Regulatory report: distance sales in the EU – a review of the rules

EU member states’ implementation of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), not to mention any individual national requirements, have varied impact for online selling. What is allowed in one country may not be allowed in another, leading to a complex system. This report is structured as a Q&A, mainly focusing on questions or issues that have arisen in our conversation with the industry, broken down into ECigIntelligence’s usual policy areas: sales restrictions, product and packaging restrictions and taxation.