US EditionIncoherence of Legislation on Energy Drinks: Galicia and Asturias Put Different Minimum Age
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Legislative initiatives have just emerged regarding the consumption of energy drinks in Asturias and Galicia, but in particular the inconsistency of the measures promoted by the Government of Adrián Barbón is striking. Specifically, in the case of Asturias, the minimum age for purchasing energy drinks will be 16 years, while in Galicia the 18 years have been established. Therefore, two different ages for two neighbouring autonomous communities, …
The large distribution — Asedas and Anged — has set the alarms against the "lack of consistency" regulation on energy drinks for minors. Galicia has already set the minimum age of purchase and consumption at 18 years, while Asturias has finalized a law that would lower it to 16. For employers, the result is a "rupture of the market unit": a young man of 17 could acquire them in a municipality and, a few minutes away, cross to another where it wo…
In a joint statement they have explained that Galicia published on January 7 the Law on the Protection of Minors and Prevention of Addictive Conduct, in which the minimum age for the consumption of energy drinks is set at 18 years. The Asturian Parliament, for its part, is about to approve the Draft Law on Regulation of the Sale, Supply and Consumption of Energy Drinks for the Protection of Minors, where the minimum age for the purchase of energ…
The Spanish Association of Distributors, Self-Services and Supermarkets (Asedas) and the Anged Distribution have warned about "serious consequences" that legislative initiatives regarding the consumption of energy drinks in Galicia and Asturias would have for "rupture of the market unit", according to a statement.
The regulation on energy drinks such as Monster, Burn or Red Bull continues to give much to talk about because of its lack of consistency. Food and beverage distribution associations, Asedas (Spanish Association of Distributors, Self-services and Supermarkets) and the ANGED Distribution have issued a statement to warn about "the serious consequences of this breakdown of the market unit." Recently, legislative initiatives have been introduced reg…
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Qué!Following recent legislative initiatives regarding the consumption of energy drinks in Galicia and Asturias, the food and beverage distribution associations, ASEDAS (Spanish Association of Distributors, Self-Services and Supermarkets) and the ANGED Distribution have warned about the serious consequences of this rupture of the market unit that implies unjustifiable differences in the minimum age of sale of energy drinks and other such interventio…
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