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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8359
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/health/tobacco

Divergences on court ruling

Brussels, 11/12/2002 (Agence Europe) - Opinions at the European Parliament on the European Court of Justice's ruling confirming the legality of the Tobacco Products Directive (banning of the terms "mild" or "light": see Europe yesterday p 16). The Dutch Liberal rapporteur at the EP, Jules Maaten was very pleased with the result and pointed out that, "This landmark ruling shows that the Parliament was legally right to war Europeans of the dangers of tobacco use. The industry took us to court...

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