Summary
The European Parliament supports a new protocol to stop illegal tobacco trade through global tracking systems and better international police cooperation. 10 01.10.2016
Other
health
tobacco
justice
taxation
criminal law
social policy
international relations
Key points
- The primary goal is the total elimination of illegal tobacco trade practices.
- A global tracking and tracing regime must be established within five years of the protocol's entry into force.
- Governments are prohibited from delegating their monitoring and tracking obligations to the tobacco industry.
- The protocol introduces stricter regulations for internet sales, duty-free shops, and international transit of tobacco products.
Documents (PDFs)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products to the World Health Organisation's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, as regards its provisions on obligations related to judicial cooperation in criminal matters and the definition of criminal offences
Eliminating illicit trade in tobacco products: protocol to the WHO Framework Convention (judicial cooperation in criminal matters) ***
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