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20th March 2023
Bahrain: On 19th March, the minister of industry and commerce issued Decision No.26/2023, authorising the Ministry of Health to monitor the implementation of the Electronic Nicotine Products standards for a period of one year. Originally, Decision No.121/2021 mandated the Ministry of Health to monitor the implementation for six months.13th February 2023
- Bahrain: The National Bureau of Revenue has released Decision No. 3/2023, which states that all available-for-sale heated tobacco products must be marked with a digital stamp in accordance with Decision No. 3/2022. The digital stamps will be available to importers and manufacturers online from 14th May; from 17th September, no product will be imported without a valid and activated digital stamp. The possession, trade, supply and sale of heated tobacco products without a digital stamp will be prohibited from 24th December 2023.
18th October 2022
- Bahrain: The Bahraini Testing and Metrology Directorate has confirmed to TobaccoIntelligence that according to the Technical Regulation of Electronic Nicotine Products it is mandatory to include a production code (batch number) on all packaging. No specific format has been envisaged and importers are free to place the batch number anywhere on the package.
5th September 2022
- Bahrain: The National Bureau for Revenue announced yesterday that from 16th October all cigarettes available for sale must be marked with distinctive digital stamps as laid down by decree No. 3/2022, issued in May. From that date any cigarettes not having the digital stamp will either be destroyed or confiscated. The system is to be extended later to include other tobacco products such as heated tobacco, hookahs and e-cigarettes.
