LATEST ALERTS
Luxembourg: The bill transposing the EU-wide heated tobacco flavour ban and establishing a comprehensive regulatory framework for nicotine pouches has been notified again to the
Bulgaria: The Ministry of Finance has presented the draft law on the 2025 State Budget. The draft envisages a tax increase on heated tobacco
Iceland: The law amending various laws on taxes and fees has been published in the Icelandic Official Gazette, and will enter into force
EU: Sixteen member states of the European Union have sent a joint letter to the European Commission urging it to propose a revision
Poland: The Ministry of Health has amended the draft regulating nicotine-free vaping products to also include nicotine pouches, press reports. The draft prohibited nicotine-free vape
UK: The Department of Health and Social Care has updated the list of notified tobacco products, including heated tobacco products and herbal products for
Netherlands: The citizens’ initiative Nicotinee – launched at the end of 2022 and declared admissible in July 2024 – which aims to prohibit the sale
Russia: The Ministry of Agriculture has calculated minimum prices for nicotine-containing products for 2025. From 1st January 2025, the minimum selling price will be increased
France: The proposed new taxes on tobacco products and e-liquids for the upcoming year are unlikely to be implemented following the no-confidence vote
Ukraine: The parliament has adopted the government’s bill (proposed in March) on increasing excise taxes on tobacco products with further amendments in the
Lithuania: Yesterday (3rd December), the parliament approved the amendment to tighten economic sanctions for individuals for the sale of tobacco and related products
Czech Republic: The State Agricultural and Food Inspection Authority has updated a list of notified tobacco products and their ingredients.
Greece: The Ministry of Health has updated the list of notified tobacco products. The list contains herbal heated products, heated tobacco products and nicotine pouches, among
Hungary: The law amending the Excise Tax Law to increase the applicable tax on heated tobacco consumables and herbal heated sticks from HUF35
EU: Today, the Council of the European Union adopted the European Commission (EC)’s proposal to review the 2009 Council recommendation on smoke-free environments. The proposal
Ireland: With all the votes counted, the main ruling party, Fianna Fáil, has once again obtained the largest number of seats, 48, at
Finland: A new government proposal to amend the Tobacco Act has been submitted to the European Commission’s TRIS system. The new proposal seeks to add
Russia: The State Duma chairman, Vyacheslav Volodin, has said via his Telegram channel that the State Duma (lower chamber of parliament) has begun
Ukraine: Bill 12251 on amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On State Regulation of the Production and Circulation of Ethyl Alcohol, Alcohol Distillates, Bioethanol,
EU: The European Parliament has voted against adopting a position on the European Commission’s proposal to review the 2009 Council recommendation on smoke-free environments. The cause seems to
Czech Republic: In the statement by the Czech Republic on the subject of the EU Council recommendation on smoke- and aerosol-free environments replacing
France: A joint committee composed of deputies and senators approved the 2025 Security Budget Bill, which includes an increase in taxes on heated
EU: Today, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) will hold the oral hearing on case C-759/23 concerning the validity of Commission Delegated Directive
Slovenia: The rules on the reporting of tobacco and related products and flavourings in electronic cigarettes and refill containers have recently been published
Hungary: The parliament has passed the bill amending the Excise Tax Law to increase the applicable tax on heated tobacco consumables and herbal heated
Ukraine: The Parliament Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy has supported the government’s bill (proposed in March) on increasing excise taxes on tobacco
EU: Today, the European Parliament approved the new European Commission, 370 votes in favour out of 688, with 36 abstentions and 282 votes against.
Cyprus: An inquiry into the Cypriot Pharmaceutical Agency about the decision to classify nicotine pouches as pharmaceutical products has resulted in a confirmation
UK: Yesterday (26th November) the House of Commons, the lower chamber of the UK parliament, approved in a second reading the Tobacco and Vapes
Monaco: Minister of health and social affairs Christophe Robino has announced the government’s intention to ban nicotine pouches, following the example set by
Finland: The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has requested opinions on the new version of a bill that seeks to regulate nicotine pouches in
Germany: Last week, the Munich Administrative Court ruled that a campaign by Philip Morris International’s German subsidiary constituted indirect advertising for tobacco and
Luxembourg: The Chamber of Commerce has issued an opinion on the bill transposing the EU-wide heated tobacco flavour ban and establishing a comprehensive regulatory framework for
France: The Senate has approved an amendment to the 2025 Social Security Budget Bill that introduces a tax on nicotine pouches. The excise
Russia: The director of the Department for the Development of Domestic Trade of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Nikita Kuznetsov, said that
Finland: Last week, the Finnish government reached a consensus on the new version of the bill seeking to regulate nicotine pouches in the country
Spain: Yesterday (21st November), the Ministry of Health published a draft decree that would amend royal decree 579/2017, which regulates the manufacture and
EU: Yesterday, 20th November, the European Parliament adopted a motion for a resolution on the Council’s recommendation on smoke- and aerosol-free environments. In
EU: The main political groups in the European Parliament – the European People’s Party (EPP), the Socialists & Democrats, and the centrist Renew
EU: Italy and Romania have issued a joint statement raising concerns about the procedure of the discussions on the proposal for a revision of the 2009
EU: The proposal for a revision of the 2009 Council recommendation on smoke-free environments is scheduled to be approved by the EU Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council on 3rd
Iceland: The parliament has approved the bill amending the Law on Alcohol and Tobacco Tax to introduce an excise duty on nicotine pouches. The Ministry of Finance’s proposal initially sought to
Lithuania: Yesterday (12th November), the parliament approved in the final vote the amendment to tighten economic sanctions for the sale of tobacco and
Russia: The Government Legislative Commission supports bill 650932-8 that would block information on the online retail sale of tobacco- and nicotine-containing products in
Spain: The ruling left-wing parties, Sumar and the Socialist Party (PSOE), have reached an agreement to raise the tax on tobacco products and
Netherlands: The bill amending the Tobacco and Smoking Products Act to completely ban oral nicotine products (such as nicotine pouches), which was approved by the Senate
Ukraine: The basic version of the electronic excise system (eExcise, which will replace the current excise stamp with a data matrix code) will
Slovakia: A draft amendment to the Act on the Production, Labelling and Sale of Tobacco Products has been proposed by the Smer-SD, the
Finland: According to the smoke-free Finland 2030 network, which has published a summary of nicotine based on scientific evidence, it’s important to address
