LATEST ALERTS
Spain: European Parliament members (MEPs) Nicolás González Casares and Domènec Ruiz Devesa of the Spanish Socialist Party, have urged the European Commission to regulate
Sign Up
Access our regulatory alerts and get timely notifications sent to your inbox for 7 days
Your display name will appear here.
Please enter a username.
31st May 2023 - Europe |
EU: The European commissioner for health and food safety, Stella Kyriakides, has released an official statement marking World No Tobacco Day (today, 31st
31st May 2023 - Czech Republic, Europe |
Czech Republic: Yesterday, the Chamber of Deputies (lower chamber of parliament) adopted the bill – which was previously returned by the Senate with
Ukraine: Yesterday, the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) adopted Bill 9206, amending the Advertising Act. The bill, among other things, specifically bans the product placement
31st May 2023 - Czech Republic, Europe |
France: A bill to regulate the activities of influencers on social media and electronic platforms, banning any direct or indirect promotion of nicotine-containing products, has
Slovenia: Ahead of tomorrow’s World No Tobacco Day (31st May), the Ministry of Health has published a statement on progress towards a “Slovenia free of
Germany: In answer to a question put by Bundestag member Rita Hagl-Kehl of the governing Social Democratic Party (SPD), state secretary Ophelia Nick said the
Germany: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of the Environment have notified through the European Commission’s TRIS database an ordinance on the tax
France: Health minister François Braun has once again expressed his intention to raise the excise duty on heated tobacco products through the 2024 Social Security Financing
Finland: The industry association Vapers Finland has criticised the latest government proposal on nicotine pouches. The government intends to add a definition of
Spain: Yesterday's local and regional elections resulted in a setback for the ruling Socialist Party, and today president Pedro Sánchez announced that parliamentary
Portugal: A bill to amend the Tobacco Law was tabled in Parliament. The bill introduces a definition for heated tobacco products, expands public usage restrictions,
25th May 2023 - Europe, Switzerland |
Switzerland: Following the adoption of the people’s initiative “Children without Tobacco”, which calls for a ban on tobacco and vaping advertising aimed at
25th May 2023 - Czech Republic, Europe |
Czech Republic: The Ministry of Finance has published a bill which would introduce a tax of CZK3.45 (€0.15) per g on nicotine pouches
24th May 2023 - Europe, Switzerland |
Switzerland: The National Council Committee for Economic Affairs and Taxation has submitted a motion calling on the Federal Council to draft a report on the taxation
Belgium: British American Tobacco (BAT) is to take a challenge to Belgium’s highest administrative court, the Council of State, against the royal decree banning nicotine
Lithuania: The Seimas (parliament) has approved the government’s 12-year agenda on drug, tobacco and alcohol control, which aims to reduce supply and consumption,
Ukraine: Bill 9315, prohibiting the sale of tobacco products, including heated and chewing tobacco, in duty-free shops, has been registered in the Verkhovna
23rd May 2023 - Czech Republic, Europe |
Czech Republic: The Ministry of Health has told TobaccoIntelligence that the ministerial decree on nicotine pouches, setting a limit of 12 mg of
Norway: The Health Directorate told TobaccoIntelligence that to date no heated tobacco products or nicotine pouches have been approved to be marketed in
Slovenia: The National Public Health Institute has published a FAQ website on heated tobacco products, in which the Institute considers that "heated tobacco products threaten
22nd May 2023 - Europe, Netherlands |
Netherlands: The government's business contact centre – Business.gov.nl – has confirmed to TobaccoIntelligence that from 1st July 2023, domestic and cross-border distance sales
19th May 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: During yesterday’s (18th May) debate of the Finance Bill (2), members of Parliament questioned tax treatment of heated tobacco and e-cigarettes, and raised the
19th May 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Discussing plastic pollution, member of Parliament Richard Foord raised the role of disposables, cartridges and cigarette butts in the pollution of oceans.
Estonia: The bill to increase heated tobacco and nicotine pouch excise duty to €112.40/kg in 2024, €118/kg in 2025 and €124/kg in 2026 passed the
Finland: As noted in our compliance calendar, manufacturers and importers of tobacco products must submit market data to the National Supervisory Authority for
Portugal: Following the announcement by the Council of Ministers of a bill to amend the Tobacco Law, deputies from the governing Socialist Party have called the
17th May 2023 - Europe |
EU: The minutes of a meeting of the Expert Group on Tobacco Policy held on 3rd May 2023 were published yesterday. During the meeting, chaired by DG-Santé and
17th May 2023 - Czech Republic, Europe |
Estonia: The government has introduced a bill to increase excise duty on heated tobacco products and nicotine pouches to €112.40 per kg in 2024, €118 in
France: Health minister François Braun has said that he aims to increase heated tobacco excise duty with the 2024 Social Security Financing Bill,
15th May 2023 - Europe |
EU: Tomorrow, 16th May, the public consultation of the revision of the EU tobacco control framework, namely the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) and
Ukraine: At the beginning of May, the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) adopted in the first reading Bill 9206, which amends the Advertising Act by
12th May 2023 - Czech Republic, Europe |
Czech Republic: Yesterday, the government proposed its public finance consolidation package, which seeks to increase the heated tobacco tax, among other things, media
Ukraine: MPs from the government “Servant of the People” party have registered Bill 9227-1 (as an alternative to Bill 9227), which also seeks
Romania: A bill that would ban public use of heated tobacco has been submitted to the Senate. The use of heat-not-burn (HnB) devices is currently
Finland: The Ministry of Health announced today that the Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency (Tukes) and other authorities will decide whether an interim
Portugal: The Council of Ministers has announced that it will present a bill to transpose Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/2100 into national law, amending the Tobacco Law. It will
9th May 2023 - Europe |
EU: French MEP Jean-Paul Garraud has submitted a parliamentary question to the European Commission about the European Ombudsman’s recent finding that there was a lack of
Italy: The Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) has told TobaccoIntelligence that Article 39-ter of Legislative Decree 504/1995 extends the tax framework for heated
EU: Swedish MEP Johan Nissinen has submitted a parliamentary question asking the European Commission whether it can explain the fact that all types of chewing
Latvia: A bill to ban heated tobacco flavours, implementing an EU delegated directive, will be debated by the Saeima (parliament) on 11th May. It is
4th May 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: In answer to a written parliamentary question, junior health minister Neil O’Brien said there were no current plans to increase the purchasing age
Slovenia: Excise duty on heated tobacco products rose yesterday to from €110 to €116 per kg of tobacco. That rate will apply until 1st
Russia: President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a bill tightening regulation of heated tobacco products. The new law restricts retail sale of
Denmark: The Ministry of Health has submitted to Parliament a bill to adopt the EU definition of heated tobacco and ban heated tobacco flavours. If adopted,
Russia: Bill 332229-8, which would tighten regulations for heated tobacco and heating devices, has been approved by the Federal Council (upper chamber of
Finland: Finland has submitted the draft of the government's proposal to amend the Tobacco Act regarding nicotine pouches to the EU Technical Regulations
