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The „loi Evin‟ : a French exception
Dr M. Craplet
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The „loi Evin‟ : a French exception
What is „loi Evin‟ ?
- An alcohol and tobacco policy law voted in France
in 1991
- One of the most strictest laws on advertising
in Europe :
- In a country where „passion‟ for alcohol is intense
- In a country where alcohol control is often lax
- How can we explain this real French paradox ?
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Why this law ?
- Former French law (in the seventies) was
discriminatory : it gave advantage to French products
- France was condemned in 1980 by the European
Court of Justice
- But French governments took time to change the
law
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A decade of French advertising (1)
- From 1980 to 1990 alcohol producers
used this legal loophole
- The ads became more and more provocative
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A decade of French advertising (2) Sex, alcohol and French life
Alcohol and sport Alcohol and sex
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A decade of French advertising (3) Summit of provocative art
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A decade of French advertising (4) Government inaction
Ignoring their own codes of good practices the
admen and producers went high in provocation and played with fire.
The only way to stop them was to legislate. ANPA and health experts lobbied until… …‟Loi Evin‟ was voted by the French parliament
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Articles of „Loi Evin‟ on alcohol (1)
‘Loi Evin‟ provides a clear framework
- Definition of alcoholic drinks
- Places and media of advertising
- Content of advertising
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Articles of „Loi Evin‟ on alcohol (2)
1) Definition of alcoholic drinks :
- The law gives a clear definition
- All drinks over 1.2 % alcohol by volume
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Articles of „Loi Evin‟ on alcohol (3)
2) Places and media of advertising :
- Advertising is authorized only in the printed
media, on radio, on posters
- No advertising is permitted :
- when targeted to young people
- on TV and cinema
- No sponsorship is permitted
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Articles of „Loi Evin‟ on alcohol (4)
3) Content of advertising :
- Messages and images should refer only to the
qualities of the products : it allows to give information on the products… as the producers wished !
- A health message must be included :
« L‟abus d‟alcool est dangereux pour la santé »
Alcohol abuse is dangerous for health
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Consequences of the law 1991-2010(1)
We have observed during these years three main consequences :
1)
Breaches of the law have been punished
2)
Advertising has lost most of its seductive character
3)
Problems appeared in the field of sports.
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Consequences of the law 1991-2010 (2)
1) Breaches of the law have been punished :
- 50 advertisements were brought before the French
courts by ANPA
- 45 complaints have been upheld
- Penalties were high
2) Advertising has lost most of its seductive character because alcohol producers, media and admen
- afraid of legal and financial consequences -
became more careful
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- Before the law
- After the law
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Consequences of the law 1991-2010 (3)
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Consequences of the law 1991-2010 (4)
- 3. Problems appeared in the field of sports
- Cancellation of TV retransmission of international football
matches
- American brewer Anheuser Bush could not sponsor the
1998 Football World Cup… … and France won the Cup for the first (and only?) time !
- More seriously, we can say that a new sponsor was found :
Casio Company Sports do not die without alcohol sponsorship
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- Many marketing tools
are not controlled Mailing Internet Social events
- Control of advertising is
- nly a part of an overall
strategy of prevention
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What are the limits of the law ?
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A law difficult to assess (1)
- Difficult to assess the role of one factor (here
advertising) on consumption and harm
- The effect of advertising on consumption is
real but weak
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A law difficult to assess (2)
- Assessment is even more difficult in France
where we benefit of a dramatic diminution
- f the average consumption :
- since 1960
- of 1 % per year
- from 30 to 13 litres alcohol per capita per year
- Quantitative effects
may be impossible to assess…
- … but symbolic effects are visible
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The symbolic effect of the law
- Advertising reinforces preconceived ideas
about alcohol
- In most European countries advertising
associates alcohol consumption with personal, sexual and social success… even if forbidden by codes of practice
- A law is the only way to change this seductive
language
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- Permitted ad
- utside France
- Illegal ad in France
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Where have the French images gone ?
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These ads were judged illegal in France in 2004 !
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The need for a European legislative framework
- Development of multinationals
- Products and images cross frontiers
- Internationalization of life styles and
drinking cultures
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A law for Europe ?
- We hope that the spirit of the „Loi Evin‟ could
be applied in Europe
- Basic measures compatible with subsidiarity
- In order to protect the younger generations
- We propose inside the European Union to :
- Forbid all forms of marketing using sports events
- Forbid advertising on television
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„Loi Evin‟ : a simple policy law ?
- easy to apply
- difficult to distort
- which has modified the seductive language of
advertising
- compatible with European legislation
- This is no real surprise as the law was a response
to the 1980 European Court decision
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A law that cannot be ignored ?
- Since 1991, the law has been attacked in and
- utside France
- In 2004…
while the law has been attacked by the French wine producers… it has been defended by the European Court
- f Justice
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On June 2004, the Court ruled that :
- French measures on advertising
limit consumption
- French rules are not disproportionate
- The French law allows
the freedom to provides services enshrined in the Treaty
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A law resisting to drinks industry lobbies
Wine producers lobbyed the French Parliament and government during all the year 2004 : they wanted to go back to lifestyle advertising. But public health experts resisted… And only small changes were voted in January 2005
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A law resisting to drinks industry lobbies
The advertising can now make reference to :
- Regional origins (using “Appelation d‟origine” or
“Indications géographiques”)
- Objective characteristics of the products concerning
its colour, smell and taste.
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A law resisting to drinks industry lobbies
These changes applies to all alcoholic drinks, without making any discrimination in favour of French products. There should not be any legal problem with the European legislation.
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A law amended for the Internet
Unfortunately, the law authorize now advertising on
Internet
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