Brussels, 21/06/2013 (Agence Europe) - The Health Council, meeting in Luxembourg on Friday 21 June, had no difficulty in agreeing a general approach on a revised draft EU tobacco directive.
There was much at stake as, without an agreement, the directive could not have been adopted under the current legislature of the European Parliament, which would have meant that entry into force of updated and stricter legislation would have been deferred till an even later date. Discussions with the...