25 Amendments of Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA related to 2012/0366(COD)
Amendment 182 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 30 b (new)
Recital 30 b (new)
(30b) The Commission and Member States should increase their efforts to further control, prevent and suppress the illegal trade in tobacco goods manufactured in third countries and produced without the comprehensive controls required of European manufacturers. It is also time to move towards a harmonisation of tax on tobacco goods in all EU Member States, to prevent price differences between states, especially in cross-border areas, from acting as an incentive to tobacco consumption and to seal the commitment of all Member States to the aims of this Directive.
Amendment 246 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 45 a (new)
Recital 45 a (new)
(45a) This Directive contributes significantly to protecting the health and wellbeing of European citizens, increasing the reliability of information received by consumers and seeking to provide better and more objective scientific evidence of the damage caused to human health by tobacco consumption. Its entry into force is therefore likely to reduce consumption and may have negative repercussions on tobacco growers and some traditional industries linked to this crop, which make an important contribution to the gross domestic product of Europe’s outermost regions and declining areas. With this prospect in mind, the European institutions should study measures to promote the development, conversion or introduction of new activities for people in this sector and to encourage and develop research into new, non-harmful uses for this crop.
Amendment 306 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18
(18) ‘ingredient’ means an additive, (except tobacco (leaves and other natural, processed or unprocessed parts of tobacco plants including expanded and reconstituted tobacco), as well as any substance present in a finished tobacco product including paper, filter, inks, capsules and adhesives;
Amendment 342 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 30
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 30
(30) ‘substantial change of circumstances’ means an increase of the sales volumes by product category, such as pipe tobacco, cigar, cigarillo, by at least 10 % in at least the 10 Member States with the highest per capita consumption, based on sales data transmitted in accordance with Article 5(4); or an increase of the prevalence level in the consumer group under 25 years of age by at least 5 percentage points in at least 10 Member States for the respective product category based on ____ [this date will be set at the moment of adoption of the Directive] Eurobarometer report or equivalent prevalence studies;
Amendment 392 #
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, with the source of the objective data supporting these decisions always being provided.
Amendment 432 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall require manufacturers and importers to submit internal and external studies available to them on market research and preferences of various consumer groups, including young people, relating to ingredients and emissions. Member States shall also require manufacturers and importers to report the sales volume data per product, reported in sticks or kilograms, and per Member State on a yearly basis starting from the full calendar year following that of the entry into force of this Directive. Member States shall provide alternative or additional sales data, as appropriate, to ensure that information on sales volume requested under this paragraph is reliable and complete. Member States may also require manufacturers to provide working summaries of any market surveys they carry out when launching new products, indicating the target groups at which they are directed and the commercial logic followed, particularly in relation to young people.
Amendment 519 #
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 523 #
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 526 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – point c a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – point c a (new)
(ca) Commercial references to any form of additive which could lead consumers to conclude that a tobacco product has health benefits, reduces the risks of tobacco consumption or provides energy, vitality or any other similar benefit shall be strictly prohibited in all cases.
Amendment 543 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall, based on public scientific evidence originating from impeccably qualified scientific sources and published in annex to any administrative decision, prohibit the placing on the market of tobacco products with additives in quantities that increase in an appreciablobjective manner at the stage of consumption the toxic or addictive effect of a tobacco product.
Amendment 596 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. In order to ensure their graphic integrity and visibility, health warnings shall be irremovably printed, indelible and in no way hidden or interrupted, including by tax stamps, price marks, tracking and tracing marks, security features or by any type of wrapper, pouch, jacket, box or other device or by the opening of the unit packet. In the case of products manufactured in small quantities, the above-mentioned health warnings may be attached in the form of adhesive labels, provided that this is done at the point of origin and they cannot be removed without destroying the packaging.
Amendment 694 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) be positioned at the top edge of the unit packet and any outside packaging, andin the most appropriate place in terms of reading the language used, the direction of reading and the handling of the unit packet and any outside packaging, in order to ensure its legibility and visibility. They shall appear in the same direction as any other information appearing on the packaging;
Amendment 713 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point g
Amendment 764 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The general warning shall be printed on the most visible surface of the unit packet and any outside packaging. The text warnings listed in Annex I shall be rotated in such a way as to guarantee their regular appearance. These warnings shall be printed on the other most visible surface of the unit packet and any outside packaging, except where this duplication affects the legibility of the message, as in the case of transparent wrapping covering the rigid or paper packaging used in retail sales.
Amendment 768 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. The text warning referred to in paragraph 1 shall cover 30 % of the external area of the corresponding surface of the unit packet and any outside packaging, except in the case of the transparent wrapping covering the rigid or paper packaging used in retail sales. That proportion shall be increased to 32 % for Member States with two official languages and 35 % for Member States with three official languages.
Amendment 773 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. The text warning referred to in paragraph 1 shall cover 40 % of the external area of the corresponding surface of the unit packet and any outside packaging and may also be displayed by means of undetachable stickers on goods with small production runs. That proportion shall be increased to 45 % for Member States with two official languages and 50 % for Member States with three official languages.
Amendment 779 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) centred in the area in which they are required to be printed, parallel to the top edgein the most legible position in relation to the logic of reading and handling of the unit packet and any outside packaging;
Amendment 820 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) uses texts, names, marks or figurative or other symbols suggestsing 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 950 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point g
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) the intended shipment route from the manufacturer to the first customer and the warehouses used;
Amendment 957 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point i
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point i
(i) the actual shipment route from manufacturing to the first retail outletcustomer, including all warehouses used;
Amendment 964 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point j
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point j
(j) the identity of all purchasers from manufacturing to the first retail outletcustomer;
Amendment 977 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that all economic operators involved in the trade of tobacco products from the manufacturer to the last economic operator before the first retail outletcustomer, record the entry of all unit packets into their possession, as well as all intermediate movements and the final exit from their possession. This obligation can be fulfilled by recording in aggregated form, e.g. of outside packaging, provided that tracking and tracing of unit packets remains possible.
Amendment 984 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Article 14 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that manufacturers of tobacco products provide all economic operators involved in the trade of tobacco products from the manufacturer to the last economic operator before the first retail outletfirst customer, including importers, warehouses and transporting companies with the necessary equipment allowing for the recording of the tobacco products purchased, sold, stored, transported or otherwise handled. The equipment shall be able to read and transmit the data electronically to a data storage facility pursuant to paragraph 6.
Amendment 996 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 8
Article 14 – paragraph 8
8. In addition to the unique identifier, Member States shall require that all unit packets of tobacco products which are placed on the market carry a visible, tamper proof security feature of at least 1 cm², which shall be irremovably printed or affixed, indelible and in no way hidden or interrupted in any form, including through tax stamps and price marks, or other elements mandated by legislation.
Amendment 1129 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) working summaries of the available studies and market research on preferences of various consumer groups, including young people and