HC Deb 02 May 1990 vol 171 cc550-1W
Mr. Stern

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish in theOfficial Report a list of the blood-alcohol limits enforced on drivers in each country of Europe, including eastern Europe.

Mr. Atkins

The most recent list of which we are aware relates to 1985. It is as follows:

Blood-alcohol limits
Austria 80
Belgium 80
Bulgaria 0
Czechoslovakia 0
Denmark 80
Finland 50
France 80
East Germany 0
Greece 50
Hungary 0
Iceland 50
Ireland 120 now 100
Italy not set now 80
Luxembourg 80
Netherlands 50
Norway 50
Poland 25
Portugal not set now 50
Rumania 0
Sweden 50
Switzerland 80
Spain 80
United Kingdom 80
West Germany 50