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The study on the economic impact of the brewing sector
in Europe has been commissioned by The Brewers of
Europe for the fourth time. Conducting a study at such
a large scale has only been possible with the help of the
national brewers’ associations for the brewing sector
in the 31 countries encompassed by the study Also a
great number of individual brewing companies helped us
with delivering in time additional information. We would
like to thank both national associations and brewing
companies for their commitment to this study.
From the client, the project was professionally managed
by The Brewers of Europe secretariat and the members
of the Fiscal group in charge of the study coordination,
in particular Jan Lichota and Dr. David Long. We would
like to thank them and the other concerned members
of the Fiscal Issue Management Team for their feedback
and for sharing their knowledge on the brewing sector
with us. During the project Sona Krajcovicova, who
had her internship at The Brewers of Europe in the
frst half of 2011, offered us valuable practical support.
This was for us very useful and has certainly led to
the quantitatively important level of response to our
questionnaires among associations.
An important contribution was provided by Euromalt,
of whom we thank its President, Nicholas King,
the Secretary General, Teresa Babuscio, and the
association’s members.
The study has been conducted by a dedicated team of
economic researchers from Regioplan Policy Research
(see title page of this report). They did a great job. Walter
de Wit of Ernst & Young was our project advisor on tax
matters.
Amsterdam, July 2011
Bram Berkhout
Project manager
Regioplan Policy Research,
Ernst & Young Netherlands
bram.berkhout@regioplan.nl
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Annex VIII - Acknowledgements