E-cigarettes in Belgium
This page includes all of our content relating to Belgium, including our full-length market and regulatory reports, our extensive news coverage – both business and regulatory – our numerous trackers and databases, as well as our live alerts.
Business briefing
Market reports
Positive and negative TPD lists: Belgium market report
27th January 2020
Regulatory reports
Regulatory report: Belgium
30th June 2020
Pricing trackers
Online e-cig pricing: Belgium Q4 2018
3rd January 2019
Databases
Key global e-cigarette markets database: June 2020
3rd June 2020
Marketing & retailing
E-cigarette researchers outraged by charities’ “threatening” letters
11th October 2016
Charts and infographics
Belgium market forecast
17th January 2020
TPD in Belgium
The European Union’s Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) was transposed into Belgian law by the Royal Decree of 28th October 2016 (L’arrêté royal du 28 October 2016 relatif à la fabrication et à la mise dans le commerce des cigarettes électroniques), which came into effect on 17th January 2017. The decree effectively makes nicotine-containing e-cigarettes and liquids consumer products, ending the classification of e-cigs as medical devices. However, the new product-specific regulation includes severe restrictions on retail, including a ban on online sales, as well as product, packaging, labelling and advertising restrictions.
Electronic cigarettes are defined by the decree as a product, or any component thereof, including cartridges, tanks and the device without cartridge or tank, which can be used by means of a mouthpiece to consume nicotine-containing vapour. They may be disposable or rechargeable by means of a refill bottle and a tank or by means of disposable cartridges.
The implementation of the law opened the market and the Belgian e-cigarette market grew.
