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Anti-smuggling effort in Finland in 2000. Back then, there were few legal tools on EU level (Photo: European Commission)

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EU: Tobacco giant PMI won't start smuggling after deal ends

It almost looked like the anti-smuggling agreement between the European Union and tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI) would expire without any public acknowledgement.

After 12 years of cooperation, the increasingly controversial agreement expired on 9 July without any press release or public announcement.

On Monday (18 July), the EU commissioner responsible for the file, Kristalina Georgieva spoke to EUobserver to explain her decision not to renew it.

In her off...

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