3 Amendments of Dennis de JONG related to 2015/0100(NLE)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Points out that since the conclusion of the tobacco agreements the seizure of genuine products of the four manufactures has fallen; notes that this reduction did not lead to an overall reduction of illicit products on the Union market as the share of the Member States' markets taken by illegal cheap whites cigarettes predominantly from non-Union countries increased and these countries may not ratify the Protocol; calls, therefore, on the Commission to come forward with an Action Plan before the end of 2016 of new measures to tackle this problem as a matter of urgency; stresses the need to take into account lessons learned from the EU Strategy of June 2013 in the fight against illicit tobacco trade, which, as seen the impact assessment of 24 February 20161a, did not fully achieve its objectives; __________________ 1aCommission staff working document, Technical assessment of the experience made with the Anti-Contraband and Anti- Counterfeit Agreement and General Release of 9 July 2004 among Philip Morris International and affiliates, the Union and its Member States, SWD(2016) 44 final.
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Urges the Commission to focus all its efforts on convincing eastern European countries to sign and ratify the Protocol;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the Commission and the Member States to put in place at UnioEuropean level, at the earliest possibility following the expiry of the PMI agreement, all the necessary measures to track and trace PMI tobacco products and to ensure effective investigation and enforcement, including fines and other appropriate civil and criminal penalties, for any seizures of this manufacturer's products in illicit channels, until all provisions of the Tobacco Products Directive are fully enforceable, so that there is no regulatory gap between the expiry of the PMI agreement and the entry into force of the Tobacco Products Directive and the WHO FCTC;