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8th August 2023
Hungary: The government yesterday notified the European Commission via the TRIS notification system of a bill that would regulate nicotine pouches, including product restrictions, notification and labelling requirements. These would include a ban on additives listed in Annex 4 of Government Decree 39/2013, a limit of 17 mg of nicotine per pouch, an obligation for manufacturers and importers to notify products before placing them on the market, the requirement of a health warning, and a maximum capacity of 20 pouches per box.
7th July 2023
- Hungary: Amendments to the government decree on the production, distribution and control of tobacco products, on combined warnings, and healthcare penalties were published in the Official Gazette yesterday, 6th July. The amendments transpose the EU-wide heated tobacco flavour ban set out in Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/2100. Heated tobacco products will still be considered smokeless tobacco products in Hungary. The provisions will enter into force on 23rd October 2023.
23rd June 2023
- Hungary: The government has published a draft decree seeking to transpose the EU-wide heated tobacco flavour ban set out in Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/2100. Heated tobacco products would still be considered smokeless tobacco products, thus their health warning requirements would not change.
14th April 2023
- Hungary: The government has notified a bill to the European Commission's TRIS database that would make nicotine pouches subject to the EU common product notification system for tobacco products. The bill would also enable the government to, via a decree, require that nicotine pouches carry a health warning.
8th February 2023
- Hungary: The Supervisory Authority for Regulatory Affairs has told TobaccoIntelligence that approximately 2.6bn heated tobacco sticks and 16,009,229 g of nicotine pouches were sold in Hungary in 2022. This information is retrieved from the system to which every national tobacco shop must submit information on daily stock levels and turnover.
7th February 2023
Hungary: The Ministry of Finance has told TobaccoIntelligence that approximately HUF63.8bn (€162.4m) was collected in taxes on heated tobacco products in 2022, while approximately HUF27bn (€69m) was raised in tax on nicotine pouches.
1st February 2023
10th January 2023
Hungary: From 1st January, the new excise duty on chewing tobacco and nicotine pouches is HUF25,960 (€65.30) per kg.
20th December 2022
- Hungary: Provisions to include tobacco- and nicotine-free herbal sticks compatible with heating devices in tobacco legislation were published yesterday, 19th December, in the Official Gazette. As we previously reported, the parliament adopted these provisions on 7th December. These sticks will be allowed to be sold only in national tobacco shops, and will be taxed at HUF35 ($0.092) per stick starting 1st February 2023. These provisions also include more requirements for tobacco retailers and product display.
13th December 2022
Hungary: Parliament last week adopted a law closing a legal loophole that allowed nicotine-free herbal sticks compatible with heating devices to be sold in places other than national tobacco shops, press reports. From February 2023, these sticks will also be subject to excise duty.
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.
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