29 May 1986: Resolution of the Council and of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States on Alcohol Abuse.
In this resolution, the Commission was invited to: “weigh carefully the interests involved in the production, distribution and promotion of alcoholic beverages, and public health interests and to conduct a balanced policy to this end” and to: “examine what measures may contribute effectively towards achieving the objective of this resolution and, where necessary, to submit appropriate proposals to the Council”. Interesting was the note at the end of the document, stating that Community measures to be taken in future in this field should be closely coordinated with measures already taken on these problems within the framework of the World Health Organisation.
