In 2019 and 2020, the Greek legislation on e-cigarettes and liquids with and without nicotine underwent significant revisions.

Previously, there was little clarity especially on liquids without nicotine: from a regulatory point of view, they were governed by a 2008 law that prohibited their circulation unless they had particular authorizations.

Since the TPD, implemented with the law 4419-2016, does not regulate zeroes but only liquids containing nicotine, zero liquids remained formally illegal until 2019.
Law 4600-2019, theoretically in force since April 2020, has placed them under TPD, essentially equating them to liquids with nicotine for notification, packaging and labeling requirements etc. To date, there is still no confirmation of the actual application. Update: in January 2021, the Authority specified to TRUSTiCERT experts that nicotine-free liquids sold as refill containers do not need to be notified; on the contrary, nicotine-free liquids sold as kits with e-cig devices or with nicotine refill containers must be notified.

Law 4715/2020, in force since August 2020, establishes a control committee that has the task of monitoring the compliance of products registered on EU-CEG for the Greek market, requesting additional information from producers / importers when appropriate. After 6 months from the notification on EU-CEG, the products enter the market anyway, regardless of whether the evaluation of the Monitoring Commission is completed or not.

The same law specifies the ban on the split sale of “ingredients, including perfumes, intended for the internal production of refill liquids for electronic cigarettes. Ingredients that are available for use other than the consumption of refill liquid for electronic cigarettes are excluded from the above ban” .

Finally, in the current legislation there are no sales prohibitions relating to shake and vape products.