax tables page (May 2011).
New key figures page (May 2011).
The EU Alcohol and Health Forum page has been updated (April 2011).
The Charter (2005-2010) and Roadmap (2010-2015) page (March 2011) has been updated.
The secretariat has been updated (March 2011).
The publications pages have been updated. This includes a new structure (March 2011).
The latest excise duty and other tax rates table has been added to the tax tables page (January 2011).
| Key CEPS publications |
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| CEPS Roadmap 2015: Raising the Bar against Alcohol Misuse, is a new 5 year commitment to promote responsible drinking and to help reduce alcohol-related harm across Europe launched 16 November 2010 (read the Roadmap here). |
| The CEPS economic study on the contribution of the spirits industry to the EU economy, carried out by Ernst & Young, was published December 2010 ( View the full report here or view the EU Chapters only). |