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Our legal experts track the evolving regulation around the tobacco alternatives sector on a daily basis. These alerts are then compiled into our Monthly Round-up section.
23rd September 2022
Spain: The government of Catalonia is preparing a regulation that would ban smoking on bar and restaurant terraces and at the entrances of schools, press reports. The measure is aimed at reducing the smoking population in the region. To date it has not been detailed whether the prohibition would also cover heated tobacco or vaping products. According to the last Health Survey of Catalonia, the smoking prevalence amounted to 22.6% of the population in 2021.23rd September 2022
- Ukraine: The public organisation Centre of Civic Representation “Zhyttia” (“Live”) is conducting an information campaign called “Schools without nicotine and tobacco” in ten schools in Lviv Oblast (a region in the western part of Ukraine with a population of 2.5m) from September to November, media reports. The project, which was implemented in other regions last year, has support from the WHO, allowing Ukraine to raise awareness among schoolchildren about the health risks of tobacco and nicotine.
22nd September 2022
Belgium: The standstill period to submit comments on a proposal to ban nicotine pouches and cannabinoid-containing pouches, which was due to end on 16th September, has been extended until 16th December following comments by Croatia and Sweden and a detailed opinion by Hungary. The proposal was notified to the EU TRIS Database by the Belgian government in June. The stated aim of the ban is to prevent both known and potential adverse health effects of using these new products, to discourage their use by young people, and to avoid any damage to anti-tobacco efforts.
22nd September 2022
Slovakia: An amendment to bring nicotine pouches under the Act on the Production, Labelling and Sale of Tobacco and Related Products moved to its second reading in the National Council yesterday, media reports. In addition to labelling requirements, the amendment reportedly seeks to introduce age limits, and a cap of 20 mg of nicotine per pouch. If it receives final approval in parliament and from president Zuzana Čaputová, the rules will be effective from January 2023.
21st September 2022
EU: The European Commission has announced that it is to begin the “Targeted revision of the EU system of tobacco traceability”, which has been assigned to Committee C47900. The Commission plans to adopt the revision in the fourth quarter of 2022. Currently, traceability obligations apply only to cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco, but from 20th May 2024, they will be extended to all tobacco products.
21st September 2022
Spain: The largest anti-tobacco organisation in Spain, the Smoking Prevention Committee (CNPT), has launched a campaign against tobacco and nicotine products with the hashtag #stophumotabaconicotina (stop smoke, tobacco, and nicotine). The CNPT is urging the government to pass the regulations on tobacco and vaping products that it announced several months ago.
21st September 2022
EU: Sources within the Council of the European Union have told TobaccoIntelligence that the Working Party on Public Health today agreed to raise no objections to the Commission Delegated Directive on the withdrawal of certain exemptions for heated tobacco products, and amending the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) to place a flavour ban on heat-not-burn (HnB) products. The decision must be confirmed next week by the Permanent Representatives Committee (Coreper) before moving on to the Council (ministerial level). The scrutiny period, during which the Council and the European Parliament can raise objections, ends on 29th October.
21st September 2022
Netherlands: The government is planning to make smoking more expensive by increasing the excise tax on combustible cigarettes, cigars and smoking (rolling) tobacco – a category which is also understood to include heated tobacco consumables. Under the 2023 Tax Plan, the rate will rise to €211.24 per kg on 1st April 2023, and again to €261.58 per kg on 1st April 2024. The proposal has yet to be approved by the House of Representatives and the Senate.
16th September 2022
16th September 2022
- EU: The European Commission has recently published the tentative agenda for forthcoming Commission meetings, which includes the list of items that will be discussed. The revision of the tobacco taxation Directive is among the items to be discussed through an oral procedure, a discussion that is expected to take place on 7th December 2022. The revision seeks to harmonise the taxation of new products, such as heated tobacco products and modern oral products.
16th September 2022
- EU: On 21st September, the Council of the European Union Working Party on Public Health is set to discuss the Commission Delegated Directive on the withdrawal of certain exemptions in respect of heated tobacco products, amending the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) to establish a flavour ban for heat-not-burn (HnB) products. The discussion comes within the scrutiny period that the delegated directive has to undergo, which was extended on 18th July by the Agriculture and Fisheries Council for two months more.
