Market & legal data in the tobacco alternatives sector in Slovakia

19th April 2024: Slovakia: The Ministry of Finance has submitted a draft amendment to the Act on Excise Tax on Tobacco Products to the interdepartmental comment procedure, media reports. The amendment seeks to tax e-liquids and nicotine pouches starting next year. The tax would gradually increase in the following years.
10th April 2024: Slovakia: Last month, the amendment to the Act on the Production, Labelling, and Sale of Tobacco and Related Products regarding the ban on flavoured heated tobacco products was published in the collection of laws. The amendment seeking to implement the Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/2100, which is behind schedule (the deadline was 23rd October 2023), will be in force as of 1st January 2025.
9th April 2024: Slovakia: The government will seek to consolidate public finances next year, media reports. This would include a tobacco tax increase as well as the introduction of e-cig and nicotine pouch taxation in 2025. These measures would need to be approved by the parliament.
28th February 2024: Slovakia: Yesterday (27th February), president Zuzana Čaputová signed an amendment to the Act on the Production, Labelling, and Sale of Tobacco and Related Products regarding the ban on flavoured heated tobacco products, media reports. The amendment implementing the Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/2100 – which is behind schedule, as the original deadline was 23rd October 2023 – will enter into force on 1st January 2025.
14th February 2024: Slovakia: Yesterday (13th February), the National Council (Parliament) approved the amendment to the Act on the Production, Labelling, and Sale of Tobacco and Related Products regarding the ban on flavoured heated tobacco products (HTPs), media reports. If signed by the president, the amendment seeking to implement Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/2100 – which is behind schedule as the deadline was 23rd October 2023 – would be in force as of 1st January 2025.
1st February 2024: Slovakia: The tobacco tax rate for smokeless tobacco products (a tax category for heated tobacco products) has increased from €187.80 per kg to €211.30 per kg from today, 1st February 2024.
20th December 2023: Slovakia: A government bill that seeks to change several laws in connection with the improvement of the state of public finances – including the law on tobacco taxes – was approved yesterday by the National Council (parliament), media reports. If signed by the president, the tobacco tax rate for smokeless tobacco products (a tax category for heated tobacco products) would be increased to €211.30 per kg from 1st February 2024 to 31st January 2026.
20th November 2023: Slovakia: Ján Richter, chairman of the parliamentary club of the Smer-SD, the biggest ruling party, has said that the government plans to increase taxes on tobacco and alcohol from the beginning of next year, press reports. The adoption of tax amendments is expected in December of this year.
16th November 2023: Slovakia: According to a check by the Slovak Trade Inspection, one out of three under-age consumers can buy tobacco products, including heated tobacco and e-cigarettes, without any problems, media reports. Out of more than 600 purchases in bricks-and-mortar outlets, such products were sold to under-18s in 224 cases. In addition, online outlets were reportedly checked, and a fifth of them did not use a functional age-verification system.
14th November 2023: Slovakia: The new government has announced in the financial policy section of its programme statement that it plans to adjust the state taxation policy – including increasing excise tax on tobacco products – media reports.
3rd November 2023: Slovakia: Yesterday, 2nd November, the government approved a new version of the draft amendment to the law on the production, labelling and sale of tobacco and related products to introduce a ban on flavoured heated tobacco products (HTPs), media reports. If adopted by the parliament and signed by the president, the amendment seeking to implement the Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/2100 behind schedule (23rd October) would be in force as of 1st March 2024.

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