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5 July 2018
A WTO dispute panel said last week that Australia’s plain packaging policy for tobacco products is in line with global trade rules, following years of litigation between Canberra and four countries over the measure’s legality. The case was filed by Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, and...
20 March 2015
英国上议院周二 批准 一项关于香烟简易包装的立法，之前不久下议院刚刚批准通过该措施。此举使得英国成为继爱尔兰、澳大利亚和乌拉圭后最新通过此类政策的国家。 英国这项法案包括对香烟销售时的包装进行规范化，比如限制包装为统一的棕色外壳和白色内衬。根据上议院辩论的 笔录 ，同样的包装规定将适用于卷烟，但是雪茄和烟斗烟草不包括在内。 此外，该政策只允许“特定的文字”使用标准粗体，比如商标，并且限制包装的形状。规定并不改变任何现存的标签政策，包括那些有关健康警示的文字。 本周英国通过的这项法案将在2016年5月正式生效。 日益明显的趋势 英国的这项决定紧随爱尔兰批准相关法律之后，...
19 March 2015
The UK’s House of Lords approved regulations mandating plain packaging for cigarettes on Tuesday, just days after the House of Commons backed the measure. The move makes the United Kingdom the latest country to introduce such a policy, following Ireland, Australia, and Uruguay. The UK regulations...
23 October 2014
Los delegados asistentes a la última Convención sobre la Diversidad Biológica cerraron dos semanas de reuniones este viernes 17 de octubre, acordando una serie de 33 decisiones encaminadas a mejorar los esfuerzos internacionales en torno a la conservación de la biodiversidad y su uso sostenible...
21 October 2014
Delegates meeting under the umbrella of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) on Friday closed a two-week long meet held in South Korea after agreeing to a series of 33 decisions. These form a so-called “Pyeongchang roadmap,” named after the city in which the meetings were held, geared...
1 May 2014
The long-running dispute over Australia’s plain packaging law for tobacco products has advanced to the panel stage, over two years since the first complaint was filed. The case has brought front and centre questions on the extent to which flexibilities exist to advance public health objectives in...