Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-12-11-Speech-1-069"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-12-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Tobacco products2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001211.3.1-069"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-12-11-Speech-1-0702
lpv:speaker	lp:John Bowis2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, tobacco wrecks lives. To the shame of this European Union, we require our taxpayers to subsidise the growing of the wretched stuff to the tune of over EUR 1 billion a year. At the same time, we jeopardise sensible measures to deter smoking, especially among young people, because we try to put the whole world within our single market. If we insist on telling other countries what health standards they should set by extending our sensible proposals for the domestic market to exports, we shall put all Mr Maaten's good work at risk. Because, as sure as export night follows advertising day, there will be another challenge in the courts, and not just the export provision but the whole directive with it will be thrown out. I should like the Commissioner to clarify whether the removal of the exemption for exports applies just to the tar and nicotine levels, as was the impression given in committee, or to all the proposals in the directive. We need to know because thousands of jobs are at stake in Darlington, Nottingham, Southampton and Belfast. Those jobs could be destroyed very quickly by our misunderstanding and our vote. I want to see sensible measures go through and not lost. I want to see an end to misleading descriptions such as ‘mild’ and ‘light’ that give the impression that some cigarettes are safer: deeper inhalation means they are not. These labels should go. There should be no exemption for trademarks or we will simply create new anomalies in competition and the single market. I want to see the photographic warning option, sensible listing of ingredients, Europe-wide research, health promotion measures to help children to remain smoke, tar, nicotine and addiction free. I do not want to see all this put at risk because we tried to take this measure beyond the legal powers of this European Union and this Parliament."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegations to the parliamentary cooperation committees and delegations for relations with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Bowis (PPE-DE )."1

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