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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10766

18 January 2013
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 33
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) tobacco
NGOs remind Commission of its obligation of transparency

Brussels, 17/01/2013 (Agence Europe) - In a letter addressed to José Manuel Barroso on 17 January, several NGOs remind the European Commission of its obligation of transparency, although a number of meetings have apparently taken place in secret over recent months between high-level Commission officials and lobbyists from the tobacco industry. Under Article 5.3 of the World Health Organisation (WHO) framework convention for the anti-tobacco fight, which the European Union has signed, the EU...

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EXTERNAL ACTION
INSTITUTIONAL
ECONOMY - FINANCES
SECTORAL POLICIES
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU