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However, the ambiguity of saying that“Taking into account ... the emissions ... from transportation”,rather than the distance,“is likely to be seen as indirect discrimination”is also unhelpful.
Also, we cannot ignore that the policy has a social aspect that must be taken into account. There will also be compensation for the regulatory costs that are imposed because of the—quite rightly—higher standards that we maintain.There are so many issues to consider that it is quite right that we should not call the policy the common agricultural policy.
However, the days-at-sea regime does not take that into account. It sets a fixed amount of time at sea and how that time is used is up to the fishermen.
However, I want to press you again on the point that there is simply no way round the age verification issue. Vending accounts for less than 0.8 per cent of total tobacco sales.
What is your board's policy for dealing with that? Given that it accounts for 90 per cent of our business, the UK market always has been and always will be our prime focus.