DEREGULATION INITIATIVE
November 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed abolishing rules setting pack sizes across Europe for a range of consumer products, including detergents, pet food, ice cream, frozen food, low alcoholic drinks, soft drinks, cleaning products, paints, shampoo and toothpaste. As existing detailed European Union (EU) rules regulate the sizes for products being exported to other EU countries, the liberalisation would make it easier for retailers to import goods at whatever size they want. For products sold onto domestic markets, national rules apply, which are ...
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