PACKAGING LIBERALISATION
November 1st, 2004 BY KEITH NUTHALLEUROPEAN Union (EU) knitting yarn manufacturers and suppliers will be able to sell their products in more sizes when selling them to other EU countries, if a liberalisation proposal from the European Commission is approved. Brussels wants to scrap rules setting packaging sizes for these products to overcome difficulties caused by contrasting national pack size regimes. Now the Commission wants a completely a laissez faire approach. Acting EU enterprise Commissioner Olli Rehn said: "There is no doubt deregulation will greatly facilitate the ...
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