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". – The negotiating position of the Commission is that we want to achieve the best possible outcome for public health. That is the overriding consideration. It will be the motivation for me and my staff in negotiating on behalf of the EU, where the issue is within Community competence.
The question whether production will shift to third countries is often raised. In other words, are jobs going to be affected by this? I have two answers to that question.
First of all, public health cannot take second place to job considerations. That is fundamental as far as I am concerned. I have already said that on a number of occasions. Even if there were concern about jobs, some work was undertaken on this when the legislation we now have before Parliament was being considered. There was certainly some evidence available to us in those Member States that introduced, for instance, strict legislation banning the advertising of tobacco products. Unemployment did not increase as a result. There was a shift in other directions. Therefore, I have never seen any convincing evidence that introducing legislation of this type would have adverse effects on employment."@en1
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