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22nd July 2022
Paraguay: On 18th July 2022 president Mario Abdo approved Paraguay’s ratification of the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products, an international treaty adopted in 2012 by parties to the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) with the objective of eliminating all forms of illicit trade in tobacco products. The country’s accession to the protocol might pave the way for the future enactment of new requirements applicable to tobacco products.8th July 2022
- Paraguay: On 6th July the Chamber of Deputies approved the country’s ratification of the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products, an international treaty adopted in 2012 by parties to the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). The ratification was approved by the Senate on 23rd May 2022, as we previously reported on, and it now awaits the president’s approval or veto.
23rd May 2022
Paraguay: The Senate last week approved the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products, an international treaty adopted in 2012 by parties to the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). The matter now moves on to the Chamber of Deputies, whose approval is required before Paraguay ratifies the treaty.
22nd March 2022
Paraguay: The government is currently discussing with the Senate the immediate enactment of a bill that would increase the tax on tobacco products from 20% (in force since February) to 22%, press reports. The tax rise is in response to the government’s plan to subsidise oil in order to keep its price stable.
9th March 2022
- Paraguay: The National Health Surveillance Authority (DINAVISA) confirmed to TobaccoIntelligence that nicotine pouches are regulated by Decision 153/2021 on requirements to register e-cigarettes and other nicotine delivery systems and that they must not be encompassed within the definition of “tobacco products” of Law 5.538/2015. As a result, tobacco-free pouches are subject to the same notification requirements and labelling restrictions as electronic cigarettes.
