Dear Sirs,

We hereby acknowledge receipt of your e-mail and letter for the attention of Margrethe Vestager.

Kind regards,

Cabinet Vestager

From: William Meyer [mailto:[correo electrónico]]
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2017 6:45 PM
To: CAB VESTAGER CONTACT
Cc: JUUL-JOERGENSEN Ditte (CAB-VESTAGER); BENGTSSON Claes (CAB-VESTAGER); Peter Van Der Mark
Subject: Trade barriers and competition issues arising from the Implementation of the EU tracking & tracing system for tobacco products

Dear Commissioner Vestager,  

 

The European Smoking Tobacco Association (ESTA) and its members would like draw your attention to the attached letter and detailed position on the implementation of a tracking and tracing system of tobacco products, being drafted by your colleagues of DG SANTE.

 

ESTA is concerned that the recently proposed acts (here) wrongly implement articles 15 & 16 of the European Tobacco Products Directive (2014/40/EU) and violate EU competition laws by transforming the tobacco market economy into an unprecedented state-directed business.

We hope that you can relate to our position and can act upon it. We remain at your disposal should you need any further information.

  

Yours sincerely,

 

p.p.

Peter van der Mark

Signature WM