27Directive 2014/40 pursues a twofold objective, according to Article 1, namely to facilitate the smooth functioning of the internal market in tobacco and related products while taking as a base a high level of protection of human health, especially for young people (judgment of 30 January 2019, Planta Tabak, C‑220/17, EU:C:2019:76, paragraph 38 and the case-law cited). To that end, that directive seeks to approximate the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning, inter alia, certain aspects of the labelling and packaging of tobacco products, including the health warnings which must appear on unit packets of tobacco products and any outside packaging as well as traceability and security features that are applied to tobacco products to ensure that the Member States comply with that directive.
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