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Court of Justice Upholds the Tobacco Products Directive 2014

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Katharina Ó Cathaoir
Katharina Ó Cathaoir*
Affiliation:
University of Copenhagen, Denmark; katharina.o.cathaoir@jur.ku.dk
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Abstract

C-547/14 Philip Morris Brands SARL and Others v Secretary of State for Health [2016] (not yet reported)

C-477/14 Pillbox 38 (UK) Ltd v Secretary of State for Health [2016] (not yet reported)

C-358/14 Poland v. Parliament and Council [2016] (not yet reported)

Article 114 TFEU provides an adequate legal basis for the adoption of the Tobacco Products Directive 2014 in full, including measures relating to flavoured tobacco, labelling and packaging, and electronic cigarettes. These measures also comply with the principles of proportionality, subsidiarity, legal certainty, equal treatment and free competition, and the rights of companies under the EU Charter. Member States may introduce further requirements in relation to packaging of tobacco products that are not harmonised by the Directive.

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European Journal of Risk Regulation , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , September 2016 , pp. 623 - 628
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016

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References

** Directive 2014/40/EU Of The European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products and repealing Directive 2001/37/EC OJ L127/1 29.4.2014.

1 World Health Organization, WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2003. The FCTC is binding on the EU and its Member States (Council Decision 2004/513/EC of 2 June 2004, OJ 2004 L 213, p 8).

2 Article 1 2014 Directive.

3 Poland, para 15 & 19.

4 Articles 2(25), Article 6(2)(b), Article 7(1) to 7(5), Article 7(7), Article 7(12) to (14), Article 13(1)(c) 2014 Directive.

5 Poland, para 26.

6 Poland, para 25.

7 Poland, para 27.

8 Poland, para 28.

9 Poland, para 29.

10 Poland, para 30.

11 Articles 9(6), 10(4), 24(2) Article 24(3) 2014 Directive.

12 Articles 7, 8(3), 9(3), 10(1)(g) 13, 14 2014 Directive.

13 Philip Morris, para 26. Charter of Fundamental Rights in the European Union 2000 (hereafter CFREU).

14 Pillbox, para 1.

15 Pillbox, para 11.

16 Poland, para 49.

17 C-376/98, Germany v European Parliament and Council of the European Union, ECLI:EU:C:2000:544; Case C-380/03, Federal Republic of Germany v European Parliament and Council of the European Union, EU:C:2006:772;

18 C-491/01, British American Tobacco (Investments) and Imperial Tobacco, EU:C:3003:741.

19 Poland, para 56.

20 Poland, para 62-4.

21 Philip Morris, para 120-3.

22 Poland, para 79.

23 Philip Morris, para 177-8.

24 Poland, para 93.

25 Poland, para 95.

26 Philip Morris, para 182.

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28 Pillbox, para 37-42.

29 Pillbox, para 48.

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31 Pillbox, paras 57-60.

32 Pillbox, para 61.

33 Pillbox, para 66.

34 Pillbox, para 112.

35 Pillbox, para 114.

36 Pillbox, para 116.

37 Pillbox, para 127.

38 Pillbox, para 136.

39 Philip Morris, para 84.

40 Philip Morris, para 94.

41 Philip Morris, para 98.

42 Philip Morris, para 103.

43 Philip Morris, para 197.

44 Philip Morris, para 200.

45 Philip Morris, para 2006-8.

46 Philip Morris, para 209.

47 Pillbox, para 157.

48 Pillbox, para 158-9.

49 Pillbox, para 161.

50 Pillbox, para 164.

51 Philip Morris, paras 139-145.

52 Philip Morris, para 151.

53 Philip Morris, para 156.

54 Poland, para 123; Pillbox, para 144; Philip Morris, para 226.

55 British American Tobacco and Other vs. Secretary of State [2016] EWHC 1169.

56 Philip Morris, para 156.

57 Case C-544/10, Deutsches Weintor eG v Land Rheinland-Pfalz, EU:C:2012:526.

58 Pillbox, para, 157.

59 David Bilchitz, “Do Corporations have Positive Fundamental Rights Obligations?” Theoria (December 2010).

60 Alexander T DeLuca, “The E-Cig Quandary”, available on the Internet at https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/magazine-features/e-cigarette-quandary/ (last accessed on 25 August 2016).

61 See for example: Smoke Free Partnership, “SFP Press release: Tobacco Products Directive enters into force: the start of a new stage for tobacco control in Europe”, 20 May 2016 available on the Internet at http://www.smokefreepartnership.eu/index.php?option=com_zoo&task=item&item_id=148&Itemid=128 (last accessed on 25 August 2016).

62 Moodie, Crawford, Hastings, Gerard, “Tobacco packaging as promotion”, 19 Tob Control (2010) pp. 168 et sqq CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed.

63 Philip Morris, para 152.