As of February 2022, subscribers can view and filter individual regulatory alerts per region. If you want to get our monthly compilations, visit our alerts round-up section.
16th January 2023
11th January 2023
19th December 2022
15th December 2022
Belgium: The 2022-2028 Strategy for a Tobacco-Free Generation has been agreed by a joint group of federal and regional health ministers. The plan, which covers vaping, sets several objectives, including keeping the tobacco industry out of the preparation and implementation of public health policies; introducing a tax on vapour products in 2024; banning disposable e-cigarettes; improving health promotion; a ban on vending-machine sales; tighter restrictions on long-distance sales and advertising; and improving the make-up of vapour products by extending restrictions to nicotine-free vapes.
9th December 2022
22nd November 2022
Belgium: The Federal Public Service for Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment has told ECigIntelligence that the draft 2022-2028 Strategy for a Tobacco-Free Generation will be voted on on 14th December by an interministerial conference on public health made up of federal and regional ministers. The plan, which covers vaping, sets several objectives, including keeping the tobacco industry out of the preparation and implementation of public health policies; improving health promotion policies; a ban on vending machines; tighter restrictions on long-distance sales and advertising; and improving the make-up of vapour products.
21st November 2022
20th October 2022
Belgium: Health minister Frank Vandenbroucke has proposed a ban on vending machines in bars, restaurants and catering facilities selling any kind of vaping or tobacco products, allowing them only in supermarkets. The bill is moving forward and has been voted on at its first reading.
18th October 2022
11th October 2022
Belgium: The government was today presenting its 2023 Budget, which was expected to include further increases in excise duty on tobacco products over the next two years and a vapour products tax to start in 2024, media reports.
2nd August 2022
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