Message 002
Communication from the Commission - TRIS/(2018) 00580
Directive (EU) 2015/1535
Translation of the message 001
Notification: 2018/0092/CZ
No abre el plazo - Nezahajuje odklady - Fristerne indledes ikke - Kein Fristbeginn - Viivituste perioodi ei avata - Καμμία έναρξη προθεσμίας - Does not open the delays - N'ouvre pas de délais - Non fa decorrere la mora - Neietekmē atlikšanu - Atidėjimai nepradedami - Nem nyitja meg a késéseket - Ma’ jiftaħx il-perijodi ta’ dawmien - Geen termijnbegin - Nie otwiera opóźnień - Não inicia o prazo - Neotvorí oneskorenia - Ne uvaja zamud - Määräaika ei ala tästä - Inleder ingen frist - Не се предвижда период на прекъсване - Nu deschide perioadele de stagnare - Nu deschide perioadele de stagnare.
(MSG: 201800580.EN)
1. MSG 002 IND 2018 0092 CZ EN 07-03-2018 CZ NOTIF
2. CZ
3A. Úřad pro technickou normalizaci, metrologii a státní zkušebnictví
Biskupský dvůr 1148/5, 110 00 Praha 1
tel: +420 221 802 212
fax:+420 221 802 440
e-mail: eu9834@unmz.cz
3B. Ministerstvo financí České republiky
Letenská 15, Praha 1
Odbor nepřímých daní
danica.pozorova@mfcr.cz
4. 2018/0092/CZ - C50A
5. Draft implementing decree on tobacco labels
6. Tobacco products
7. -
8. The draft implementing legislation replaces Implementing Decree No 467/2003 on the use of tobacco labels to mark tobacco products, as amended. The subject matter of the legislative proposal is a modification of the existing technical and operational aspects of labelling tobacco products using a tobacco label. This concerns, in particular, how the tobacco label is placed on unit packets. Given that on 19 May 2019 the transitional period during which the tobacco label may be placed above the combined health warning on the top edge of the back surface of hard unit packets of cigarettes will expire, it will no longer be possible to use the tobacco label in the established manner. For this reason, with a view to providing room for the tobacco label, the requirement that the tobacco label must be damaged when the unit packet is opened is being waived and it is proposed that the technical parameters of the tobacco label be modified, i.e. by changing its dimensions and design. The draft also concerns the details of how tobacco labels are ordered (model form for ordering tobacco labels) and collected, details of record-keeping (model form for record-keeping of tobacco labels), tobacco label inventories and how damaged tobacco labels are returned.
Keywords: tobacco products, marking with tobacco labels, excise duty on tobacco products, cigarettes, smoking tobacco, cigars
9. The draft legislation is the result of an adopted amendment to Act No 110/1997 on foodstuffs and tobacco products and on amendments to certain related acts, as amended, and Implementing Decree No 261/2016 on tobacco products. Following the adoption of this legislation, certain aspects of the labelling and packaging of tobacco products, including the health warnings which must be provided on unit packets of tobacco products and any outside packaging are being modified. For these reasons, it was necessary to modify the technical parameters of the tobacco label placed on unit packets of tobacco products. At the same time, the proposed model tobacco label complies with the technical requirements set out by Commission Implementing Decision C(2017)8435 final on technical standards for security features applied to tobacco products. On the basis of § 114 of Act No 353/2003 on excise duties, as amended, the tobacco label is a tax stamp since the value of the tobacco label corresponds to the amount of tax liabilities applicable to the given unit packet of the tobacco product.
10. Reference(s) to basic text(s): Act No 353/2003 on excise duties, as amended (authorising provisions for issuing the implementing legislation are laid down in § 139(1) of this Act)
Implementing Decree No 467/2003 on the use of tobacco labels to mark tobacco products, as amended
The basic texts were forwarded with an earlier notification: 2011/136/CZ
11. No
12. -
13. No
14. No
15. Yes
16. TBT aspect
No - the draft is neither a technical regulation nor a conformity assessment procedure.
No – the draft has no significant impact on international trade.
SPS aspect
No - the draft is neither a sanitary nor phytosanitary measure.
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European Commission
Contact point Directive (EU) 2015/1535
Fax: +32 229 98043
email: grow-dir2015-1535-central@ec.europa.eu
