19 June 2013 | 01:31
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Swedish Match was asked to pay € 60 million - over 500 million kroner - to get the ban on snus in the EU lifted, according to Swedish national daily Aftonbladet.
“I can confirm that these are the levels we're talking about, but the amount has not played any role in our actions”, Patrik Hildingsson, Communications Manager at Swedish Match, told the newspaper.
On Tuesday, EU Commissioner John Dalli, responsible for Health and Consumer Affairs, resigned after EU anti-corruption agency OLAF reported that Dalli knew, but did not act when a Maltese businessman promised Swedish Match he would mediate with John Dalli to change EU policy on snus, in exchange for money.
The money was to be paid in two stages, according to Aftonbladet : €10 million immediately and a further €50 million after the tobacco directive which prohibits snus had been changed.
Source: Aftonbladet
Comments
mike
- Fri 19-Oct-2012, 16:11what a scoop or shall we say a spin for this news paper boost it sales are we suppose to take this with a pinch of snuff
mike
- Fri 19-Oct-2012, 15:39are we suppose to take this amount seriously what this paper has published or should we take it with a pinch of snuff