Approximation of Laws – Manufacture, Presentation and Sale of Tobacco Products – Opinion – Reference for a preliminary ruling – Approximation of laws – Manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products – Directive 2014/40/EU – Article 7(1) and (7) – Prohibition on the placing on the market of tobacco products with characterising flavours – Article 7(14) – Transitional period for tobacco products with a characterising flavour whose European Union-wide sales volumes represent 3% or more in a particular product category – Assessment of validity – Principle of equal treatment – Article 13(1)(c) – Interpretation – Prohibition on any element or feature that refers to taste, smell, flavourings or other additives or the absence thereof – Application to tobacco products containing a characterising flavour whose sale is still permitted after 20 May 2016
Citations:
ECLI:EU:C:2018:530, C-220/17, [2018] EUECJ C-220/17 – O, [2019] EUECJ C-220/17
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Jurisdiction:
European
Consumer
Updated: 30 January 2022; Ref: scu.620036
