Conclusiones de la Abogado General Kokott en los asuntos contra la Directiva de los productos del tabaco: ¿Un paso al frente hacia una verdadera política de salud de la Unión Europea?

• Main Author: Elisabet Ruiz Cairó
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: European Papers (www.europeanpapers.eu) 2016-04-01
• Series: European Papers
• Subjects: internal market; health; tobacco; harmonisation; fundamental rights; proportionality; subsidiarity
• Online Access: https://www.europeanpapers.eu/en/europeanforum/conclusiones-ag-kokott-asuntos-contra-directiva-productos-tabaco

(Series Information) European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration, 2016 1(1), 287-297 | European Forum Insight of 16 April 2016 | (Table of Contents) I. Introducción. - II. Los hechos. - III. Apreciación jurídica de la Abogado General. - III.1. Admisibilidad. - III.2. Cuestiones de fondo. - III.2.1. El artículo 114 TFUE como base jurídica para adoptar la Directiva. - III.2.2. Proporcionalidad y derechos fundamentales. - III.2.3. Poderes delegados. - III.2.4. Principio de subsidiariedad. - IV. Conclusiones. | (Abstract) On 23 December 2015, Advocate General Kokott delivered her Opinion in three cases challenging the validity of Directive 2014/40/EU. Although the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) had already ruled on the legal basis to adopt the former Tobacco Products Directive, new questions arose with the adoption of this new piece of legislation. The focus is now on the proportionality of the measures and on the alleged violation of the subsidiarity principle. Moreover, fundamental rights seem to be playing a more prominent role in the interpretation of EU rules. Therefore, it is interesting to comment on some of the most important arguments put forward by Advocate General Kokott and to highlight the importance that the confirmation of these Opinions through the rulings of the CJEU can have on the EU health policy.