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Swedish consumers are able to import more alcohol due to EU regulation (Photo: EUobserver)

EU law threatens to drown Sweden in beer

According to EU rules, passengers on ferries to Sweden from Finland passing the autonomous Åland Islands are allowed to import two rations of alcoholic drinks into Sweden: an EU ration and a tax-free ration, writes Svenska Dagbladet.

The issue has been brought up partly due to EU regulation and partly by Finland's lowering of alcohol taxes, which it has done in order to compete with Estonia, according to Svenska Dagbladet.

Until recently most passengers were ignorant of the fact t...

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Swedish consumers are able to import more alcohol due to EU regulation (Photo: EUobserver)

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