Alternative tobacco and nicotine products in Hungary
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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.
11th August 2022
Hungary: The standstill period for the EU TRIS notification of a bill to restrict sales of herbal nicotine-free sticks compatible with heated tobacco devices to national tobacco shops only ends tomorrow, 12th August. The bill also seeks to apply certain advertising restrictions to these products.
12th July 2022
Hungary: The Supervisory Authority for Regulatory Activities (SZFTH) has provided TobaccoIntelligence with sales data on heated tobacco products, chewing tobacco and nicotine pouches. In 2021, 1.6bn sticks of heated tobacco were sold, twice the 2020 figure. From January through May 2022, 996m heated tobacco sticks were sold. Sales of chewing tobacco fell with the introduction of nicotine pouches to the Hungarian market, from 1.4 tonnes in 2019 to 269 kg in 2020, 776 kg in 2021 and 326 kg for the first five months of 2022. There were 8.2 tonnes of nicotine pouches sold in 2021, up from 1.8 tonnes in 2020. In the first five months of 2022, nicotine pouch sales amounted to 5.2 tonnes.
1st July 2022
- Hungary: Pursuant to Government Decree 197/2022, the new excise duty applicable to heated tobacco products, chewing tobacco products and nicotine pouches starts today, 1st July. As we previously reported, heated tobacco products will now be taxed at HUF35 (€0.09) per stick, and chewing tobacco products and nicotine pouches will be taxed at HUF24,780 (€62.25) per kg.
29th June 2022
Hungary:Â The Ministry of Finance told TobaccoIntelligence today that 1.084bn heated tobacco consumables were released onto the market between January and May, bringing in an estimated revenue of HUF16.3bn ($43m) in excise duty. In the same period 394m kg of nicotine pouches raised an estimated HUF9.2bn ($24.4m) in duty, while 4.54m kg of smokeless tobacco yielded an estimated HUF100m ($270,000).
27th June 2022
Hungary: The Supervisory Authority for Regulated Activities (SZTFH) has announced the rejection by the EU of Hungary’s request through TRIS notification to include nicotine-free herbal sticks compatible with tobacco-heating devices under tobacco regulation.
7th June 2022
- Hungary: Government Decree 197/2022 was published in the Official Gazette on 4th June. The Decree establishes new excise duties for heated tobacco products, oral tobacco products that are not banned – such as chewing tobacco – and nicotine pouches. Starting 1st July 2022, the applicable excise duty for heated tobacco will be HUF35 (€0.090) per stick. From 1st July 2022 until 31st December 2022, the applicable excise duty for oral tobacco products and nicotine pouches will be HUF24,780 (€63) per kg and, from 1st January 2023, nicotine pouches and oral tobacco products will be subject to an excise duty of HUF25,960 (€66) per kg.
16th May 2022
- Hungary: An amendment to tobacco legislation to address a legal loophole that causes herbal nicotine-free sticks compatible with heating devices intended for heated tobacco consumption being sold outside national tobacco shops is currently being considered, local press reports. The loophole arises from the fact that these products do not fall within the scope of tobacco legislation because they do not contain either nicotine or tobacco. The amendment will presumably only seek to include these herbal nicotine-free products within the retail restrictions set out in the tobacco legislation.
1st April 2022
- Hungary: The Ministry of Finance told TobaccoIntelligence that no formal decision has been reached yet on the tax increase for heated tobacco products that is currently being reviewed, thus the guidelines to follow remain unknown.
30th March 2022
Hungary: The Ministry of Finance has told TobaccoIntelligence that a possible tax increase on heated tobacco products is under review. The current rate is HUF15 (€0.04) per consumable stick.
9th March 2022
- Hungary: The Ministry of Finance told TobaccoIntelligence that the excise duties applicable to smokeless tobacco products, currently at HUF19,160 (€50) per kg, generated an estimated revenue of HUF3.6bn (€9.5m) in 2021.
