Activities of Hans-Peter MARTIN related to 2012/0366(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products (debate)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Such disparities are liable to constitute a barrier to trade and to impede the operation of the internal market in tobacco products, and should therefore be eliminated. Also, consumers in some Member States may be better informed about the health risks of tobacco products than in others. Without further harmonising action at Union level, the existing disparities are likely to increase in the coming years.
Amendment 57 #
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, tThis is the case, inter alia, with certain textsforms of wording 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 false 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 as a matter of urgency.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Tobacco products for smoking, other than cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco products, which are mainly consumed by older consumers, should be granted an exemption from certain labelling requirements as long as there is no substantial change of circumstances in terms of sales volumes or consumption patterns in relation to young people. The labelling of these other tobacco products should follow specific rules. The visibility of the health warnings on smokeless tobacco products needs to be ensured. Warnings should therefore be placed on the two main surfaces of smokeless tobacco product packaging.
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Member States apply different rules on minimum number of cigarettes per packet. Those rules should be aligned in order to ensure easy cost comparisons for the consumer and the free circulation of the concerned products.
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Considerable volumes of illicit products, which do not comply with the requirements laid down in Directive 2001/37/EC, are placed on the market and indications are that these volumes might increase. Such products undermine the free circulation of compliant products and the protection provided for by tobacco control legislations. In addition, the FCTC obliges the Union to fight against illicit products, as part of a comprehensive tobacco control policy. Provision should thus be made for unit packets of tobacco products to be marked in a unique and secure way and their movements to be recorded so that these products can be tracked and traced in the Union and their compliance with this Directive can be monitored and better enforced. In addition, provision should be made for the introduction of security features that will facilitate the verification of whether or not products are authentic, thus protecting consumers from harmful counterfeit goods.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) All tobacco products have the potential to cause mortality, morbidity and disability and their consumption should be contained. It is therefore important to monitor developments as regards novel tobacco products. A notification obligation for novel tobacco products should be put on manufacturers and importers, without prejudice to the power of the Member States to ban or to authorise them. The Commission should monitor the development and submit a report 53 years after the transposition deadline of this Directive, in order to assess whether amendments to this Directive are necessary.
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) Labelling provisions should be introduced for nicotine containing products below the threshold set out in this Directive, explicitly drawing the attention of consumers to potential health risks.
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) The Commission should monitor the developments and submit a report 53 years after the date of transposition of this Directive, in order to assess whether amendments to this Directive are necessary.
Amendment 373 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 10
Article 14 – paragraph 10
Amendment 468 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
No later than fivthree 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 application of this Directive.