The purpose of UICMA.ORG is to represent the common interests of Importers and Cigar Manufacturers regarding the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) within (Member States of) the EU. In doing so, the UICMA.ORG strives to achieve a greatly improved system within the EU by detecting and reporting errors such as inconsistencies, ambiguities and other shortcomings that could harm the interests of the relevant stakeholders to the EU-CEG and all relevant EU Member States.