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Energy Drinks: Stricter Health Warnings on Caffeine Content in the EU and Sales Bans to Minors and New Excise Taxes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Ignacio Carreño
Ignacio Carreño*
Affiliation:
FratiniVergano – European Lawyers, http://www.fratinivergano.eu
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European Journal of Risk Regulation , Volume 5 , Issue 4 , December 2014 , pp. 543 - 547
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