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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8575

30 October 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 35 / 45
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/health/tobacco

29/10/2003 (Agence Europe) - In a press release, the Belgian Liberal Frédérique Ries spoke out against the new fashion phenomenon of 'crazy packs', these colourful pouches that allow smokers to cover legal warnings on cigarette packets, by posing a question to Commission David Byrne during the EP plenary. The answer from the Commissioner, who could only refer the individual right to choice, was not inline with the views of Mrs Ries who feels that the circumvention of the Directive's spirit...

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