the legal purchase age for drinking in italy prior to 2012 was 16.
the legal purchase age for drinking in italy prior to 2012 was 16.
what is the legal purchase age for drinking in italy prior to 2012?
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the most common minimum age to purchase alcohol in africa is 18. although it varies from the lowest age limit in ethiopia being only 15 years, zimbabwe with a minimum purchase age of 16 years, the gambia with an age limit of 17 years, and uganda where the minimum legal purchase age is 18 but minors aged 16 or 17 may consume a glass of beer, wine or cider with a meal at a restaurant. cameroon and egypt are the only countries in africa with a minimum purchase age of 21 years. however algeria, angola (except luando province), central african republic, comoros, equatorial guinea, gabon, guinea-bissau, morocco, togo, tunisia and the western sahara have no laws on the book restricting the sale of alcohol to minors. in libya, somalia and sudan the sale, production and consumption of alcohol is completely prohibited.
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most countries within europe have set 18 as the minimum age to purchase alcohol. although austria, belgium, cyprus, denmark, germany, gibraltar, liechtenstein, luxembourg, malta, serbia and switzerland (except ticino) maintain a minimum purchase age below 18 years permitting minors either full or limited access to alcohol. in 2005, 2007 and recently in 2015 the european union has failed to enact a law forcing member states to raise their purchase age to 18 years. but in the past years several european countries have raised their drinking/purchase age or enacted laws restricting the access to alcohol for minors:
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