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Portugal: Parliament has published the final text of the State Budget 2023, which increases the specific heated tobacco tax from €0.0845 to €0.0896
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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
Belgium: The 2022-2028 Strategy for a Tobacco-Free Generation has been agreed by a joint group of federal and regional health ministers. The plan sets several objectives, including banning
Austria: Health minister Johannes Rauch is working on an amendment to the Tobacco and Non-Smoker Protection Law to extend the range of public
Ukraine: The Ministry of Finance plans to increase the fee for excise stamps on heated tobacco products and e-liquids from UAH0.091 (€0.0023) to
Sweden: Bill 2021/22:245, presented in May by the previous government, has been adopted by the Riksdag (parliament) together with the 2023 Budget Bill. It will
Georgia: Amendments to the Law on Tobacco Control came into effect yesterday, postponing the requirement for standardised plain packaging of tobacco products to
Slovakia: The government has approved the National Action Plan for the control of tobacco and related products, seeking to improve smoking prevention among
Belarus: Temporary licensing of imports of heated tobacco consumables has been introduced by Resolution of the Council of Ministers, media reports. Tobacco sticks
Hungary: Parliament last week adopted a law closing a legal loophole that allowed nicotine-free herbal sticks compatible with heating devices to be sold in
Slovenia: A regulation setting new excise duties on heated tobacco products has been published in the Official Gazette. The tax will be set at €110 per
13th December 2022 - Europe |
EU: Swedish MEP Johan Nissinen, of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group, has submitted a parliamentary question, asking whether the European Commission has any plans to
Iceland: A bill to amend the Tobacco Control Act No. 6/2022 by transposing the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) into the Icelandic legal framework has been submitted to the
Iceland: An amendment to Regulation 991/2022 on the packaging of nicotine products has been published in the Official Gazette, deferring the entry into force of certain labelling
Belarus: Finance minister Yury Seliverstov has announced planned increases in 2023 in excise duties on tobacco products, bringing them level with Russian rates,
Austria: The Austrian government has notified a bill to the European Commission's TRIS database to amend the Children and Young People Act. The
Russia: The Ministry of Finance is proposing to gradually bring excise rates on nicotine-containing e-liquids and heated tobacco consumables to the same level
Slovakia: The government approved the National Action Plan for the control of tobacco and related products, media reports. With the plan, the ministry
12th December 2022 - Europe |
EU: On 9th December, the Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional political agreement on the new battery regulation. The new regulation
Germany: According to a survey held by the Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), the largest biomedical research institute in Germany, more than three quarters of
Slovenia: The government has announced that the Health Inspectorate is planning to step up action against the use of tobacco products in public places. Since
Ireland: The newly published Healthy Ireland survey 2022 shows 18% of the population are current smokers, 14% smoking daily and 4% occasionally; those in the 25-34
France: The National Assembly approved the 2023 Social Security Financing Bill, introducing two tax categories for heated tobacco products and an annual tax
5th December 2022 - Europe, Netherlands |
Netherlands: In the letter to Parliament, Maarten van Ooijen, state secretary for health, welfare and sport, proposed measures to further strengthen the approach
2nd December 2022 - Europe |
EU: The European Commission's proposal for the Tobacco Excise Directive (TED) will not be published on 7th December, as previously expected. It is
Austria: The majority of Parliament has approved the Budget Accompanying Bill 2023, which will implement a gradual increase in heated tobacco tax, starting at €164 per
2nd December 2022 - Europe, Switzerland |
Switzerland: The draft bill to amend the Tobacco Products Act, which proposes to ban all tobacco and e-cigarette advertisements, has received criticism from
1st December 2022 - Europe |
EU: The period to submit comments on the European Commission Draft Implementing Regulation amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/574 on technical standards for a traceability system for tobacco products
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
1st December 2022 - Europe, Netherlands |
Netherlands: Four organisations have launched a citizens’ initiative to achieve a nicotine-free generation. They want the age limit for the sale of cigarettes,
1st December 2022 - Europe |
EU: In a move that may affect the packaging of novel tobacco products, the European Commission yesterday issued a proposal to revise the
Slovenia: A regulation setting out new excise duties for heated tobacco was published today for consideration by ministers. It would increase the applicable rate to €110 per
30th November 2022 - Europe, Switzerland |
Georgia: The requirement for standardised plain packaging on tobacco products, which should have come into force on 31st December 2022 under the current
Sweden:Â Following the impact assessment on the Tobacco Excise Directive (TED), European Commission spokesman Daniel Ferrie has said Sweden will maintain full freedom to
Bulgaria: A bill to amend the Law on Excise and Tax Warehouses was approved at its first reading in the National Assembly. It would increase excise duties on tobacco
Ukraine: Bill 8237 was registered yesterday in the Verkhovna Rada (parliament), seeking to introduce an electronic excise system for tobacco products from 1st
29th November 2022 - Europe |
EU: EU negotiators hope to reach a compromise on the new Battery Regulation during a final session on 9th December, media reports. The
Lithuania: Parliament approved Bill XIIIP-3603(3) which, starting 1st January 2025, introduces the so-called tobacco products shops – points-of-sale that sell only tobacco and tobacco-related products. The
Germany: The federal government has introduced the Disposable Plastic Fund Bill, in which manufacturers of single-use plastic must pay an annual fee into a central
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
Portugal: Today, the government approved the State Budget 2023 with amendments, media reports. The Budget included a proposal to increase the specific heated
25th November 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Junior health secretary, Neil O'Brien, said that the government has asked the Committee on Toxicity of Food, Consumer Products and the Environment to
25th November 2022 - Czech Republic, Europe |
Czech Republic: The State Agricultural and Food Inspection Authority has informed economic operators about Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/2100, which entered into force on
Lithuania: Parliament has approved Bill XIVP-2036(2), strengthening the Drug, Tobacco and Alcohol Control Department (NTAKD)’s power to shut down illegal advertising and online sales
24th November 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Asked if and when the long-anticipated Tobacco Control Plan might be published, junior health minister Lord Markham told the Lords (Parliament’s upper house) the government
Ukraine: Bill 8215, which would ban the importation and transporting of tobacco products from Belarus during the period of martial law and/or state
23rd November 2022 - Europe |
EU: Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/2100, setting out a flavour ban on heated tobacco products across the EU, comes into force today, following the publication of the directive in
Finland: According to the Finnish National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health (Valvira) and Finnish Customs, high-concentration nicotine pouches (more than 4 mg
Slovenia:Â Concerns over the widespread use of new tobacco and nicotine products by minors were raised yesterday during a public conference held by the
