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Germany: The Federal Cabinet has approved an amendment to the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act that would make it obligatory for retailers of disposable e-cigarettes, including kiosks
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Germany: Following the EU’s proposal for the revision of the 2009 Council recommendation on smoke-free environments to extend the existing restrictions to novel inhalable products and
Germany: The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has updated the list of notified e-cigarette products, which now contains 440,510 vapour products. Only
Germany: Federal politicians have positioned themselves against advertising and taxation exceptions for tobacco alternatives in the press. Carlos Kasper, a member of the Bundestag (parliament) and
Germany: The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has updated the list of notified e-cigarette products, which now contains 434,289 vapour products.
Germany: The Stuttgart Higher Regional Court has ruled that a screen placed in the outside-facing window of a fuel station, showing two brands of tobacco
Germany: The Environment Ministry of Baden-Württemberg is calling on the federal government to ban disposable e-cigarettes because they are often disposed of incorrectly and
Germany: The federal government commissioner for addiction and drug issues, Burkhard Blienert, has called for existing loopholes in advertising regulation to be closed.
Germany: The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has updated the list of notified e-cigarette products, which now contains 429,185 vapour products.
Germany: In an open letter, the German Environmental Aid (DUH), the German Medical Association and the Federal Association for Secondary Raw Materials and Waste
Germany: The opposition parties in the Bundestag (Christian Democratic Union and Christian Social Union of Bavaria) have presented a motion calling on the German government
Germany: The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has updated the list of notified e-cigarette products, which now contains 423,472 vapour products.
Germany: The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has updated the list of notified e-cigarette products, which now contains 418,396 vapour products. Only
24th May 2024 - Germany |
Germany: Answering a small parliamentary question from members of the opposition right-wing party Alternative for Germany on tobacco and e-cigarette policy, the federal government said
Germany: The Federal Ministry of Environment and Consumer Protection opened for consultation an amendment to the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act that would make it obligatory for
Germany: The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has updated the list of notified e-cigarette products, which now contains 370,221 vapour products. Only products
Germany: Customs has made its largest seizure of untaxed and unstamped e-cigarettes, which included 64 pallets of e-cigs worth around €700,000. The authority
Germany: The Federal Statistical Office has reported that 1.2m l of e-liquids were taxed in 2023. The volume of e-liquids sold in the second half
Germany: As of 1st January 2024, outdoor advertising of e-cigarette and refill containers is banned, with the exception of advertising on the external
Germany: As of 1st January 2024, e-liquid tax has increased to €0.20 per ml.
Global: Several EU and international markets will see a rise in vapour taxes on 1st January 2024, including Germany, Indonesia, Russia and Estonia.
Germany: The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has updated the list of notified e-cigarette products. Only products notified at least six months
Germany: A product alert has been issued through the EU Safety Gate system for a nicotine-free e-cigarette cartridge containing cannabidiol, hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) and,
Germany: The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has updated the list of notified e-cigarette products, which now contains 342,074 vapour products. Only
Germany: The amendment to the Federal Non-Smoking Protection Act that explicitly forbids the use of e-cigarettes in enclosed vehicles in the presence of
Germany: From 19th October, Amazon will stop selling “substitutes for tobacco products”, which include nicotine-free and nicotine-containing finished liquids, nicotine shots, bases, longfills,
Germany: In a meeting organised by the newspaper eGarage, German politicians in the Bundestag shared their thoughts on the taxation of e-cigarettes. Ates Gürpinar, drug
Germany: The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has updated the list of notified e-cigarette products, which now contains 337,739 vapour products. Only
Germany: The federal environment minister, Steffi Lemke, is calling for a European ban on disposable e-cigarettes. In a newspaper interview, the minister said
Germany: The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has updated the list of notified e-cigarette products, which now contains 333,718 vapour products. Only products
Germany: Federal drugs commissioner Burkhard Blienert has called for further restrictions on tobacco and nicotine advertising and sponsorship. He said: “Existing gaps in advertising regulation must be
Germany: The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has updated the list of notified e-cigarette products, which now contains 329,250 vapour products. Only
Germany: The Ministry of Health has presented a bill to amend the Federal Non-Smoking Protection Act to prohibit the use of e-cigarettes in federal institutions, public transport,
Germany: The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has updated the list of notified e-cigarette products, which now contains 325,501 vapour products. Only
Germany: Burkhard Blienert, federal commissioner for addiction and drugs, told an annual reception in Berlin that it is “urgently necessary to close existing
Germany: The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has updated the list of notified e-cigarette products, which now contains 321,132
Germany: In answer to a question put by Bundestag member Rita Hagl-Kehl of the governing Social Democratic Party (SPD), state secretary Ophelia Nick said the commissioner
Germany: Stuttgart’s customs office seized almost 300 litres of untaxed e-liquids at an event described by organisers as “Germany’s largest vape trade fair”, press reports.
Germany: Federal drugs commissioner Burkhard Blienert has called for a ban on sweet and fruity flavours for e-cigarettes, saying they make vaping more attractive,
Germany: The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has updated the list of notified e-cigarette products, which now contains 315,432 vapour
Germany: Federal drug commissioner Burkhard Blienert has called for stricter rules on tobacco advertising, including e-cigarettes, after a survey of 1,383 people conducted by
Germany: The Federal Joint Committee responsible for determining which medications are available through health insurance has told ECigIntelligence that it has not yet decided
Germany: The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has updated the list of notified e-cigarette products, which now contains 310,464 vapour
Germany: Customs officers have have seized 4.4 litres of untaxed e-liquids during an inspection in Potsdam, near Berlin. They found seven out of ten retailers
Germany: In a meeting organised by the newspaper eGarage, German politicians from the current coalition government shared their thoughts on e-cigarette taxation and
Germany: Customs officers have seized 46 l of e-liquids and 40 counterfeit e-cigarettes in the Rhine-Neckar region of northwest Baden-Württemberg, on which a total of
Germany: The Bundesrat (federal council) has voted in favour of calling “on the federal government to campaign at the national and EU level
Germany: The Bundesrat will vote on 3rd March on Bavaria’s initiative for a ban on disposable e-cigarettes. This follows the recommendation by the Bundesrat Environment and European Union
