CNMC is wondering the organizational measures of the Ministry of Health on tobacco consumption

The National Markets and Competition Committee (CNMC) analyzed it in the report of the Royal Decre project, which regulates the aspects of manufacturing and marketing tobacco products, and its marketing, and discovered that the future standard includes many competition restrictions, as reported on Thursday in a statement.

The royal decree offers two developments, which pass, on the one hand, due to the prohibition of upper inclusion or flavors, unlike those that give it the smell and/or tobacco flavor in electronic cigarettes, nicotine bags and products based on fireplace.

On the other hand, provide a uniform look or put general signs of cigarettes and false tobacco.

Thus, the agency, headed by Cani Fernández, commented that it is fully involved in “the goal of protecting health and preventing smoking”, but discovered that the initial draft includes many competition restrictions.

Therefore, CNMC recommends adapting restrictions to the principles of the need for good regulation, proportion, not discrimination-based on the causes of the specific public interest as required.

Since the restrictions affect the freedom of the company, it must be supported at the base of the rank of law, so CNMC suggested, “legal reform provides impossible support for the measures raised for new products.”

As for the public signs, the prohibition of flavors and odors and the marketing of nicotine bags-more than 0.99 milligrams, experimental evidence must be provided to demonstrate that they adapt to the principles of good organization.

It has also been recommended to justify that the transit period between 10 and 12 months-is enough for the sector to adapt to the base.

However, CNMC has indicated that he could act as a position or a petition for legislative chambers, government, ministerial departments, independent societies, local companies, professional societies, trade cameras, commercial institutions, consumers and users.