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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.
2nd February 2023
Italy: The Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) has updated the list of websites that do not comply with the long-distance sales and advertising restrictions for tobacco products. The ADM will block the websites that are still non-compliant on 12th February 2023.18th January 2023
Italy: Health minister Orazio Schillaci told a meeting of the Chamber of Deputies Social Affairs Committee that he intends to update the anti-smoking law by extending the smoking ban to public places frequented by children and pregnant women, eliminating smoking rooms in public places, and equating heated tobacco use and vaping with smoking. A bill to that effect may be introduced in the parliament soon.
13th January 2023
- Italy: The Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) has updated the retail prices and excise duties on heated tobacco consumables.
9th January 2023
9th January 2023
- Italy: Parliament approved the 2023 Budget Law on 29th December 2022 which slightly amends the planned increase in heated tobacco excise duty for 2023 and the following years. Heated tobacco products are taxed at 36.5% of the duty on the equivalent quantity of cigarettes in 2023, 38% in 2024, 39.5% in 2025, and 41% in 2026. The ADM has updated the retail prices and excise duties on heated tobacco consumables.
21st December 2022
- Italy: The anti-corruption non-governmental organisation (NGO) Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and its partners revealed last year that cigarette brands were introduced onto the market which contained “more menthol flavoring than legally allowed”, and accused a tobacco company of deliberately introducing new brands of cigarettes with menthol in them but hiding this fact from the authorities. In March 2022, Italy’s customs agency banned two brands, but their manufacturer appealed against the decision and the courts allowed for their reintroduction – although the company subsequently opted not to reintroduce them. An appeal by customs authorities is under consideration by a court in Rome.
21st December 2022
- Italy: If Parliament fails to approve the 2023 Budget Bill by 31st December 2022, the excise duty increase introduced by the 2021 Budget would apply at least for January 2023. Heated tobacco products would be taxed at 40% of the duty on the equivalent quantity of cigarettes, instead of the 36.5% proposed by the 2023 Budget Bill.
16th December 2022
- Italy: The Revenue Agency has introduced a tax code for nicotine pouches to remit the excise duties through the F-24 excise form. Nicotine pouches were regulated in February 2022 by Law 15/2022, which created a new tax category for nicotine pouches in the Consolidated Law on Excise Duties, bringing them under the control of the Customs and Monopoly Agency (ADM). Nicotine pouch excise duty amounts to €22/kg and tax stamps will be mandatory starting 1st January 2023. The law does not feature any restrictions on pouch ingredients, packaging or advertising.
1st December 2022
Italy: The Chamber of Deputies Budget Committee begins discussions today on the 2023 Budget Bill, which would slightly amend the planned increase in heated tobacco excise duty for 2023 and the following years. Heated tobacco products would be taxed at 36.5% of the duty on the equivalent quantity of cigarettes in 2023, 38% in 2024, 39.5% in 2025 and 41% in 2026. The bill has not yet been introduced in Parliament.
25th November 2022
- Italy: Local media leaked the first draft of the 2023 Budget Bill, which would slightly amend the planned increase in heated tobacco product excise duty for 2023 and the following years. Heated tobacco products would be taxed at 36.5% of the excise duty on the equivalent quantity of cigarettes in 2023, 38% in 2024, 39.5% in 2025 and 41% in 2026. The bill has not yet been introduced in Parliament.
15th November 2022
Italy: The Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) has updated the retail prices and excise duties on heated tobacco consumables.
