Activities of Jürgen CREUTZMANN related to 2012/0366(COD)

Holger KRAHMER, Jürgen CREUTZMANN

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4

(4) ‘'characterising flavour’' means a distinguishable aroma or taste other than tobacco, resulting from an additive or combination of additives, ~~including but not limited to~~with the exception of menthol, including fruit, spice, herb, alcohol, candy~~, menthol~~ or vanilla observable before or upon intended use of the tobacco product;

2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE

Proposal for a directive
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 120% in ~~at least 10~~the 10 biggest sales volume Member States 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;

2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Member States shall require manufacturers and importers of tobacco products to submit to their competent authorities a list of all ingredients, and quantities thereof, used in the manufacture of the tobacco products by brand name and type, as well as their emissions and yields resulting from intended use. Manufacturers or importers shall also inform the competent authorities of the concerned Member States if the composition of a product is modified affecting the information provided under this Article. Information required under this Article shall be submitted prior to the placing of the market of a new or modified tobacco product.

2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE

Hans-Peter MAYER, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Jürgen CREUTZMANN

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Member States shall prohibit the placing on the market of tobacco products with a characterising flavour where this increases in an appreciable manner at the stage of consumption the toxic or addictive effect of a tobacco product.

2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Tobacco products other than cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco shall be excluded from information on emissions and values until measuring methods have been developed at Community level.

2013/05/08
Committee: IMCO

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3

3. In case the experience gained in the application of paragraphs 1 and 2 shows that a certain additive or a combination thereof typically impart a characterising flavour when it exceeds a certain level of presence or concentration tand where these increase in an appreciable manner at the stage of consumption the toxic or addictive effect of a tobacco product. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to set maximum levels for those additives or combination of additives that cause the characterising flavour.

2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE

Anja WEISGERBER, Andreas SCHWAB, Jürgen CREUTZMANN, Monika HOHLMEIER

Proposal for a directive
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 features allowing modification of flavour or smoke intensity where these increase in an appreciable manner at the stage of consumption the toxic or addictive effect of a tobacco product.. Filters and capsules shall not contain tobacco.

2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 10

10. Tobacco products other than cigarettes, roll-your-own tobacco and ~~smokeless tobacco products~~tobacco for oral use shall be exempted from the prohibitions laid down in paragraphs 1 and 5. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to withdraw this exemption if there is a substantial change of circumstances as established in a Commission report.

2013/05/08
Committee: IMCO

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 10

10. Tobacco products other than cigarettes, and roll-your-own tobacco ~~and smokeless tobacco products~~ shall be exempted from the prohibitions laid down in paragraphs 1 and 5. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to withdraw this exemption if there is a substantial change of circumstances as established in a Commission report.

2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3

3. In order to ensure their graphic integrity and visibility, health warnings shall be irremovably printed or irremovably affixed, 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.

2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE

Proposal for a directive
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 540% of the surface on which they are printed.

2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) cover 7540 % of the external area of both the front and back surface of the unit packet and any outside packaging;

2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point e

(e) be positioned at the ~~top~~lower edge of the unit packet and any outside packaging, and in the same direction as any other information appearing on the packaging;

2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

The general warning shall be printed or irremovably affixed 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 or affixed on the other most visible surface of the unit packet and any outside packaging.

2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – point b

(b) centred in the area in which they are required to be printed or affixed, parallel to the top edge of the unit packet and any outside packaging;

2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 5

~~5. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt~~ delegated ~~acts in accordance with Article 22, to withdraw the exemption laid down in paragraph 1 if there is a substantial change of circumstances as established in a Commission report.~~

2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a

(a) be printed or affixed on the two largest surfaces of the unit packet and any outside packaging;

2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 3

~~3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt~~ delegated ~~acts in accordance with Article 22 to adapt the requirements in paragraphs 1 and 2 taking into account scientific and market developments.~~

2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE

Jürgen CREUTZMANN, Holger KRAHMER, Adina VĂLEAN

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point c

~~(c) refers to flavour, taste, any flavourings or other additives or the absence thereof;~~deleted

2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE

Proposal for a directive
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.~~

2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE

Hans-Peter MAYER, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Jürgen CREUTZMANN

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 4

~~4. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt~~ delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to make either cuboid or cylindric shape mandatory for unit packets of tobacco products other than cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco if there is a substantial change of circumstances as established in a Commission report.

2013/05/13
Committee: IMCO

Jürgen CREUTZMANN, Holger KRAHMER

Proposal for a directive
Article 13

Article 13 Appearance and content of unit packets 1. A unit packet of cigarettes shall have a cuboid shape. A unit packet of roll-your- own tobacco shall have the form of a pouch, i.e. a rectangular pocket with a flap that covers the opening. The flap of the pouch shall cover at least 70% of the front of the packet. A unit packet of cigarettes shall include at least 20 cigarettes. A unit packet of roll-your-own tobacco shall contain tobacco weighing at least 40 g. 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. 3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to define 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. 4. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to make either cuboid or cylindrical shape mandatory for unit packets of tobacco products other than cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco if there is a substantial change of circumstances as established in a Commission report.deleted

2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point j

(j) the identity of all purchasers from manufacturing to the first ~~retail outlet~~customer;

2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point k

(k) the invoice, order number and payment records of all purchasers from manufacturing to the first ~~retail outlet~~customer.

2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE

Proposal for a directive
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 outlet~~customer, 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.

2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE

Jürgen CREUTZMANN, Holger KRAHMER

Proposal for a directive
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 outlet~~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.

2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 10

10. T~~obacco products other than~~he application of paragraph 1 to 8 shall for cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco shall be ~~exempted from the application of paragraph 1 to 8 during a period of 5~~gin 3 years and for all other tobacco products 7 years following the date referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 25.

2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE

Hans-Peter MAYER, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Jürgen CREUTZMANN

Proposal for a directive
Article 18

Article 18 Nicotine-containing products 1. The following nicotine-containing products may only be placed on the market if they were authorised pursuant to Directive 2001/83/EC: (a) products with a nicotine level exceeding 2 mg per unit, or (b) products with a nicotine concentration exceeding 4 mg per ml or (c) products whose intended use results in a mean maximum peak plasma concentration exceeding 4 ng of nicotine per ml. 2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to update the nicotine quantities set out in paragraph 1 taking into account scientific developments and marketing authorisations granted to nicotine- containing products pursuant to Directive 2001/83/EC. 3. Each unit packet and any outside packaging of nicotine-containing products below the thresholds set out in paragraph 1 shall carry the following health warning: This product contains nicotine and can damage your health. 4. The health warning referred to in paragraph 3 shall comply with the requirements specified in Article 10(4). In addition, it shall: (a) be printed on the two largest surfaces of the unit packet and any outside packaging; (b) cover 30 % of the external area of the corresponding surface of the unit packet and any outside packaging. That proportion shall be increased to 32 % for Member States with two official languages and 35 % for Member States with three official languages. 5. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to adapt the requirements in paragraphs 3 and 4 taking into account scientific and market developments and to adopt and adapt the position, format, layout, design and rotation of the health warnings.deleted

2013/05/28
Committee: ITRE

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) ~~tobacco products~~cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco;

2013/05/13
Committee: IMCO

Hans-Peter MAYER, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Jürgen CREUTZMANN

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 1 b (new)

Member States may permit the marketing of other tobacco products, which do not comply with this Directive, until (Publications Office, please insert exact date: entry into force + 36 months).

2013/05/13
Committee: IMCO