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  • SFP Press Release - World No Tobacco Day

  • May 31st 2016
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    Please click here to read the Smoke Free Partnership press release on the 2014 Tobacco Products Directive and Plain Packaging Progress in the EU, on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day.

  • CJEU upholds the EU Tobacco Products Directive

  • May 04th 2016
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    The Court of Justice of the European Union has today delivered its judgment on the 2014 EU Tobacco Products Directive.  It concludes that the extensive standardisation of packaging, the future EU-wide prohibition on menthol cigarettes and the special rules for electronic cigarettes are lawful.

    The European Heart Network (EHN) welcomes the judgment which thus rejects all arguments presented against the Tobacco Products Directive.  

    EHN Director Susanne Lá¸gstrup says: “Let this be a lesson once and for all. It is perfectly possible for the EU to introduce legislation which has a high level of health protection as an objective when seeking to facilitate the smooth functioning of the internal market. Time to stop suing!”

    For more information on the Court’s decision click here.

  • Trans fatty acids and heart disease

  • March 13th 2016
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    EHN has updated its paper on trans fatty acids and heart disease, to inform the debate on how best to eliminate industrially produced TFAs from foodstuffs marketed in the European Union.

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  • Good for you?

  • December 11th 2015
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    EHN has today published a position paper describing the role of nutrient profiles in the context of the EU  regulation  (EC)  No  1924/2006  on  nutrition  and  health  claims  made  on  foods.

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  • New Commission proposal on ICS

  • November 12th 2015
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    The European Commission has today published its revised proposal for an Investment Court System (ICS) which aims to replace the investor-to-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism in all ongoing and future EU investment negotiations.

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