Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-11-20-Speech-3-185"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-11-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021120.3.3-185"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-11-20-Speech-3-1862
lpv:speaker	lp:Erik Meijer2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Socialistische Partij (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	". Money is earned from the production and sale of tobacco, but it shortens the lives of many people and makes them less healthy. Advertising that encourages people to start using tobacco products or to start using more of them is extremely damaging. In Directive 98/43/EC an attempt was rightly made to make advertising and sponsorship at European level impossible. According to the Court of Justice this is not allowed because Article 152(4) of the Treaty excludes the harmonisation of statutory and administrative provisions of the Member States for the protection and improvement of human health. Further proof that the EU is about free competition and economic growth, but not about the protection of human welfare. In the meantime the EU continues with its subsidies for Greek tobacco farmers. The solution now proposed of nothing more than the selective prohibition of tobacco advertising will lead to the companies concerned looking for the loopholes in the legislation to continue with their advertising. Lawyers and the courts will have their work cut out scanning the boundaries of these loopholes, in particular to decide what is or is not to be regarded as cross-border advertising. I therefore support the organisations that are objecting to this severely weakened proposal."@en1

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