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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8243

28 June 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) court of first instance
British American Tobacco did obtain all necessary documents to attack European legislation on tobacco, despite Commission's "regrettable" conduct

Luxembourg, 27/06/2002 (Agence Europe) - The Court of First Instance (CFI) has just passed judgement in a case between British American Tobacco and the European Commission over access to the documents necessary for the manufacturer to dispute the draft directive, then the EU's "Tobacco" Directive. The Commission's conduct was "regrettable", says the Court of First Instance, chaired by Bo Vesterdorf. But, in the end, British American Tobacco obtained all the documents it needed, including...

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