Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-06-14-Speech-3-136"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-06-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000614.6.3-136"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-06-14-Speech-3-1372
lpv:speaker	lp:Sylviane H. Ainardi2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with South Africa (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Parti communiste français (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	". The fundamental purpose of the proposal for a Commission directive is to overhaul the current directives, specifically those that deal with the tar content in cigarettes and the labelling of tobacco products. The proposal also seeks to complement current provisions by taking account of scientific progress and increasing the level of public health protection. One of the merits of this directive is that it clarifies existing laws; it harmonises regulations between Member States, it improves consumer protection and supports the campaign against smoking. I am in favour of this directive and I think that the obscene press campaign mounted by the tobacco multinationals is scandalous. These companies care nothing for people’s health and are only concerned with their market share and their profits. It is also essential that we adopt international measures to curb the offensive with which these companies are targeting developing countries, where they are stepping up advertising and propaganda campaigns, which are neither restricted nor monitored. I am in favour of the Commission’s proposal, and also of the amendments tabled in the report by the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy, which will improve public health protection. Moreover, we should not deceive ourselves as to the problems we are facing, with the decision to threaten aid to Community tobacco production. We must take the socio-economic aspects of this production into consideration. We must also address these problems, undertake a process, and realise that the European Union imports almost 80% of the tobacco it consumes. That is why I have co-signed an amendment, which calls for respect for Community preference in order to reduce the share of American multinational companies in tobacco consumption."@en1

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