Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-05-14-Speech-1-031"

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dcterms:Date	"2001-05-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20010514.4.1-031"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-05-14-Speech-1-0322
lpv:speaker	lp:Guido Sacconi2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Temporary committee on human genetics and other new technologies in modern medicine (2000-12-13--2001-11-29)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Democratici di Sinistra (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; PETI (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2001-01-15--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, we have reached the final stage of this major directive. The agreement reached in the Conciliation Committee endorses the rapporteur's excellent work and consolidates the climate of cooperation established in this House on a matter which is so very sensitive for the European citizens. The text upon which we are about to vote is a considerable improvement on the text proposed by the Commission and an even greater improvement on the situation prior to that. For once, the rules harmonising the internal market have given greater consideration to the health of the European citizens than to the interests of the large manufacturers. This text is, once and for all, a significant example of how the European Union intends to respond to the citizens' ever-increasing demand for protection of their health. We hope fervently that other sectors, such as the food safety sector, will soon follow suit. Without plunging straight into a discussion on the content of the agreement, I would like to stress two key points. The first is the extension of the obligation to apply tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide ceilings to cigarettes intended for third country markets as well. This measure was at the centre both of the debate in the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy and of debate in Parliament. Some people, protecting the interests of exporting companies, maintained that this act would certainly not represent a Union contribution to the improvement of world health, while others took the line that what is harmful to Community citizens is also harmful to third country citizens, making clear, at the same time, the need for a sufficiently long transitional period to give operators in the sector the chance to convert to other production areas. We advocated the latter approach, and the text adopted in conciliation takes this line. The second key point concerns the definitive regulation of the substances added to tobacco products. Indeed, in addition to being used to achieve the characteristic flavour and aroma of a certain product, these substances serve to increase the dependency of smokers. Our directive will mean that, not only will manufacturers and importers of tobacco products have to declare the exact composition of products placed on the market but they will also have to justify the inclusion of every single ingredient. Moreover, by 2004, the Commission will have to present a proposal defining a common positive list of authorised ingredients. These are not minor measures. Along with the banning of descriptors and the increasing of the area devoted to medical warnings, these measures can genuinely make a major contribution to the fight against smoking."@en1

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