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Europe
Italy
Marketing and Retailing
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
The Italian Chamber of Deputies (Camera dei Deputati) passed Legislative Decree No. 119 on urgent financial matters that includes a significant reduction in e-liquid taxation and halving excise duties for heated tobacco.
The long-awaited decree, which was approved with 310 votes in favour and 228 against, includes a decrease in the excise duties of nicotine containing e-liquids by reducing the equivalence to traditional cigarette tax from 50% to 10%.
EU
Europe
United Kingdom
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
The UK government will review the TPD in the light of the country’s coming departure from the EU, having accepted all the recommendations in the Science and Technology Committee’s report on e-cigs
EU
Europe
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
Details of legal changes, proposals and notices in 19 countries and at EU level were among 73 stories published last month by ECigIntelligence to subscribers through our daily European Live Alerts
Europe
Ukraine
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, is considering a number of legal amendments that could bring major changes to the regulation of vaping products, including taxation
EU
Europe
Netherlands
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
The Dutch government is proposing to insist on plain packaging for e-cigarette products from 2022. That is one of the startling measures proposed in the long-awaited National Prevention Agreement
EU
Europe
Sweden
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has upheld the ban on the sale of snus which has applied since 1992 in the whole EU except Sweden, which was granted an exemption under the 2014 TPD
Europe
Poland
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
The Polish government is to delay imposing excise tax on e-liquids and novel tobacco products – due to commence on 1st January 2019 – by setting a 0% rate until the end of June 2020
Europe
United Kingdom
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
The UK should relax restrictions on vaping further, according to a group of concerned members of parliament, who say people should be told second-hand vapour is no threat to health
EU
Europe
United Kingdom
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
The British government last week presented the 585-page draft withdrawal agreement which lays out how it intends the UK to leave the European Union. So what does it all mean for the e-cigarette industry
EU
Europe
United Kingdom
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
The body in charge of regulating advertising in the UK will now allow ads for e-cigarettes to promote the products’ health benefits. The ruling by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) came into effect immediately
Belgium
EU
Europe
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
Attempts by Belgium to impose new strict regulations on heated-tobacco products may run into problems with the European Union
Europe
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
The future of vaping regulation in Europe is generating interest in Brussels, where various groups have been debating the right way ahead
EU
Europe
Netherlands
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
Dutch health secretary Paul Blokhuis is to reveal this month a proposed new set of regulations on heated tobacco and e-cigarettes, part of the National Prevention Agreement on smoking, obesity and alcohol
EU
Europe
United Kingdom
Regulation and Legislation
Technology and Innovation
Regulatory briefing
Tight regulation doesn’t necessarily hamper product development, and stricter requirements could even help, according to the technical director of British tobacco harm reduction specialist Kind Consumer
Belgium
EU
Europe
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
Internet sales of heated-tobacco devices will shortly be banned in Belgium, where selling e-cigarettes online has been illegal since 2016
EU
Europe
Germany
Policy and Politics
Public Health and Medicine
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
The number of people vaping in Germany is rising, with those aged between 16 and 29 particularly drawn to e-cigarettes, according to the federal government’s latest drug and addiction report
Europe
Switzerland
Companies
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
Fifty Swiss e-cigarette manufacturers and sellers have signed up to a code of conduct voluntarily banning sales of vaping products to under-18s and advertising aimed at minors
Czech Republic
EU
Europe
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
The Czech parliament is considering a bill to introduce an excise tax next year on heated tobacco products. Under the plan, the tax rate would be set at CZK2.236 (€0.09) per gram of tobacco
EU
Europe
United Kingdom
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
The UK will next year introduce one of Europe’s highest taxes for heated tobacco (heat-not-burn) products, following an announcement in the Chancellor’s budget
EU
Europe
Italy
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
The Italian Council of Ministers has cancelled 95% of the debt owed by the country’s vaping industry for unpaid taxes on nicotine-free e-liquids
EU
Europe
United Kingdom
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
The UK Department of Health is consulting on the changes that will affect the e-cig industry if the UK leaves the EU with no deal with Brussels, especially those affecting product notifications and labelling
Europe
Switzerland
World
Policy and Politics
Public Health and Medicine
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
COP8 closed its doors in Geneva with governments struggling to regulate e-cigarettes due to the lack of scientific proof on potential risks or benefits
Europe
Switzerland
World
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
The World Health Organization (WHO) looks sure to maintain its hard line on e-cigarettes and heated tobacco at the conclusion of this week’s eighth Conference of the Parties (COP8) on tobacco control in Geneva
Europe
Switzerland
World
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
The rhetoric coming out of the eighth Conference of the Parties (COP8) in Geneva suggests the World Health Organization is unlikely to give vaping products or HnB a role in its anti-tobacco policies any time soon
Asia
EU
Europe
Kuwait
Russia
South Korea
Ukraine
Policy and Politics
Public Health and Medicine
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
The EU is calling on the World Health Organization to become more involved in regulating heated tobacco – and is urging tight advertising restrictions on the category, ECigIntelligence has learned
EU
Europe
Portugal
Spain
United Kingdom
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
All the stories from September’s European regulatory Live Alerts from ECigIntelligence can now be found on one page, ordered alphabetically by country
Europe
World
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
E-cigarettes and other tobacco alternatives are making it tougher for regulators and those who administer tobacco laws to do their jobs, the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) says in a new report.
Europe
Switzerland
World
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
The role of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco will again be discussed next week at the eighth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP8) to the WHO’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)
EU
Europe
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
Most respondents to the European Commission’s consultation on tobacco excise duties do not want a European tax on e-cigarettes. Almost 70% said the best level of tax on e-cigarettes would be no more than the VAT in each country
England
Europe
United Kingdom
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
Earlier this month ECigIntelligence managing director Tim Phillips spoke at the Global Tobacco and Nicotine Forum, looking at Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) regulations and whether legislation was advancing or holding back THR
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