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In order to ensure that ad content does not appeal to minors, signatories of the RMP have developed a comprehensive list of over 50 practices and techniques that are likely to be disproportionately appealing to minors. This list is regularly updated as the RMP signatories continue to fine-tune best practices in order to avoid appealing to minors.

List of 50+ practices & techniques to be excluded from alcohol ads

Actors
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Alcohol Commercial communications must not feature:

  • Any actor/model below 25 years old in real life.

In addition, they must not feature:

  • School teachers/personnel;
  • Child/teenage-related leaders;
  • Child-related performers & child-related entertainers;
  • Child-related fairy tale characters.
Celebrities
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Alcohol commercial communications must not feature:

  • Any celebrity whose audience is primarily composed of minors;
  • Any celebrity below 25 years old, whenever this celebrity actively and explicitly endorses the brand and is core to the commercial communication in his/her individual capacity.
Influencer Marketing
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Online influencers must age-gate all brand related posts to prevent minors from seeing them. On platforms where it is not possible to age-gate posts effectively, influencers must be over 25 and appeal primarily to adult audiences.

Influencers will be made aware of the RMP exclusion list and will agree not to feature these elements in their brand communications.

99% of ads monitored do not contain elements that appeal to minors

The appeal monitoring by the European Advertising Standards Alliance (EASA) in 2022 monitored the content of RMP member ads*, and 99% of ads monitored ** did not feature a single element from the list of elements to be avoided in ads (compared to 98% in 2019).

*Monitored in Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain.
**The exercise looked at TV ads, digital ads (pre-rolls on YouTube.) In Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain paid ads on social media (on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter) were also monitored.

Upcoming RMP events

  1. Responsible Marketing Pact (RMP)

    Brussels Belgium

    10 Jun 2025

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