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Ref : EIC 230/2/12

14 March 2012

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 202/2012

European Union (EU)* : Amendments to Directive on the Manufacture, Presentation and Sale of Tobacco Products

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 44/02 dated 8 March 2002, the European Commission (the Commission) has adopted a Directive to amend Annex I of Directive 2001/37/EC concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products. Details are set out in the Commission Directive 2012/9/EU, which can be accessed through the following link:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:069:0015:0016:EN:PDF

DETAILS

2.Based on the results of the review of existing knowledge on tobacco labelling and the health effects of tobacco use and of testing of the warnings made on packages, the revision of the current additional warnings is needed in order to maintain and increase their impact, and to take into account the new scientific developments. The details of the revision are set out in Annex I of this Directive.

ENQUIRIES

3.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5556.

Yours faithfully,




(Miss Anita WONG)

for Director-General of Trade and Industry

* The EU includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.





Note ：

  • (1) While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.
  • (2)The biweekly newsletter "Business Alert - EU" of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council provides up-to-date information on the latest developments in EU trade policy and trade regulations. The newsletter is available for free e-subscription and can be accessed through
    http://www.tdctrade.com/alert/eualert.htm.