Nicolás Parra Castro v. Superintendency of Industry and Commerce (Second Instance)

The plaintiff, a member of “Educar Consumidores” NGO, filed a lawsuit to order the Superintendency of Industry and Commerce (SIC) to inspect, monitor, and control the advertising and promotion of tobacco products and their derivatives. Specifically, the plaintiff requested that the judges order SIC to demand that Coltabaco and Philip Morris Colombia withdraw all advertising of IQOS (a heated tobacco product) devices. In the first instance, the Court denied the claim because the norms invoked by the plaintiff did not contain an imperative and enforceable mandate against the defendant. On appeal, the Court confirmed the previous decision since it also understood that the cited norms -although they established the general prohibition on the advertising and promotion of tobacco products and their derivatives - did not create a clear and concrete obligation that corresponded specifically to SIC.

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Nicolás Parra Castro v. Superintendency of Industry and Commerce, File 25000-23-41-000-2019-00508-01, Council of State, Contentious-Administrative Chamber, Fifth Section (2019).

  • Colombia
  • Nov 14, 2019
  • Consejo de Estado, Sala de lo Contencioso Administrativo, Sección Quinta (Council of State, Contentious-Administrative Chamber, Fifth Section)

Parties

Plaintiff Nicolás Parra Castro

Defendant Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio

Third Party

  • Corporación Colombiana de Padres y Madres (Red Papaz)

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International/Regional Instruments Cited

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Type of Litigation

Tobacco Control Topics

Substantive Issues

Type of Tobacco Product