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In depth: Spain market and regulatory report – grabbed by the horns
18th June 2014 - Regulatory reports |
Market intelligence • Regulatory landscape
TPD
In depth: Germany market and regulatory report – untangling case law
10th June 2014 - Regulatory reports |
Market insight • Current regulatory framework
In depth: UK market and regulatory report – hitting the target
3rd June 2014 - Regulatory reports |
Market intelligence • Regulatory landscape • Advertising • EU law • Medical licensing
French ban on public vaping “will be tabled in two weeks”
1st June 2014 - News analysis |
French legislators could soon be finally debating the health minister’s long-awaited proposals for a ban on the use of e-cigarettes in public places.
European elections threaten political quagmire for TPD
30th May 2014 - News analysis |
The process of drawing up detailed rules on e-cigarettes to implement the new European Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) could become mired in political disagreements, following a European Parliament election which has fragmented power in Brussels.
Early signs of Euro shake-up as TPD requirements creep closer
21st May 2014 - News analysis |
With two years still to run before the European Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) comes into practical force, there are hints already that regulation will bring about a consolidation in major e-cigarette markets.
EU countdown to 2016 starts as TPD takes last step toward law
29th April 2014 - News analysis |
The European Union’s revised Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) becomes law in three weeks, setting it on the road to full implementation by member states in 2016.
New FDA rules and Europe’s directive: how do they compare?
25th April 2014 - News analysis |
The new regulations for e-cigarettes proposed yesterday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are the second major regulatory framework for the products to appear in two months, following the European Union’s release of its revised Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) earlier this year. How do the two compare in key areas?
EU will not publish detailed guidance on TPD e-cig rules
23rd April 2014 - News analysis |
The European Union (EU) does not plan to issue detailed guidance on how e-cigarette regulations in the recent Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) should be interpreted, according to a source close to the EU’s Directorate General for Health and Consumer Affairs (SANCO)
Italy seen likely to adopt
tax on nicotine, not price
22nd April 2014 - News analysis |
More details are emerging of likely changes to the Italian tax regime on e-cigarettes, following a court challenge to rules which came into effect in the new year.
Could EU directive be a model
for U.S. treatment of e-cigs?
16th April 2014 - News analysis |
The European Parliament’s new rules on e-cigarettes in the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) have grabbed the attention of key members of the U.S. Senate, generating mixed reactions on whether it should influence the efforts of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate the products.
Spain gets rules on age, ads,
and public use – but not retail
10th April 2014 - News analysis |
The Spanish e-cigarette sector is now working under national-level regulation for the first time, after the introduction of a new law which anticipates the measures required by the European Tobacco Products Directive.
Report: European e-cig market could be worth more than $2bn
1st April 2014 - News analysis |
The European e-cigarette market could be worth more than $2bn, according to a new report from ECigIntelligence.
EU to establish standard testing regime for nicotine dosage
1st April 2014 - News analysis |
The European Commission is expected to issue technical specifications on the measurement of nicotine intake from e-cigarettes, as member states’ law-makers and the industry prepare to comply with the testing requirements of the EU’s new Tobacco Products Directive (TPD).
EU politician criticises TPD as ‘hastily drafted and heavy-handed’
18th March 2014 - News analysis |
A Member of the European Parliament involved in the drafting of the EU’s new Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) has criticised the finally adopted version, which the Parliament voted for in late February, as “hastily-drafted and heavy-handed”.
Politician’s YouTube video extols freedom to vape
15th March 2014 - News analysis |
A British right-wing political party received £36,000 ($60,000) in donations from an e-cigarette manufacturer before its leader appeared in a YouTube video apparently designed to influence European policy-making on e-cigs.
European Parliament passes new tobacco directive, but questions remain
26th February 2014 - News analysis |
The European Parliament voted today in favour of revising the EU’s Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), bringing e-cigarettes under its control for the first time and raising the prospect of further wrangling across Europe as member states attempt to implement its sometimes vague rules.
