Ban on STG's Cafe Creme and Paradise Brand Names in France is Lifted

摘要

The French Ministry of Health and Ministry of Budget have issued an official notice annulling the ban issued in February 2017 against several brand names for tobacco products, including the Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) brand names Cafe Creme and Paradis. The ban was supposed to take effect in February 2018. The background for the annulment is a decision by the Conseil d'Etat (the French supreme administrative court) in a case not involving STG. The French court set aside the provision in French law which let the authorities declare brands non-compliant with the law as part of a general process for the approval of product prices.