EBCU - European Beer Consumers' Union Information

EBCU is a non-political, non-religious umbrella organisation formed in May 1990 by three national beer organisations: CAMRA (United Kingdom), Objectieve Bierproevers (Belgium, now Zythos) and PINT (Netherlands), to give voice to the beer consumer at the European level, both within and beyond the European Union (EU). EBCU has now expanded to include 18 like-minded national groups from Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom. In 2008, the member organisations signed up to a constitution which defined the formal aims and structure and the role of traditional beer as a prime component of European culture, history and daily life. The union campaigns on European level: - To preserve and maintain the diversity of the traditional European beer cultures, with particular regard to local, regional and national brewing and beer styles - To protect the consumer from the imposition of unfair pricing by opposing unreasonable taxation or exploitative business practices - To ensure that the consumer receives the best factual information about any beer on commercial sale