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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11119
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SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) health

Denmark at Court of Justice over snus

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...

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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
SECTORAL POLICIES
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EDUCATION
EXTERNAL ACTION
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU