Decision: timelines for evidence-based research (articles 6.5 and 13.2)

13 DECISION FCTC/MOP1(7) Timelines for evidence-based research (Articles 6.5 and 13.2) The Meeting of the Parties (MOP), Considering the report contained in document FCTC/MOP/1/11 prepared by the Convention Secretariat; Recognizing that the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products (the Protocol) requires that the MOP, five years after entry into force of the Protocol, ensures that evidence-based research is conducted according to Article 6.5 on key inputs essential to the manufacture of tobacco products that can be subject to an effective control mechanism, and according to Article 13.2 on the extent of illicit trade in tobacco products related to duty free sales of such products, 1. DECIDES to request the Convention Secretariat: (a) to identify research needs and gaps relevant to Articles 6.5 and 13.2 of the Protocol; (b) to present at the Second session of the MOP a detailed road map setting out the timelines and steps to conduct the evidence-based research foreseen by Articles 6.5 and 13.2 of the Protocol, fully respecting Article 4.2 of the Protocol and Article 5.3 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. (Second plenary meeting, 10 October 2018) = = = Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products First session Geneva, Switzerland, 8−10 October 2018 10 October 2018