Luxembourg, 12/09/2002 (Agence Europe) - In a press release issued in Geneva, cigarette manufacturer Japan Tobacco says it is disappointed with the conclusions of Advocate General Geelhoed that the 2001 European Directive on cigarette manufacturing is compatible with European law (see Europe of 11 September, p.16).
According to Japan Tobacco, the Advocate General fails to recognise the importance of a global brandname on the market or the size of the investment JT has made in its Mild Seven...