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The EU Single Market for Green Products and the Proliferation of Environmental Claims

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Ignacio Carreno
Ignacio Carreno*
Affiliation:
FratiniVergano, Brussels
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European Journal of Risk Regulation , Volume 4 , Issue 3 , September 2013 , pp. 375 - 377
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