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Thu 03 Mar 2010Tobacco pricing 'breaches EU law'
The EU’s highest court has ruled that Irish legislation which empowers the Government to fix a minimum price for cigarettes violates European law.
In a judgment handed down today, the European Court of Justice found that Ireland breached a directive which sets down rules governing the calculation of excise duty on tobacco products.
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