Market and legal data for the vapour sector in Belgium

20th January 2025: Belgium: The Federal Public Health Service (FPS) for Health, Food Chain Safety and the Environment has updated the lists of positive and negative e-cigarette product notifications.
14th January 2025: Belgium: The Federal Public Health Service (FPS) for Health, Food Chain Safety and the Environment has updated the lists of positive and negative e-cigarette product notifications.
10th January 2025: Belgium: The Federal Public Service for Health, Food Chain Safety, and the Environment has updated the lists of positive and negative e-cigarette product notifications.
7th January 2025: Belgium: On 1st January, Belgium became the first EU country to impose a ban on sales of disposable vapes. This measure is part of health minister Frank Vandenbroucke’s anti-tobacco plan, which aims to achieve a “tobacco-free generation”.
20th December 2024: Belgium: The sale of tobacco products, tobacco-related products and e-cigarettes in temporary points-of-sale will be prohibited starting 1st January 2025.
20th December 2024: Belgium: According to the royal decree of May 2024, starting 1st January 2025, the import, marketing and sale of disposable e-cigarettes will be banned.
5th December 2024: Belgium: The Federal Public Service for Health, Food Chain Safety, and the Environment has updated the lists of positive and negative e-cigarette product notifications.
13th November 2024: Belgium: The Federal Public Service for Health, Food Chain Safety, and the Environment has updated the lists of positive and negative e-cigarette product notifications.
28th October 2024: Belgium: The Federal Public Service for Health, Food Chain Safety, and the Environment has updated the lists of positive and negative e-cigarette product notifications.
15th October 2024: Belgium: The Federal Public Service for Health, Food Chain Safety, and the Environment has updated the lists of positive and negative e-cigarette product notifications.
2nd October 2024: Belgium: Supermarket chain Buurtsuper.be has filed an appeal with the Constitutional Court regarding a measure in the tobacco plan approved in March 2024. Buurtsuper.be considers the ban on selling tobacco products, tobacco-related products, and e-cigarettes in food stores larger than 400 m² to be discriminatory. “The decision is not based on any study or evidence of a link between store size and public health,” says Buurtsuper.be.
1st October 2024: Belgium/EU: The Council of State, the highest administrative court, has referred a question to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for a preliminary ruling on the interpretation of the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD). The applicants, British American Tobacco Belgium and Nicoventures Holdings, are asking whether Article 20(3)(c), read in conjunction with Article 7(6), should be interpreted as requiring member states to prohibit – in relation to the marketing of e-cigarettes and refill containers – nicotine-containing liquid from including additives that facilitate inhalation or nicotine uptake, as stated in Article 7(6)(d), even if the e-cigarette does not produce combustion or smoke.

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