39 Amendments of Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI related to 2012/0366(COD)
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The prohibition of tobacco products with characterising flavours does not prohibit the use of individual additives altogether, but obliges the manufactures to reduce the additive or the combination of additives to such an extent that the additives no longer result in a characterising flavour. The use of additives necessary for manufacturing of tobacco products should be allowed, as long as they do not result in a characterising flavour. The Commission should ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of the provision on characterising flavour. Independent panels should be used by the Member States and by the Commission to assist in such decision making. The application of this Directive should not discriminate between different tobacco varieties.
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) In order to ensure the integrity and the visibility of health warnings and maximise their efficacy, provisions should be made regarding the dimension of the warnings as well as regarding certain aspects of the appearance of the tobacco package, including the opening mechanism. The package and the products may mislead consumers, in particular young people, suggesting that products are less harmful. For instance, this is the case with certain texts or features, such as ‘low-tar’, ‘light’, ‘ultra-light’, ‘mild’, ‘natural’, ‘organic’, ‘without additives’, ‘without flavours’, ‘slim’, names, pictures, and figurative or other signs. Likewise, the size and appearance of individual cigarettes can mislead consumers by creating the impression that they are less harmful. A recent study has also shown that smokers of slim cigarettes were more likely to believe that their own brand might be less harmful. This should be addressed.
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Directive, in particular concerning the format of ingredients reporting, the determination of products with characterising flavours or with increased levels of toxicity and addictiveness and, the methodology for determining whether a tobacco product has characterising flavour, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/201143Commission may lay down, by means of implementing acts and in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 21, the methodology for determining increased levels of toxicity and addictiveness of additives used.
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 36 c (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 36 c (new)
(36c) ‘importer’ means any natural or legal person established within the Community who places a product from a third country on the Community market;
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 b (new)
Recital 16 b (new)
(16 b) One of the aims of this Directive is to reduce the consumption of tobacco products, especially among young and vulnerable consumers, which will result in the decrease of the production of the tobacco in the Union and can lead to loss of jobs, moving the industry outside the Union and need to restructure the farms traditionally basing its production on tobacco. Therefore appropriate measures and financial support must be envisaged in the framework of the Union budget in order to counteract the economic and social consequences of this Directive.
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 36 d (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 36 d (new)
(36d) ‘manufacturer’ means any natural or legal person who manufactures a product or has a product designed or manufactured, and markets that product under his name or trademark;
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 c (new)
Recital 16 c (new)
(16 c) The implementation of the Directive’s provisions could lead to a reduction in demand for raw tobacco originating in EU Member States. A support fund for tobacco growers should therefore be established in regions where tobacco is grown in order to compensate growers for the losses that they incur as a consequence of the Directive’s implementation.
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall not prohibit the use of additives which are essential for the manufacture of tobacco products, as long as the additives do not result in a product with a characterising flavour.
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) vitamins and other additives that create the impression that a tobacco product has a health benefit or presents reduced health hazards, or
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) caffeine and taurine and other additives and stimulant compounds that are associated with energy and vitality, or
Amendment 163 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 5
Article 6 – paragraph 5
Amendment 174 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 9
Article 6 – paragraph 9
Amendment 176 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 10
Article 6 – paragraph 10
Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – point b
Amendment 223 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point c
Amendment 230 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point d
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point d
Amendment 238 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Amendment 244 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Amendment 248 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 252 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Prohibited elements and features may include but are not limited to texts, symbols, names, trade marks, figurative or other signs, misleading colours, inserts or other additional material such as adhesive labels, stickers, onserts, scratch-offs and sleeves or relate to the shape of the tobacco product itself. Cigarettes with a diameter of less than 7.5 mm shall be deemed to be misleading.
Amendment 270 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Amendment 277 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 4
Article 13 – paragraph 4
Amendment 290 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 9
Article 14 – paragraph 9
Amendment 317 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Amendment 320 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 5
Article 18 – paragraph 5
Amendment 585 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a A support fund for tobacco growers shall be established in regions where tobacco is produced to compensate for losses incurred by growers as a result of implementing the Directive. Money from this fund shall be allocated to growers affected by the fall in demand for raw tobacco, as well as to growers who wish to cease cultivating tobacco and change their production profile.
Amendment 1264 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. The negative economical and social consequences of the implementation of this Directive shall be counteracted by appropriate measures and financial support in the framework of the EU budget.
Amendment 1300 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. No later than 2 years from the date specified in Article 25 paragraph 1, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions a report on the economic and social consequences of the application of this Directive