http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2003/33/article/2Directive 2003/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the advertising and sponsorship of tobacco products (Text with EEA relevance)Directive 2003/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the CouncilDirective 2003/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the advertising and sponsorship of tobacco products (Text with EEA relevance)2020-12-11King's Printer of Acts of Parliamenthttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02003L0033-20030620texttext/xmlen2003-06-20
Article 2Definitions

For the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions shall apply:

(a)

‘tobacco products’ means all products intended to be smoked, sniffed, sucked or chewed inasmuch as they are made, even partly, of tobacco;

(b)

‘advertising’ means any form of commercial communications with the aim or direct or indirect effect of promoting a tobacco product;

(c)

‘sponsorship’ means any form of public or private contribution to any event, activity or individual with the aim or direct or indirect effect of promoting a tobacco product;

(d)

‘information society services’ means services within the meaning of Article 1(2) of Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations and of rules on information society services

OJ L 204, 21.7.1998, p. 37. Directive as amended by Directive 98/48/EC (OJ L 217, 5.8.1998, p. 18).

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