CRITICISM OVER TOBACCO TRACK AND TRACE PROPOSAL
November 1st, 2017
THE EUROPEAN Commission is coming under intense pressure from the tobacco sector to push back a planned May 2019 deadline for introducing a track-and-trace system monitoring legal cigarette and rolling tobacco sales.
The European Union (EU) executive has published delegated legislation – authorised by the 2014 tobacco products directive (TPD) - saying how this system – designed to enable regulators crack down on black market tobacco trades - will work – see https://ec.europa.eu/health/tobacco/2017_publicfeedback_products_en. But now the tobacco industry ...
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