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THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HEALTH said that the Council had, as expected, adopted the Directive on tobacco labelling despite United Kingdom objections. He would need to make regulations
prescribing this labelling in due course. The Council had similarly reached a common position on the Directive on the maximum tar content of tobacco: among other things, this might eventually contribute to reducing the cost of the Common Agricultural Policy.
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Social Charter
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EMPLOYMENT said that the Commission was expected, that morning, to agree and announce its action programme of measures to implement the Social Charter. Indications were that 47 separate actions would be proposed including 19 Directives. So the proposed Charter would go far beyond a nebligatory declaration. It seemed that there would
be no attempt to regulate industrial relations and the only action envisages on minimum pay was a non-binding recommendation.his was helpful. But the Commission would probably seek gulate work patterns through measures on such matters as of work, part-time work, holidays, and rest periods, which could not fail to increase labour costs if they were enacted: the programme would be on the agenda of the Social Affairs Minister for their meeting on 30th November.
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