The three ceilings apply to all products manufactured in the EU as well as imported ones. Manufacturers will be obliged to give correct information. Consumers will have full transparency on all ingredients including additives. Warnings labels will be bigger and clearer. The Directive will enter into force on 30 September 2002.
Industry has time to prepare for the new arrangements in particular regarding export considerations.
The Commission will also be an active participant, in the negotiations on the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.