21 Amendments of Jarosław KALINOWSKI related to 2012/0366(COD)
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The prohibition of tobacco products with characterising flavours does not prohibit the use of individual additives altogether, but obliges the manufactures to reduce the additive or the combination of additives to such an extent that the additives no longer result in a characterising flavour. The use of additives necessary for manufacturing of tobacco products should be allowed, as long as they do not result in a characterising flavour. The Commission should ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of the provision on characterising flavouruse of additives, such as sugar, necessary for manufacturing of tobacco products should be allowed, as long as they do not increase the health risk to consumers. Independent panels should be used by the Member States and by the Commission to assist in such decision making. The application of this Directive should not discriminate between different tobacco varieties.
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 c (new)
Recital 16 c (new)
(16 c) The implementation of the Directive’s provisions could lead to a reduction in demand for raw tobacco originating in EU Member States. A support fund for tobacco growers should therefore be established in regions where tobacco is grown in order to compensate growers for the losses that they incur as a consequence of the Directive’s implementation.
Amendment 142 #
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, this is the case with certain texts 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 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.
Amendment 212 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Directive, in particular concerning the format of ingredients reporting, the determination of products with characterising flavours or with increased levels of toxicity and addictiveness and the methodology for determining whether a tobacco product has characterising flavour, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.
Amendment 270 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Amendment 297 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Amendment 448 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 469 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall not prohibit the use of additives, such as sugar, which are essential for the manufacture of tobacco products, as long as the additives do not result in a product with a characterising flavour.
Amendment 489 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 497 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 506 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Amendment 531 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 5
Article 6 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall prohibit the use of flavourings in the components of tobacco products such as filters, papers, packages, capsules or any technical featurdevices allowing modification of flavour or smoke intensity. Filters and capsules shall not contain tobacco.
Amendment 549 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 8
Article 6 – paragraph 8
Amendment 585 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a A support fund for tobacco growers shall be established in regions where tobacco is produced to compensate for losses incurred by growers as a result of implementing the Directive. Money from this fund shall be allocated to growers affected by the fall in demand for raw tobacco, as well as to growers who wish to cease cultivating tobacco and change their production profile.
Amendment 710 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point g
Amendment 830 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 843 #
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 diameter of less than 7.5 mm shall be deemed to be misleading.
Amendment 903 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1279 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Delegated acts issued on the basis of Article 8(4) and Article 9(3)(a)–(c) provide for a transition period of at least 24 months, during which smoking tobacco packaging featuring health warnings set out in this Directive, as well as in the delegated act announced on the basis of the authorisations contained in the above provisions, may be used in parallel.
Amendment 1290 #
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(28(4) and 18(59(3) 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.