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7th January 2025: Belarus: A bill “on state regulation of the production, turnover and consumption of tobacco raw materials, tobacco products, non-tobacco nicotine-containing products, liquids for electronic smoking systems, electronic smoking systems and systems for tobacco consumption” has been submitted for public discussion. The bill has been developed to organise effective control over the production and turnover of such products, including licensing requirements, state registration of the technological equipment, and requirements for the quality and safety of such products.
20th December 2024: Belarus: According to the tax law amendment, from 1st January 2025, the tax rate for e-liquids will be BYN0.85 (€0.25) per ml.
13th December 2024: Belarus: The Council of the Republic (upper house of the parliament) has adopted a bill “amending the tax law” that would increase the tax rates on tobacco and nicotine-containing products from 1st January 2025. According to the bill, the tax rate for e-liquids would increase from BYN0.81 (€0.24) to BYN0.85 (€0.25) per ml, for heated tobacco consumables from BYN352.39 (€103) per kg to BYN370.01 (€108), and for nicotine pouches from BYN97.63 (€28) to BYN102.51 (€30).
4th November 2024: Belarus: The National Assembly (a lower chamber of parliament) has adopted in the first reading a bill “amending the tax law” that would increase the tax rates on tobacco and nicotine-containing products from 1st January 2025. According to the bill, the tax rate for e-liquids would increase from BYN0.81 (€0.23) to BYN0.85 (€0.24) per ml, for heated tobacco consumables from BYN352.39 (€99) per kg to BYN370.01 (€104), and for nicotine pouches from BYN97.63 (€27) to BYN102.51 (€29).
28th October 2024: Belarus: The Ministry of Health has shared statistics saying that over the past 20 years, the number of teenagers smoking cigarettes has decreased by five times, media reports. However, 15% of high school students use vaping products. According to the statistics, one in five students in the ninth grade uses vapes. In general, 80% of school children believe that e-cigarettes are safe and many of them say that they are not going to give up vaping.
12th September 2024: Commonwealth of Independent States: The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS, an intergovernmental organisation in Eurasia, consisting of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan) has finished creating an action plan for all member states to prevent the harmful effects of tobacco and nicotine products on public health, media reports. Representatives from several member states have participated in a videoconference to discuss and make final edits to the plan. After the meeting, it was decided to get the plan approved domestically and then submit it to the CIS Council of Heads of Government for further review.
12th August 2024: EAEU: The Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) – the executive body of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) – has told ECigIntelligence that the revised draft of the technical regulation for nicotine-containing products was recently reviewed at a meeting of the working group held on 16th July. At the meeting, it was decided to conduct a metrological expertise and regulatory impact assessments of the regulation. The EEC also said the draft regulation will have to undergo the internal approval process and further consideration at the meetings of the EEC and the EEC Council. The draft would provide the common product, notification and labelling requirements for vaping products and heated tobacco for all EAEU member states. However, considering the recent ban on vaping products in Kazakhstan, we understand the standard rules, if adopted, would not apply in Kazakhstan in relation to vaping products.
15th July 2024: Belarus: The issue of banning e-cigarettes in Belarus is being discussed and a corresponding bill may be submitted for consideration in the near future, said Viktor Kondratovich, member of the Council of the Republic (upper house of the parliament) and chief physician of the Minsk City Clinical Oncology Centre. He said the ban was discussed at the council’s last session. “The task has been set by the chairman of the Council of the Republic to work out this issue and submit a bill banning electronic cigarettes in our country,” Kondratovich said on a state-owned TV channel.
4th March 2024: Belarus: During the state inspection, the Gomel Regional Inspectorate of the State Standard identified retailers selling e-cigarettes that did not comply with the requirements of current legislation. In 2024 alone, the inspectorate has banned the sale of 47 types of e-cigarette that exceeded the maximum nicotine concentration of 20 mg/ml and maximum refill volume of 10 ml. The illegal products also did not comply with warning requirements and did not have certificates of conformity. Administrative measures have been taken against these retailers.
30th June 2023: Belarus: As of 1st July 2023, a licence to sell e-liquids will be required.
26th June 2023: Belarus: The Ministry of Taxes has issued a reminder that a licence to sell non-tobacco nicotine-containing products (nicotine pouches) and e-liquids will be required as of 1st July 2023.
10th January 2023: Belarus: Under a December 2022 amendment to the Tax Law, e-liquids will be taxed throughout 2023 at a rate of BYN0.77 (€0.29) per ml. The law also introduced a BYN2.72 (€1) tax on e-cigarette devices.

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