Flavor ban enters into force in Lithuania, it is rejected in Sweden
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Lithuania aligns itself with other European countries by banning flavors other than tobacco, while Sweden rejects the bill. […]
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Lithuania aligns itself with other European countries by banning flavors other than tobacco, while Sweden rejects the bill. […]
In Italy, from the 1st January 2022, environmental labelling will be mandatory for all packaging. The obligation is provided for by Legislative Decree no. 116 of the 3rd September 2020 which transposes Directive (EU) 2018/851. The Italian decree provides that all packaging must be "appropriately labeled according to the procedures established by the UNI technical standards and in accordance with the determinations adopted by the European Commission, in order to facilitate the collection, reuse, recovery and recycling of packaging, as well as to give correct information to consumers on the final destinations of packaging." The environmental labelling for single-component packaging intended for the Italian market, both for consumer and professional use, must contain the following information: The identification code of the packaging material according to Decision 129/97/CE Directions for proper waste collection, using the sentence "Raccolta [family of material which predominates by weight]" or indicate the family of material prevailing in weight, accompanied by the sentence "Raccolta differenziata", inviting the consumer to verify the provisions of the Municipality. Neutral packaging (non-printed packaging which does not include graphics or the affixing of any [...]
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Iceland is not a European Union Member State. However, as a Member of European Economic Area (EEA), opted to converge to the regulatory model introduced by the European TPD-II. […]
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Norway is a member of the EEA and there is currently an ongoing process to incorporate the Tobacco Product Directive (2014/40/EU-TPD) into the EEA agreement. To date, vaping products are subject to different regulations based on nicotine content. […]
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Switzerland could be considered a potential new market for vaping mainly thanks to an interesting regulatory landscape. […]
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Cross-border sales of vaping products are regulated by Article 20 Paragraph 6 of the TPD and by specific national regulations. Not all Member States therefore have the same position on this matter. Let’s find out more. […]
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Before 2024 European elections, TPD II is expected to be substituted by a new directive that will reformulate the European approach towards tobacco-alternative products. Several documents, scientific studies and survey have been carried out in these years and they will likely be used to characterize the world of vaping. Let us explore in this post a scientific study on the changes in perception of the harmfulness of e-cigarettes before and after TPD. […]
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The TPD-II provides that the competent authorities of the Member States make some of the information collected during the notification phase public via the web: access the individual national databases from our site. […]
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From 1 January 2021 the new Regulation (EU) 2020/878 is in force, which introduces numerous innovations regarding the information that must be included in the SDS. […]
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In Denmark, the vaping market is facing many important innovations: flavor ban, notification of zero nic, changes in fees and new requests for packaging. Let’s see together what the new obligations are and since when they apply. […]