EU Tobacco Overhaul Stalls
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The revision of European tobacco legislation has opened up a new tension front in Brussels.The reform promoted by the European Commission, which aims to update the rules on tobacco products and their advertising, faces major objections to the scientific, economic and legal soundness of the measures under consideration.Disparities have reached the highest levels of the Community institutions and could complicate the timetable for taking the initi…
Following the intervention of 201 European bodies to the Commission on the new rules on tobacco products, the Regulatory Scrutiny Board (RSB) comes to put its own "brake" on the reform...More...
The European Commission wants to tighten regulations on e-cigarettes, tobacco heaters, and nicotine pouches, but is struggling to justify the new bans. The reform, which could severely impact the Polish tobacco industry, has received a second red card from EU experts assessing the quality of the proposed regulations.
European Commission’s Scrutiny Board issues negative verdict on EU tobacco legislation reform
Efforts to reform EU tobacco legislation have ground to a halt at the European Commission, where the process is stuck in technical review, even as the European Parliament has approved the Cancer Plan. The Regulatory Scrutiny Board (RSB), an independent watchdog within the European Commission, has issued a negative opinion on the impact assessment prepared […]
Late proposal for a directive on tobacco products being prepared by Health Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi. According to the available information, the Regulatory Oversight Committee gave a "negative" opinion.
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