12 Amendments of Erminia MAZZONI related to 2012/0366(COD)
Amendment 140 #
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, suggestuse of certaing that products are less harmful. For instance, this is the case with certain texts or features, such asexts on tobacco packages, for example ‘low-tar’, ‘light’, ‘ultra-light’, or ‘mild’, ‘natural’, ‘organic’, ‘without additives’, ‘without flavours’, ‘slim’, names, pictures, and figurative or other signs. Likewise, the size and appearance of individual cigaretteor of names, pictures, and figurative or other signs can mislead consumers by creatmaking the impression that they are less harmful. A recent study has also shown that smokm think that the products concerned are less harmful, thus inducing them to change their habits. The manners of slim cigarettes were more likely to believe that their own brand might be less harmful. This should be addressed. moking and the degree of dependence, and not just the levels of given substances contained in a product before it is consumed, also determine how much is inhaled. This aspect involves more than the use of texts such as those mentioned above. It could, indeed, undermine the labelling requirements laid down in this Directive.
Amendment 320 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 23
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 23
(23) ‘novelreduced-risk tobacco product’ means a tobacco product other than a cigarette, roll-your-own tobacco, pipe tobacco, water-pipe tobacco, cigar, cigarillo, chewing tobacco, nasal tobacco or tobacco for oral use placwhich is marketed on the basis of its reducing the risk of diseases linked ton the market after entry into force of this Directiveconsumption of conventional tobacco products;
Amendment 835 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Amendment 870 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Amendment 892 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. A cigarette packet can be of carton or soft material and shall not contain an opening that can be re-closed or re-sealed after the opening is first opened, other than the flip-top lid. The flip-top lid of a cigarette packet shall be hinged only at the back of the packet.
Amendment 914 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to definmay propose more detailed rules for the shape and size of unit packets in so far as these rules are necessary to ensure the full visibility and integrity of the health warnings before the first opening, during the opening and after reclosing of the unit packet.
Amendment 929 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 4
Article 13 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1118 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – title
Article 17 – title
Amendment 1120 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The placing on the market of reduced-risk tobacco products must be authorised by the competent authorities of the Member State in which the producer or importer intends to place the product on the market. Member States shall require that manufacturers and importers of tobacco products notifysubmit an application to the competent authorities of Member States ofor any novelreduced risk tobacco product they intend to place on the markets of the Member States concerned. The notifMember States shall be entitled to charge a proportionate fee. The application shall be submitted in electronic form six months before the intended placing on the market and shall be accompanied by a detailed description of the product in question as well as information on ingredients and emissions in accordance with Article 5. The mManufacturers and importers notifying a novelsubmitting an application for authorisation for a reduced-risk tobacco product shall also provide the competent authorities in question with:
Amendment 1134 #
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. Member States shall be entitled to introduce an authorisation system and charge a proportionate feeset the scientific requirements for the granting of the authorisation referred to in paragraph 1. The Member States may also establish the procedures for providing product information to the public based on the scientific data submitted by the producer or importer.
Amendment 1139 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Article 17 – paragraph 3
3. NovelReduced-risk tobacco products that are authorised and placed on the market shall respect the requirements set out in this Directive, except as provided for in 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 1145 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Article 12(b) shall not apply to reduced-risk tobacco products.