Regulatory report: Hungary, March 2022
22nd March 2022 | Regulatory reports |
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the current regulatory framework for vaping products in Hungary
Regulatory reports / Hungary
COVID-19 online markets tracker
14th August 2020 | Regulatory reports |
This interactive tracking tool presents online traffic changes in the vape retail sector across 32 countries, including analysis of total online traffic evolution per country, total regional online traffic by retailer type, and changes in domestic traffic.
Regulatory report: Hungary lowers e-liquids excise tax rates
2nd March 2020 | Regulatory reports |
This regulatory report covers the current restrictions in place in Hungary, focusing on aspects such as age restrictions, tax, enforcement, labelling and packaging, plus more
Hungary regulatory report: tough rules but weakening enforcement
23rd April 2018 | Regulatory reports |
The regulation of vaping products in Hungary is substantially derived from the European TPD, but remains the most severe in the EU – although enforcement of many of the rules does appear to be slackening
Hungary opens for vaping trade, but with stiff restrictions
10th March 2017 | Regulatory reports |
Hungary has finally opened its market for sale of nicotine e-cigarettes by adopting changes to its national tobacco laws and aligning them with TPD standards. Nevertheless, Hungarian regulation remains among the most severe in Europe. Enforcement of the ban on cross-border and online sales is very efficient, making it almost impossible to buy vaping products online in Hungary. Hungary is also one of the few EU states to have banned flavours.
Could e-cigarettes be the next battleground for plain packaging?
10th June 2016 | Regulatory reports |
As the tobacco industry braces itself for a global epidemic of plain-packaging legislation, there have been calls for the controversial measure to be applied to e-cigarettes too.
Hungary regulatory report: an end to mandatory pharma licensing
13th November 2015 | Market reports , Regulatory reports |
Hungary’s transposition of the EU Tobacco Products Directive will do away with the current mandatory pharmaceutical licensing requirement for e-cigarettes – which has resulted in no nicotine-containing products being legal in the country – and allow them to be sold as consumer products. As this great change approaches, our in-depth report on Hungary includes: Regulatory landscape • Current national regulatory framework • Age restrictions • Packaging and product restrictions • Notification requirements • Retailing restrictions (including cross-border and distance sales) • Public usage • Advertising and marketing restrictions • Taxation • Case law • Enforcement • The missing pieces of the TPD jigsaw • Graphic: how Hungarian e-cigarette regulation will change
E-cigarette regulation and outlook in Hungary, July 2015
17th July 2015 | Regulatory reports |
Regulatory landscape • Current national regulatory framework • Product categorisation • Age restrictions • Packaging and product restrictions • Public usage • Advertising and marketing restrictions • Taxation • Case law • Enforcement • The missing pieces from the TPD jigsaw • Graphic: how Hungarian e-cigarette regulation will change