PALMOLIVE CASE
January 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Court of Justice has undermined a case brought by the Austrian authorities against two cosmetics executives, who had allowed the phrase 'dermatologically tested' to appear on their products. Gottfried Linhart, managing director of Colgate Palmolive GmbH, and Hans Biffl, managing director of Haarkos Parfumeriewaren und Kosmetika GmbH, were found guilty of administrative offences for releasing a liquid antibacterial soap and dandruff-controlling conditioner respectively with packaging containing this claim without any qualifying ...
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