LATEST ALERTS
Belarus: Under a December 2022 amendment to the Tax Law, heated tobacco consumables will be taxed until 31st March at BYN226.68 (€84) per
Slovenia: The new excise duty now in force, until 30th April, for heated tobacco products is €110 per kg.
Hungary: From 1st January, the new excise duty on chewing tobacco and nicotine pouches is HUF25,960 (€65.30) per kg.
Portugal: Ordinance 154/2022 entered into force on 1st January 2023. It sets new rules for smoking rooms, such as size, ventilation and signage.
Portugal: As of 1st January 2023, heated tobacco tax increased to €0.0896 per g. The total tax on heated tobacco cannot amount to
Germany: As of 1st January 2023, heated tobacco tax increased. Heated tobacco tax consists of a combination of the tax rate for pipe
Austria: According to the Packaging Ordinance of 2014, as of 1st January 2023 manufacturers of tobacco products with filters, or filters for use
Albania: As of 1st January 2023, heated and oral tobacco tax increased to ALL7,250 (€60.86) per kg.
Estonia: As of 1st January 2023, the heated tobacco consumables tax has increased to €107 per kg.
Lithuania: As of 1st January 2023, the heated tobacco consumables tax has increased to €60.20 per 1,000 units, as planned.
UK: Nottinghamshire Trading Standards will receive additional funding to raise its inspection capacities specifically for shops selling age-restricted products like e-cigarettes. Trading Standards
UK: A shop in Taunton has been closed following a seizure of 119 pouches and a large amount of illegal e-cigarettes, in addition to
Serbia: As of 1st January 2023, heated tobacco is subject to a higher tax rate compared to the previous year. Instead of 60%
Iceland: The Law amending various laws to accommodate the Budget for 2023 was published in the Official Gazette on 30th December 2022. The law amends
Poland: Following the excise duty amendment that was approved last year, as of 1st January 2023, the excise duty on heated tobacco has increased
Romania: Following the amendment to the Excise Duty Act that was implemented in July 2022, as of 1st January 2023, the excise duty
Italy: Parliament approved the 2023 Budget Law on 29th December 2022 which slightly amends the planned increase in heated tobacco excise duty for 2023 and the following
Ukraine: The Antimonopoly Committee has started a case against Philip Morris Sales and Distribution for spreading unconfirmed information about the health risks of
Italy: The anti-corruption non-governmental organisation (NGO) Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and its partners revealed last year that cigarette brands were
Italy: If Parliament fails to approve the 2023 Budget Bill by 31st December 2022, the excise duty increase introduced by the 2021 Budget would apply
EU: Organisers of the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) “Call to achieve a tobacco-free environment and the first European tobacco-free generation by 2030” have set 16th January 2023
EU: Sara Skyttedal, Swedish member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the European People’s Party, yesterday submitted a priority parliamentary question asking the
EU: Yesterday, 20th December, we published an alert about the delegated regulation amending Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 (CLP regulation) adopted by the European Commission
Netherlands: The Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport has announced a public consultation to ban tobacco-free nicotine products for oral use, such as
EU: Yesterday, 19th December, the European Commission (EC) adopted a draft delegated regulation amending Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 on hazard classes and criteria for
Hungary: Provisions to include tobacco- and nicotine-free herbal sticks compatible with heating devices in tobacco legislation were published yesterday, 19th December, in the Official
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
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
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
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
