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DATH: ~ Augus~ 1993 TO: ~: D. Davies P1~.'p Morris : P. Alexander Roth~aus B. Shnpson TLA I~ROM: Maz~ Pdordan A.C.~. 00~ 0~9 $4g SUB~CT~ PACKAGING, R~G .LrLATI ONS As intricated, I spoke hs~ night with .my colleagues ~rom EAT Singapoze Imperial in C.~nada on the s~tus of ]abe/ling in their cotmtries. A couple of issues em~ged.: :The Canadian Industry" expects a ~nal gazettel on thei~ packab~n~ ze~ula~o~ ,on llth August n~xh The reb~tla~ions are then not expected to be changed except p~lups by legal chall~.' ge. The Indu~y ~s awaiting approval for a ~-~her appeal on the adver~sing / hbelling matte~ to th~ ~ISupmm~.Court. Th~ zemain optimistic t~at the ~urther appeal process will be ~an~d. However, them ~s concern that ~iinjunctive relle.~ because ths llth Ausust packaging ~egula~ions may not be ,possfble in the mean*dine. , ". ~Boxed health warnings, believed to be black with white wriKng, hav~ now" .been authozLsed in Thailand ~rom 2.Sth September this year. My • understanding is the export divisions o~ the intmm~ional companies undertook the negotiations which recently broke down with the gaY.eminent 3. [ The Tobacco Industry body ~ SL~gapore recently succeeded in the exmnsion of ~he implemenm~ion of warnings similar to Car.~da ~'om January to March, 1994. I have suggested;that they extend the issue to trademark in the/~ xepz~sentatior~ which up until"now was zestric~ed.to azEaments of compIianc~ costs. BAT in 5ins-apoze has experienced di~culties, however, in ithe a~ment b~:ause of tha '.Tl~_ilmd decision. .. To help an~idpa~e events, I belisve we urgently ~equire the a~ument put ~o the MCDS 7th ~uly meeting Horn the 1:ed~ml Department of the Attorney-General. would appmciam ff ]~xuce Stuckey-Clarke would be asked to again speak with Pat Brazil to help e_x-pedii~ some L,~ormat~on on tl~ matter. BATCo document for Mayo Clinic 26 March 2002