Division DECLARATION OF COMPETENCES BY THE EUROPEAN UNION I (PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 44 OF THE PROTOCOL)

The European Union (EU) submits, in accordance with Article 44 of the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products to the World Health Organisation's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (‘FCTC Protocol’), the following Declaration of Competences specifying the categories and policy areas in respect of which the Member States of the EU have conferred competences upon the EU in the areas covered by the FCTC Protocol.