12.0 Submissions Made by Tobacco Companies in Response to Plain Packaging Proposals
UNITED KINGDOM—
UK 2012 and 2014 consultations:
FRANCE—
- November 24, 2015 Legislation providing powers adopted by the Assemblée Nationale (Law n°2016-41); March 22, 2016 Decree and Ministerial Order were published;
- May 20, 2016 Decree came into force.9 Legislation applies to cigarettes and hand-roll-tobacco. Old stock could be sold until January 1, 2017.
- Legal challenges: TheConseilConstitutionnel upheld the law in a decision on January 21, 2016 10 ; the Conseild’État dismissed six industry challenges in a decision given on December 23, 2016.11
UK 2012 and 2014 consultations:
- Philip Morris International (2012)
- Japan Tobacco International (2012)
- Imperial Tobacco (2014)
- British American Tobacco(2014)(also available here with full appendices)
- Philip Morris International (2014)
- Japan Tobacco International(2014)
Irish Joint Committee on Health and Children in 2014:
New Zealand Health Committee of the House of Representatives in 2014:
Norwegian consultation on standardized packaging in 2015:
Australia’s Post-Implementation Review in 2015:
Canada’s Consultation on plain packaging for tobacco products in 2016: