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4 Amendments of Marco ZANNI related to 2015/0100(NLE)

Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas, under the terms of these multiannual agreements, these manufacturers must pay a collective total of more than EUR 2 billion to the EU and to the Member States that are parties to the agreements, in support of measures to combat smuggling and counterfeiting;
2016/04/25
Committee: CONT
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Is concerned about the new smuggling routes and the involvement of criminal organisations in the management of this unlawful trade; calls on the Commission to provide for harmonisation of the legislation concerning organised crime, and considers it vital to increase cooperation among Member States through an automatic data exchange system; calls on the Commission to include, in its annual report on the protection of the EU’s financial interests, data concerning any seizures carried out, and to propose a comprehensive policy to combat criminal organisations operating in the sector of the illicit trade in tobacco products;
2016/04/25
Committee: CONT
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Calls on the Commission to consider introducing sanctions providing for the withdrawal of banking licences for banks that play an active role in the laundering of money from the illicit trade in tobacco products or from tax avoidance in this sector;
2016/04/25
Committee: CONT
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Regrets that the Member States have not been required to state how they have assigned revenue from the tobacco agreements; is disappointed that all the data relating to seizures of counterfeit and/or illegal material have been made confidential and are not accessible to the public;
2016/04/25
Committee: CONT