Article 15
Article - Reports
- B62 - Data on the percentage of smuggled tobacco products
- B63 - Percentage of national tobacco market consituted by smuggled products
- C311 - Marking that assists in determining the origin of product required
- C312 - Marking that assists in identifying legally sold products required
- C313 - Statement on all packages of tobacco products required
- C314 - Tracking regime to further secure the distribution system developed
- C315 - Legible marking required
- C316 - Monitoring of cross-border trade required
- C317 - Information exchange facilitated
- C318 - Legislation against illicit trade enacted
- C319 - Confiscated manufacturing equipment to be destroyed
- C3110 - Storage and distribution of tobacco products
- C3111 - Confiscation of proceeds derived from illicit trade enabled
- C3112 - Cooperation to eliminate illicit trade promoted
- C3113 - Licensing required
- C3114 - Progress made in implementing Article 15
- C3115 - Additional information concerning illicit trade in tobacco products
Documents
- WBG report “Confronting Illicit Tobacco Trade: A Global Review of Country Experiences” (Full report:)
- WBG report “Confronting Illicit Tobacco Trade: A Global Review of Country Experiences” (Executive summary, English)
- WBG report “Confronting Illicit Tobacco Trade: A Global Review of Country Experiences” (Executive summary, Spanish)
Links
- Customs and Tobacco Report 2008
- Customs and Tobacco Report 2009
- Customs and Tobacco Report 2010
- Customs and Tobacco Report 2011
- European Parliament, Directorate General for Internal Policies: Cigarette Smuggling Workshop, 22 January 2014 - Proceedings
- Illicit Trade Report 2013
- WCO announces the results of its first global operation against illicit trade in tobacco
- World Customs Organization (tobacco and cigarette smuggling reports)
- World Trade Organization
- Case study: Undermining Tracking and Tracing in Pakistan (English and Urdu)
- Issue brief: Deep Flaws Found in PMI-Funded Cigarette Smuggling Report (English, Spanish, French and Urdu)
- Policy brief: Protecting Your Country’s Tobacco Track and Trace System From the Industry (English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Urdu)
- Brief summary: Keeping Tobacco (Companies) Off the Black Market (English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Urdu and Arabic)
Article - Updates
- Australia: latest raise of tobacco excise tax
- Kenya: excise stamps required on all tobacco products
- Slovenia passes law to require plain tobacco packaging from 2020
- Lithuania: progress on the implementation of the WHO FCTC
- Democratic Republic of the Congo: Celebrations of the 2015 “World No Tobacco Day” and launch of the campaign ESPACES NON FUMEURS
- European Union – Revised EU Tobacco Products Directive approved by the European Parliament
- Myanmar – the Head of Convention Secretariat meets Deputy Minister of Health
- Russian Federation: Intensive legal training and capacity-building workshop for law and NCDs for NIS countries
- ZIMBABWE: Multi-country workshop on illicit trade in tobacco products conducted
- Senegal: the Ministerial Council supports ratification of the Protocol
- France: the process of ratification of the Protocol completed
- Gabon: multi-stakeholder meetings to promote tobacco control
- France: the law on ratification of the illicit trade protocol adopted
- India: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare holds multisectoral consultation on illicit trade
- Nigeria: Senate passes National Tobacco Control Bill
- Botswana: Subregional Protocol awareness workshop held in Gabarone
- France: bill on ratification of the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products introduced to the Parliament
- Panama: Subregional Protocol awareness workshop held in Panama City
- Kuwait: multisectoral Protocol workshop for GCC Parties concluded in Kuwait City
- The Head of the Convention Secretariat meets the Health Minister of the Gambia
- The Convention Secretariat congratulates Spain on becoming the sixth Party to the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products
- Workshop for Parties in Asia to promote ratification of the Protocol concluded in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
- Austria becomes the fifth Party to the Protocol
- Gabon: The Convention Secretariat congratulates the third country to become Party to the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products
- Uruguay becomes second Party to the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products
- FRANCE: Minister of Social Affairs, Health and Womens Rights announced strong measures, including plain packaging