Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-05-14-Speech-1-034"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-05-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010514.4.1-034"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-05-14-Speech-1-0352
lpv:speaker	lp:Jonas Sjöstedt2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (1999-09-14--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Vänsterpartiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; EUL/NGL (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 substitute; AFCO (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, as we are all aware, smoking tobacco has many serious effects on public health. It is important to note that these do not just affect smokers themselves, but also those who spend time in smoky environments, those with allergies as well as many others. Smoking also leads to substantially increased health care costs in many countries. In our capacity as politicians, our task is to warn of the risks of smoking, to reduce the harmfulness of tobacco products and to attempt to get rid of misleading marketing. I consider that the conciliation we have achieved with the Council of Ministers is an obvious step in the right direction in this area. In the GUE/NGL Group, we are, for example, particularly satisfied with the requirements for a lower tar content, the limit values for nicotine and carbon monoxide, clearer warnings and the requirement for companies to list additives. We see the results in these areas as major progress. In two areas, we would have liked measures to have been taken more quickly, but we feel that we are at least on the right track. This applies to the ban on misleading brand names, for which no date has been set for implementation, something which we would have liked to have seen. This will have to be a future task. There is at least one commitment in this direction for the future. We would also like there to have been faster progress regarding export bans on tobacco products that are not approved under EU rules. It is rather embarrassing that it is all right to export what we consider to be dangerous to health in our own countries. We should have preferred to have seen these products banned simultaneously in the EU and for export, but at least a ban has been set for the year 2007. Earlier in this conciliation, Swedish snuff was discussed, and we believe that a good solution has been arrived at in this area too. It means that the exemption under which Sweden may keep its traditional snuff will be retained without the market in other EU countries being opened up. We believe that other EU countries have the to refuse this product if they wish to forgo it, which no doubt a number of them will. Overall, we are very satisfied with the result of the conciliation and feel that the rapporteur has done a good job. If we were to be slightly critical, we could say that the EU has problems of credibility when it comes to its tobacco policy as a whole. Possibly EUR 1 billion per year is still spent on subsidies for tobacco cultivation. If we are to make our work on combating the harmful effects of tobacco smoking more credible, it is perhaps time to start phasing out these subsidies."@en1
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