Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
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- Area of Law： Foreign Affairs
- Level of Authority： Working Documents
- Date issued：08-28-2005
- Effective Date：08-28-2005
- Status： Effective
- Issuing Authority： Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
Decision of the Standing
Committee of the National People's Congress about Ratifying the Framework
Convention on Tobacco Control
(Adopted on August 28, 2005)
The 17th session of the Standing Committee of the Tenth National People's
Congress decides to ratify the Framework
Convention on Tobacco Control adopted at the 56th conference of the
World Health Organization on May 21, 2003, and simultaneously declares that
under Paragraph 5 of Article 16 ofthe Framework Convention on Tobacco Control of
the World Health Organization, it is prohibited to use any cigarette automatic
vending machine within the territory of the People's Republic of China.
