Regulatory and market intelligence for the e-cigarette sector
This page covers all of our European regulatory news briefings. These include all stories relating to individual European countries, as well as more general updates and briefings from the continent as a whole. These range from changes and developments in legislation and restrictions to new proposals and policy developments.
Slovenia was among the last few countries in the EU to transpose the TPD into national law, and it is not yet fully clear how a tough regulatory regime will play out in practice
Researchers in Croatia have found that more than half the e-liquids they tested exceeded the maximum nicotine concentration level laid down by the European TPD
The Republic of Ireland is unlikely to introduce a tax on e-cigarettes or e-liquid in the near future, recent documents suggest.
2017 has already been a significant year in the short history of e-cigarettes – and there is more to come in the remaining five months of a the year
Little Luxembourg faces the highest TPD product notification fees in Europe – and the fear is it will kill off the country’s legal vape trade
UK Department of Health wants e-cigs excluded from smoke-free policies, a clear path to medical licensing – and maybe even a review of Britain’s TPD law
A proposal by Poland’s Ministry of Finance to introduce a PLN0.7 (€0.17) per ml excise tax on e-liquids faces fierce opposition from critics who say it would destroy the legal e-cig market in the country
The UK authority that oversees compliance with the EU TPD has said it will allow nicotine shots, even though they are seen by many as exploiting a loophole
The UK Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has ruled against a number of promotions on the Vype website, arguing that the claims and images went beyond offering factual information.
Sweden and Luxembourg were the last of the 28 member states to implement the Tobacco Products Directive in domestic laws, which will come into effect this summer.
Vaping has contributed to significant increases in quitting conventional cigarettes, according to new statistics from a government body.
The future of Britain’s involvement with the European Union, and with it the future of e-cig regulation in the country, remains as unclear as everything else after an inconclusive result in the UK’s latest general election.
A ruling by the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority against one vape store’s ad may be good news for others – because it clarifies what is acceptable in local newspapers.
Spain, one of the last few European Union countries to transpose the Tobacco Products Directive into national law, has now partly done so through a royal decree.
The former Soviet republics of Georgia and its neighbour Armenia are to impose new regulations on vaping.
France’s new health minister, Agnès Buzyn, may not be the biggest fan of e-cigarettes, but she may not be their biggest enemy either.
As heated tobacco products pose new questions for regulators, the UK government is holding a public consultation on potential tax regimes.
The European Commission described the TPD a year ago as the tool that “aims to improve the functioning of the internal market for tobacco and related products, while ensuring a high level of health protection for European citizens”. Twelve months on, how far are those aims being met?
An expected increase in e-liquid taxes in Hungary will not take place.
Finland has exceeded the requirements of the European Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) by banning all flavoured e-liquids except tobacco flavour.
The European Commission has published a new regulation on the classification, labelling and packaging (CLP) of substances and mixtures, including nicotine, to come into effect in December 2018.
Emmanuel Macron’s victory in the French presidential election gives the e-cigarette industry some hope for the future of the sector in the country.
A new decree clarifies the details of the workplace vaping ban in France.
Sociologist Amelia Howard will tell the 2017 Global Forum on Nicotine in Warsaw that a lack of trust in the e-cigarette industry leads governments around the world to introduce harsh measures against a low-risk product.
Austria’s Constitutional Court, the country’s highest judicial authority, has upheld the national ban on online sales of vaping products.
A contested amendment to Estonia’s Tobacco Act proposes a ban on all e-liquid flavours except tobacco as well as a prohibition on domestic distance selling of vape products.
Not all are happy about a decision to take it easy on violators of the EU Tobacco Products Directive when it formally comes into force in the UK in May.
UK regulators have shown they will still clamp down on unauthorised e-cig health claims despite a consultation which appeared to suggest a softening of stance.
Scotland’s Health Act has come into effect, compelling retailers to register if they intend to continue to sell e-cigarette products in the country.
Iceland is a step closer to passing a bill that will regulate vaping products, with EU-style legislation likely to come into force this summer.
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