Question for written answerE-004853-17to the CommissionRule 130Cătălin Sorin Ivan(S&D)(14 July 2017)Subject: Directive 2014/40/EU and the sale of tobacco: illicit whites

What is the Commission doing about the big problem of illicit whites?

Will the measures that it has introduced with Directive 2014/40/EU tackle the production of illicit whites within the EU?

Is the Commission also taking additional steps to address the issue of illicit whites produced in other countries?