The Commission announced this week that it would take Denmark to court

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Series Details 22/04/99, Volume 5, Number 16
Publication Date 22/04/1999
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Date: 22/04/1999

over its ban on the use of metal drinks cans. Danish environmental authorities claim the law encourages people to use more environmentally friendly packaging such as glass bottles, but Acting Environment Commissioner Ritt Bjerregaard argues that the measure violates the EU's packaging waste law.

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