33 Amendments of Lara COMI related to 2012/0366(COD)
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19
(19) 'maximum level' or 'maximum yield' means the maximum content or emission, including 0, of a substance in a tobacco product measured in grams;
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18
(18) ‘ingredient’ means an additive, tobacco (leaves and other natural, processed or unprocessed partsy substance used in the manufacture or preparation of a tobacco plants including expanded and reconstituted tobacco), as well as any substance present in a finished tobacco product roduct or of any constituent thereof (including paper, filter, inks, capsules and adhesives) and still present in the finished tobacco product;
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19
(19) ‘maximum level’ or ‘maximum yield’ means the maximum content or emission, including 0, of a substance in a tobacco product measured in grams;
Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 36 c (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 36 c (new)
(36c) ‘reduced-risk tobacco product' means any tobacco product which reduces the risk of diseases linked to the consumption of conventional tobacco products;
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall notify the Commission of the maximum yields that they set for other emissions of cigarettes and for emissions of tobacco products other than cigarettes. Taking into account internationally agreed standards, where available, and based on scientific evidence and on the yields notified by Member States, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to adopt and adapt maximum yields for other emissions of cigarettes and for emissions of tobacco products other than cigarettes that increase in an appreciable manner the toxic or addictive effect of tobacco products beyond the threshold of toxicity and addictiveness stemming from the yields of tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide fixed in paragraph 1.
Amendment 185 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall not restrict or prohibit the use of additiveingredients which are essential for the manufacture of tobacco products, as long as the additiveuse of those ingredients does not result in a product with a characterising flavour.
Amendment 221 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. For cigarette packets the general warning and the information message shall be printed on the lateral sides of the unit packets. These warnings shall have a width of not less than 20 mm and a height of not less than 43 mm. For roll-your-own tobacco the information message shall be printed on the surface that becomes visible when opening the unit packet. Both the general warning and the information message shall cover 50% of the surface on which they are printed.
Amendment 225 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – point b
Amendment 231 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – point b
Amendment 241 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) cover 750 % of the external area of both the front and back surface of the unit packet and any outside packaging;
Amendment 243 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) be positioned at the bottopm edge of the unit packet and any outside packaging, and in the same direction as any other information appearing on the packaging;
Amendment 256 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point g
Amendment 270 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point c
c) define the position, format, layout, and design, rotation and proportions of the health warnings;
Amendment 272 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point c
Amendment 274 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point d
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point d
d) by way of derogation from Article 7(3), lay down the conditions under which health warnings may be broken during unit packet opening in a manner that ensures the graphical integrity and visibility of the text, photographs and cessation information.eleted
Amendment 295 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) suggests that a particular tobacco product is less harmful than others or has vitalising, energetic, healing, rejuvenating, natural, organic or otherwise positive health or social effects;
Amendment 296 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 297 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point d
d) in the case of tobacco for oral use, resembles a food product.
Amendment 305 #
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 diame. The provision to consumers of factual information on the product may not be prohibited. Trade marks registered prior to the dater of less than 7.5 mm shall be deemed to be misleadingn which this Directive enters into force may not be prohibited.
Amendment 311 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Amendment 321 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Amendment 330 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Amendment 336 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 4
Article 13 – paragraph 4
Amendment 413 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – title
Article 17 – title
Notification of novel tobacco products and granting of pre-marketing authorisation for reduced-risk tobacco products
Amendment 418 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall require that manufacturers and importers of tobacco products inform their competent authorities of any new or updated information referred to in point (a) to (c) of paragraph 1. Member States shall be entitled to require tobacco manufacturers or importers to carry out additional tests or submit additional information. Member States shall make available to the Commission all information received pursuant to this Article. In connection with the placing on the market of reduced-risk tobacco products, Member States shall be entitled to introduce an authorisation system and charge a proportionate fee. Member States shall be entitled to lay down specific rules for reduced-risk products governing consumer information, packaging and labelling, ingredients and emissions and the methods used to measure tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide. Member States shall notify those rules to the Commission.
Amendment 419 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Article 17 – paragraph 3
3. Novel and reduced-risk tobacco products placed on the market shall respect the requirements set out in this Directive. Reduced-risk tobacco products shall be covered by special provisions laid down by Member States under paragraph 2. The provisions applicable depend on whether the products fall under the definition of smokeless tobacco product in point (29) of Article 2 or tobacco for smoking in point (33) of Article 2.
Amendment 458 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 2
Article 22 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 3(2), 3(3), 4(3), 4(4), 6(3), 6(9), 6(10), 8(4), 9(3), 10(5), 11(3), 13(3), 13(4), 14(9), 18(2) and 18(5) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time period of [five] years from [Office of Publications: please insert the date of the entry into force of this Directive].
Amendment 462 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 3
Article 22 – paragraph 3
3. The delegation of powers referred to in Articles 3(2), 3(3), 4(3), 4(4), 6(3), 6(9), 6(10), 8(4), 9(3), 10(5), 11(3), 13(3), 13(4), 14(9), 18(2) and 18(5) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.
Amendment 467 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 5
Article 22 – paragraph 5
5. A delegated act pursuant to Articles 3(2), 3(3), 4(3), 4(4), 6(3), 6(9), 6(10), 8(4), 9(3), 10(5), 11(3), 13(3), 13(4), 14(9), 18(2) and 18(5) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.