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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7913

1 March 2001
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/tobacco
Conciliation ends with draft Directive on tobacco products which progressively tightens consumer protection and smoking prevention

Brussels, 28/02/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament and Council delegations to the conciliation committee reached, towards 2: 30am in the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, an agreement over a common draft Directive on tobacco products that should allow to tighten the protection of consumer health and the smoking prevention measures. This text, which must be approved by the Parliament plenary and by the Council, will enter into force on 30 September 2002, but certain provisions will...

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