tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post6431058267196591592..comments2023-10-17T15:56:22.827+01:00Comments on Velvet Glove, Iron Fist: EU Committee savages Tobacco Products DirectiveChristopher Snowdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-29652248477218318542013-05-03T21:31:16.602+01:002013-05-03T21:31:16.602+01:00Interesting that it stops short of criticising and...Interesting that it stops short of criticising and amending the ban on snus. All the rest of the argumentation he has used should lead to that. Clive Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15614056019814665135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-11089684054085508872013-05-03T15:28:01.311+01:002013-05-03T15:28:01.311+01:00Calling nicotine a tobacco product isn't much ...Calling nicotine a tobacco product isn't much different to calling protein a steak product. Were there an alternative source of cheap nicotine, the anti tobacco industry's attempts to ban ecigs really would be scuppered.Jonathan Bagleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17331501151709216753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-69116322912093445422013-05-03T10:00:44.693+01:002013-05-03T10:00:44.693+01:00There are some amendments on the flavour issue, wh...There are some amendments on the flavour issue, which is important regarding snus, although the word "snus" is not mentioned.Jean Granvillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12863378650172171963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-15917338155231149112013-05-02T23:44:34.005+01:002013-05-02T23:44:34.005+01:00It seems that JURI (the legal committee) is a comm...It seems that JURI (the legal committee) is a committee of THE PARLIAMENT. That is, it is not a committee of THE COMMISSION. <br /><br />I don't know, but I should imagine that the Commission can just ignore it for all intents and purposes, even though it might have to respond to it. <br /><br />I suppose that we shall have to wait and see. Junican https://www.blogger.com/profile/03405543859782362078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-58229621984494684882013-05-02T22:55:47.828+01:002013-05-02T22:55:47.828+01:00From the TPD: "Cigarettes with a diameter of ...From the TPD: "Cigarettes with a diameter of less than 7.5 mm shall be deemed to be misleading".Jean Granvillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12863378650172171963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-23501867153251553852013-05-02T22:44:56.364+01:002013-05-02T22:44:56.364+01:00And the amendments are presented in the linked doc...And the amendments are presented in the linked document, actually. Sorry for the useless repeated posting.Jean Granvillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12863378650172171963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-48385596873930384512013-05-02T22:42:51.111+01:002013-05-02T22:42:51.111+01:00Oh, I get it. It is the parliament's legal com...Oh, I get it. It is the parliament's legal committee, so I suppose they got their report approved by the MEP's who are member of the committees, and they must have submitted amendments themselves, or something like that.<br />Or maybe it's a completely different procedure.Jean Granvillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12863378650172171963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-69006145327821528632013-05-02T22:40:07.224+01:002013-05-02T22:40:07.224+01:00Can anyone tell us what exactly the EU legal commi...Can anyone tell us what exactly the EU legal committee is? I actually find EU's legal procedure rather strange. If the directive is to be submitted to a legal committee for a legal consultative advice, they probably should do that before submitting it to the parliament.<br />Maybe the legal committee's advice is supposed to guide the parliament when they amend the directive, but then it is a bit strange that the rapporteur has already made public her series of crazy amendments.Jean Granvillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12863378650172171963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-91196239283091540932013-05-02T21:08:24.276+01:002013-05-02T21:08:24.276+01:00Must have known about it.Must have known about it.George Spellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06566990991084867385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-13739923598463526672013-05-02T20:58:54.728+01:002013-05-02T20:58:54.728+01:00Was Cameron aware of this and, as a consequence, m...Was Cameron aware of this and, as a consequence, made sure the Sun had an exclusive for their Plain Packaging article this morning?Xopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01387364739989208360noreply@blogger.com