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6th November 2023
Netherlands: The Council of Ministers has agreed to the proposal by health secretary Maarten Van Ooijen on a registration obligation for points-of-sale of tobacco and related products, including e-cigarettes. The registration obligation, to be introduced in 2024, would help with both the monitoring and enforcement of sales rules. The corresponding changes would need to be added to the Dutch legal framework.31st October 2023
- Netherlands: The House of Representatives (lower chamber of parliament) has approved the 2024 Tax Plan. It seeks to further increase the excise tax on cigarettes and smoking tobacco from April 2024, among other things, media reports. Given that heated tobacco consumables are taxed at a rate reserved for smoking tobacco in the Netherlands, this change would influence heated tobacco taxation. According to the 2024 Tax Plan, the tax is to be further increased to €338.98 per kg (instead of €266.98, as was proposed last year in the 2023 Tax Plan) from 1 April 2024. The Senate would need to approve this proposal.
31st October 2023
- Netherlands: Members of the House of Representatives (lower chamber of parliament) submitted a motion requesting the government to investigate the possibility of imposing a national ban on cigarette filters. We believe that, if imposed, it would also be applicable to filters of heated tobacco.
26th October 2023
- Netherlands: Maarten van Ooijen, the state secretary of health, has sent a letter to inform the House of Representatives on future efforts to reduce the number of points-of-sale of tobacco and related products, to increase age restrictions from 18 to 21, and to ban nicotine pouches. Van Ooijen said that given the outgoing status of the current cabinet, any decisions on additional measures on these issues will be left for the consideration of the next cabinet. He also mentioned the negative stance of the outgoing cabinet on nicotine pouches and gave a reminder that the bill amending the Tobacco and Smoking Products Act which seeks to completely ban nicotine pouches had already been submitted to the House in September.
11th October 2023
- Netherlands: According to the recent Youth Monitor on tobacco and nicotine products from the Trimbos Institute, 21.7% of Dutch youth and young adults (aged 12 to 25) have used an e-cigarette in the past year. In addition, 4.3% of young people have used nicotine pouches in the past year. The state secretary for health, welfare and sport, Maarten van Ooijen, has shared the study with the House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer, the lower chamber) via a letter, in which he expressed his concerns over the figures. Van Ooijen also listed the recently enacted and proposed changes to the tobacco and nicotine framework to make these products less appealing to young people. And he specified that possible additional measures are being considered, but did not include more details.
4th October 2023
- Netherlands: Today (4th October), the Committee for Infrastructure and Water Management of the Tweede Kamer (lower house of the parliament) is to debate various aspects of circular economy. The government intends to reduce the amount of disposable plastic, and after banning products such as plastic plates, cutlery, straws and cotton buds, it is currently developing policies to reduce the use of a number of other products, including e-cigarettes. In addition, the future use of filters with tobacco products will reportedly be discussed during the debate.
29th September 2023
- Netherlands: The Netherlands has renotified the European Commission regarding the amendment to the Tobacco and Smoking Products Regulation in connection with establishing a list of prohibited additives in e-cigarettes and tobacco products. The end of the standstill period is 20th December 2023. If further adopted, it will come into force on 1st January 2024.
29th September 2023
- Netherlands: The municipality of Vijfheerenlanden, in line with the municipality of Utrecht, has decided to prevent the establishment of new tobacconists ahead of national legislation, media reports. In light of the national plans aiming to ban the sale of tobacco and e-cigs from supermarkets as of 1st July 2024, the municipalities believe that supermarkets will renovate their shops in order to make a new entrance so that they can circumvent the prohibition and still be able to sell such products.
28th September 2023
20th September 2023
- Netherlands: The government has proposed a further increase in the excise tax on cigarettes and smoking tobacco from April 2024. Given that heated tobacco consumables are taxed at a rate reserved for smoking tobacco in the Netherlands, this change would influence heated tobacco taxation. According to the 2024 Tax Plan, from 1st April 2024, the tax is to be further increased to €338.98 per kg (instead of €266.98 per kg, as was proposed last year in the 2023 Tax Plan). The House of Representatives and the Senate would need to approve this proposal.
18th September 2023
- Netherlands: Maarten van Ooijen, the state secretary of public health, has concluded in a report to Parliament that the revised EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) will not come into force until 2027 at the earliest, media reports. Once it is in effect, EU member states should have two years to incorporate the new rules into national legislation. Van Ooijen expects that the new TPD revision will not start before 2025.
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