draft commission delegated directive amending annex ii to directive 2014 40 eu of the european parliament and of the council by establishing the library of picture warnings to be used on tobacco products 4 pages annex 5 pages in english this draft commission delegated directive amends annex ii to directive 2014 40 eu of the european parliament and of the council by establishing the library of picture warnings to be used on tobacco products. directive 2014 40 eu of the european parliament and of the council of 3 april 2014 on the approximation of the laws regulations and administrative provisions of the member states concerning the manufacture presentation and sale of tobacco and related products and repealing directive 2001 37 ec provides for in article 10 1 the mandatory use of combined health warnings on tobacco products for smoking. however member states may exempt tobacco products for smoking other than cigarettes roll your own tobacco and waterpipe tobacco from the obligation to carry the combined health warnings in line with the provisions of article 11 1 . the combined health warnings should contain inter alia one of the text warnings listed in annex i and a corresponding colour photograph specified in the picture library in annex ii. in line with article 10 2 the combined health warnings should be grouped into three sets as set out in annex ii and each set should be used in a given year and rotated on an annual basis. in line with article 10 3 b the picture library should be established via a delegated act. subsequently the picture library should be inserted as annex ii into directive 2014 40 eu. in order to use the combined health warnings on tobacco products for smoking it needs to be ensured that they comply with article 10 of directive 2014 40 eu. this provides for inter alia the insertion of cessation information by the member states. furthermore directive 2014 40 eu empowers the commission to adopt implementing acts to define the technical specifications for the layout design and shape of the combined health warnings taking into account the different packet shapes. those implementing acts are to be adopted in due course