Regulatory and market intelligence for the e-cigarette sector
2021 is sure to be another significant year for the vaping industry across the globe, with a bunch of new regulations on the horizon – and hopefully a light at the end of the Covid-19 tunnel
Seven months after more than halving the tax on e-liquids, Hungary’s government has changed its mind and is proposing an increase to comply with EU demands
The postponement of the 2020 Conference of the Parties (COP9) to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) to next year could be good news for the tobacco alternatives sector
The Hungarian parliament is considering reducing tax on nicotine-containing e-liquids, while bringing in taxation and other restrictions on those without nicotine
Health authorities around the world presented their policies against e-cigarettes and novel tobacco products World No Tobacco Day (WNTD)
An expected increase in e-liquid taxes in Hungary will not take place.
Hungary has implemented the European TPD, finally opening up its market to nicotine e-cigarettes – but its regulatory regime remains the most severe in Europe.
Estonia is preparing to impose an excise tax on e-liquids “to eliminate unequal competition between alternative and classical tobacco products”.
While seven EU member states have gone ahead with their own tax schemes for e-cigarettes, the European Commission is still considering the matter and seeking public and industry opinion.
With flavoured e-liquids continuing to be targeted by those campaigning against e-cigarettes, Hungary has moved to ban all flavouring additives in e-liquids as part of their implementation of the EU’s Tobacco Products Directive.
Regulatory authorities across Europe are experiencing a rush of notifications as the TPD November 20th 2016 deadline approaches.
The EU has begun infringement proceedings against the majority of its member states for either tardy or poor transposition of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) into national regulations.
New e-cigarette taxes are due to be introduced in Hungary and Slovenia, bringing to eight the number of European countries which impose special levies on the products.
This new infographic from ECigIntelligence examines the state of e-cigarette regulation and transposition of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) throughout the European Union.
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