date:Aug 31, 2018
ng of the European Court of Justice. The beer sector had expected that the Commissions proposal would follow the Courts decision on the Degrees Plato measurement system, used by half of the EUs member states for calculating beer excise duties.
Degrees Plato is a scale for measuring the ratio of water to fermentable sugar in beer. It is used as an alternative to ABV alcohol by volume in half of EU member states to calculate beer excise duties.
In its ruling on in May, the European Court of Ju