Member States may not, for considerations relating to the limitation of the tar, nicotine or carbon monoxide yields of cigarettes, to health warnings and other indications or to other requirements of this Directive, prohibit or restrict the import, sale or consumption of tobacco products which comply with this Directive, with the exception of measures taken for the purposes of verifying the data provided under Article 4.
Zaradi pomislekov glede omejitve vsebnosti katrana, nikotina ali ogljikovega monoksida v cigaretah, ali zaradi zdravstvenih opozoril ali drugih navedb, ali zaradi drugih zahtev te direktive, države članice ne smejo prepovedati ali omejiti uvoz, prodajo ali porabo tobačnih izdelkov, ki so v skladu s to direktivo, razen če gre za ukrepe zaradi preverjanja podatkov, predloženih po členu 4.