Minister for Health and Senior Citizens
Co
issio e fo Health a d Food Safet
Stella K iakides
Di e to ate‐Ge e al fo Health a d Food Safet
Eu opea Co
issio
B u elles
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Dea Co
issio e K iakides,
I a iti g to ou i elatio to ou joi t effo t to p e e t a d edu e to a o use
a o g ou g people. We ha e p e iousl dis ussed ele t o i iga ettes, a d I
app e iate ou o
it e t to p ote ti g ou g people f o the haza dous effe ts
of these p odu ts. As ou k o , I el o e the Eu opea Co
issio ’s I itiati e
Eu ope’s Beati g Ca e Pla a d fi d it i po ta t to ha e a o goi g fo us o p e‐
e ti g s oki g a o g hild e a d ou g people a d to take easu es that a
p e e t ou g people f o sta ti g s oki g.
I De a k, e ha e see a ise i to a o use a o g ou g people. I a deepl
o e ed a out this de elop e t a d I a o
itted to i itiati g a tio s to
ha ge the situatio . I De e e
, the Da ish Go e
e t a d a ajo it of
the politi al pa ties ep ese ted i the Da ish Pa lia e t ag eed o a atio al a tio
pla ta geti g s oki g a d the use of to a o, ele t o i iga ettes a d i oti e
p odu ts a o g ou g people.
We k o that the to a o i dust has a st o g i te est i fi di g a s to att a t
e use s. The efo e, it is i po ta t that e adapt ou legislatio to u e t th eats
to pu li health a d that ou o
o EU app oa h does ot p e e t Me e States
f o taki g ade uate a d e essa steps i this ega d.
We a e o e ed a out epo ts a out ho to a o a d i oti e p odu ts ith
fla ou s att a t ou g people. The efo e, e e pe t to p ohi it the pla i g o the
Da ish a ket of ost to a o p odu ts ith a ha a te isi g fla ou othe tha
e thol a d to a o. We ha e otified ou pla ed up o i g egulatio s to the EU
Co
issio . Ho e e , I ust sa , I a uite su p ised a d disappoi ted i the
a e i hi h the EU Co
issio has eplied.
I ou otifi atio , e e plai ed h e fou d these steps e essa a d e pli itl
efe ed to the e ha is s of the To a o Di e ti e allo i g e e s states to
o e fo a d ith fu the egulatio i ludi g p ohi itio of e tai atego ies of
p odu ts. Yet, i its epl , the EU Co
issio does ot add ess these a gu e ts at
all. I ould like to ote that hile so e e e states ha e hose to a he i g
to a o altogethe , ou effo ts a e ta geted to a ds fla o ed p odu ts as the ha e a
pa ti ula appeal to ou g people.
I its epl , the EU Co
issio akes a poi t of its o e lusi e autho it to
ithd a e e ptio s f o the a o ha a te izi g fla o s if the e is a su sta tial
ha ge of i u sta es as esta lished i a Co
issio epo t. We ould e kee to
e ei e i fo atio o a effo ts o the pa t of the Co
issio to o ito a ket