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2004/513/EC:Council Decision of 2 June 2004 concerning the conclusion of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control| Legal instrument | Decision |
|---|---|
| Number legal act | Decision 2004/513 |
| Original proposal | COM(2003)807  |
| CELEX number i | 32004D0513 |
| Document | 02-06-2004 |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 15-06-2004; Special edition in Romanian: Chapter 11 Volume 035,OJ L 142M , 30.5.2006,Special edition in Bulgarian: Chapter 11 Volume 035,OJ L 213, 15.6.2004 |
| Effect | 02-06-2004; Entry into force Date of document |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
15.6.2004 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 213/8 |
COUNCIL DECISION
of 2 June 2004
concerning the conclusion of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
(2004/513/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 95, 133 and 152, in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 300(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Whereas:
(1) |
The Commission has negotiated on behalf of the Community a Framework Convention on Tobacco Control under the auspices of the World Health Organisation (WHO). |
(2) |
This Convention was signed, on behalf of the European Community, on 16 June 2003 subject to its possible conclusion at a later date, in accordance with the Decision by the Council on 2 June 2003. |
(3) |
This Convention should be approved. |
(4) |
Both the Community and its Member States have competence in the areas covered by the Convention. It is therefore desirable for the Community and its Member States simultaneously to become Contracting Parties in order to carry out together the obligations laid down in the Convention and exercise together the rights it confers in cases of shared competence in order to guarantee uniform application of the Convention, |
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Convention is attached to this Decision as Annex I.
Article 2
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person empowered to deposit on behalf of the European Community the act of approval provided for in Article 35 of the Convention, in order to express the consent of the Community to be bound and to make the declaration contained in Annex II to this Decision, together with the interpretative declaration set out in Annex III to this Decision.
Done at Luxembourg, 2 June 2004.
For the Council
The President
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M.MARTIN
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Opinion delivered on 21 April 2004 (not yet published in the Official Journal).
ANNEX I
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
THE PARTIES TO THIS CONVENTION,
DETERMINED to give priority to their right to protect public health,
RECOGNISING that the spread of the tobacco epidemic is a global problem with serious consequences for public health that calls for the widest possible international cooperation and the participation of all countries in an effective, appropriate and comprehensive international response,
REFLECTING the concern of the international community about the devastating worldwide health, social, economic and environmental consequences of tobacco consumption and exposure to tobacco smoke,
SERIOUSLY CONCERNED about the increase in the worldwide consumption and production of cigarettes and other tobacco products, particularly in developing countries, as well as about the burden this places on families, on the poor, and on national health systems,
RECOGNISING that scientific evidence has unequivocally established that tobacco consumption and exposure to tobacco smoke cause death, disease and disability, and that there is a time lag between the exposure to smoking and the other uses of tobacco products and the onset of tobacco-related diseases,
RECOGNISING also that cigarettes and some other products containing tobacco are highly engineered so as to create and maintain dependence, and that many of the compounds they contain and the smoke they produce are pharmacologically active, toxic, mutagenic and carcinogenic, and that tobacco dependence is separately classified as a disorder in major international classifications of diseases...
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