Brexit and the Control of Tobacco Illicit Trade
This book assesses the consequences of Brexit for the control of illicit trade in tobacco products in the UK and EU. Based on the currently applicable legal framework, it examines the significance of a possible non-application of the acquis communau
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Marina Foltea
Brexit and the Control of Tobacco Illicit Trade
SpringerBriefs in Law
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Marina Foltea
Brexit and the Control of Tobacco Illicit Trade
Marina Foltea Institute of Law Studies Polish Academy of Sciences Warsaw, Poland
ISSN 2192-855X ISSN 2192-8568 (electronic) SpringerBriefs in Law ISBN 978-3-030-45978-9 ISBN 978-3-030-45979-6 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45979-6 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020. This book is an open access publication. Open Access This book is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this book are included in the book’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the book’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
Illicit trade in tobacco products is a global problem, and addressing it requires concerted solutions at the international and regional levels. The EU and its Member States play a significant role in finding adequate solution, at least for its market which loses about 10 billion euro annually from this phenomenon alone. The smuggling of tobacco products also undermines public health policies by making especially cigarettes available in an uncontrolled sales environment and at a substantial discount compared to legal sales channels. Illicit trade in tobacco products is a main source of revenue for organised crime, and it has in some cases been linked to terrorist groups. The withdrawal of the UK from the EU will undoubtedly change th
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