En la reunión del Comité de Obstáculos Técnicos al Comercio (...) se plantearon en total 45 preocupaciones comerciales específicas, de las cuales 16 se planteaban por primera vez. La reglamentación del tabaco para proteger la salud pública siguió siendo una de las principales preocupaciones. Si bien los Miembros no ponían en tela de juicio los objetivos de salud pública, aducían que la elaboración de dicha reglamentación podría tener un efecto negativo innecesario en el comercio.
Tobacco: specific trade concerns
Brazil has introduced a new draft regulation establishing the maximum permissible levels of tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide in tobacco products, and prohibiting the use of all additives in these products (G/TBT/N/BRA/407 — notified to the WTO on 29 November 2010).
Producers and exporters of Burley and Oriental varieties of tobacco perceive the ban on additives to be a de facto prohibition on 'blended' tobacco products (conventionally produced by blending these varieties of tobacco with a number of additives) in the Brazilian market. About 15 members said that this regulation was more trade restrictive than necessary to achieve Brazil's objective. This was particularly important for some countries, including African and least-developed countries (Zambia, Tanzania, Dominican Republic, Mozambique, Kenya), which depend on the sale of Burley and Oriental tobacco for national revenue.**
**http://www.wto.org/spanish/news_s/news11_s/tbt_24mar11_s.htm
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