TABLE A1.

Identified laws on reviewed alcohol control policies in Latvia between 1990 and 2020.

Availability	Drink-driving	Advertisement	Taxation
Handling of Alcohol Law (13 November 1998–1 May 2004): Retail licensing and restrictions on retail sales locations; minimum legal age of alcohol sale; off-premises sale time restrictions, except for beer Handling of Alcoholic Beverages Law (1 May 2004 – …): Retail licensing and restrictions on retail sales locations; minimum legal age of alcohol sale and purchase; off-premises sale time restrictions for all alcoholic beverages Law on Measures for the Prevention and Suppression of Threat to the State and Its Consequences Due to the Spread of COVID-19 (22 March 2020–9 June 2020): Introducing distance contracts for the sale of alcoholic beverages	Administrative Violations Code (1 July 1985–1 July 2020): Administrative liabilities to drunk driving Road Traffic Law (4 November 1997 –….): Blood alcohol content limits; administrative liabilities to drunk driving (since 2020) Criminal Code (1 June 1961–1 April 1999): Criminal liabilities for drunk driving Criminal Law (1 April 1999 – …): criminal liabilities for drunk driving Law of Administrative Liability (1 July 2020 –…): general rules and procedures for dealing with drunk driving	Law on Radio un Television (20 May 1992–10 September 1995): Advertisements for alcoholic beverages are not regulated Radio and Television Law (11 September 1995–11 August 2010): First regulations on advertisements for alcoholic beverages on television and radio Handling of Alcohol Law (13 November 1998–1 May 2004): Requirements for alcohol visual advertisements and restrictions on place advertisements for alcoholic beverages Advertising Law (24 January 2001 – …) Prohibition of using and addressing children in any advertisements for alcoholic beverages Handling of Alcoholic Beverages Law (1 May 2004 – …): Requirements for alcohol visual advertisements and restrictions on place advertisements for alcoholic beverages Electronic Mass Media Law (11 August 2010 – …): Restrictions on advertisements for alcoholic beverages to audio and audiovisual commercials	Law on Excise Duties (1 January 1991–2008 December 1999): Establishing excise duty rates for alcoholic beverages, regulations on excise duty stamps Law on Excise Duties on Alcoholic Beverages (1 January 1999–1 May 2004): Establishing excise duty rates for alcoholic beverages; except for beer from 2000 to 2004 Law on Excise Duty on Beer (1 January 2000–1 May 2004): Establishing excise duty rates for beer Law on Excise Duties (1 May 2004 – …): Establishing excise duty rates for all alcoholic beverages