Brussels, 10/07/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 10 July, the European Commission decided to send Denmark to the EU Court of Justice for failure to amend its national legislation to ban snus (tobacco which is placed between the gum and the lip) although all forms of snus are banned from sale in the EU, with the exception of Sweden, under EU Directive 89/622/EEC, replaced by Directive 2001/37/EC. As Denmark has not totally banned the sale of all forms of snus, the European Commission requested on 25 October 2012 that it take the necessary steps to comply with Directive 2001/37/EC and to inform the Commission of the adopted measures of national legislation within two months. The Commission has not received details of any such measures and has therefore decided to send the case to the European Court of Justice. ( IL)