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Communication from the Commission - TRIS/(2024) 1122
Directive (EU) 2015/1535
Notification: 2024/0226/DK
Notification of a draft text from a Member State
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MSG: 20241122.EN
1. MSG 001 IND 2024 0226 DK EN 26-04-2024 DK NOTIF
2. Denmark
3A. Erhvervsstyrelsen
Langelinie Allé 17
2100 København Ø
Danmark
+45 35 29 10 00
nofitikationer@erst.dk
3B. Indenrigs- og Sundhedsministeriet
Slotsholmsgade 10-12
1216 København K
Danmark
+45 72 26 90 00
sum@sum.dk
4. 2024/0226/DK - S00S - HEALTH, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
5. Order amending the Order on maximum levels, health warnings and age verification system etc. of tobacco products etc.
6. The draft concerns tobacco products, tobacco surrogates and herbal products for smoking.
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8. The Order amends the Order on maximum levels, health warnings and age verification system etc. of tobacco products etc. This amendment follows on from notification 2024/64/DK, in which Denmark has notified a draft Act which, inter alia, concerns putting into force the requirements for more effective electronic age verification in the case of distance sales of tobacco and nicotine products.
The Order lays down the detailed requirements for this electronic age verification. The requirements follow directly from the comments on the draft Act and thus no new requirements are laid down other than what is already stated in the draft Act.
The Order merely states that in future there will be a requirement for effective electronic age verification, that there is a freedom of methodology in relation to how it is ensured and that the requirement will not apply to online platforms, cf. the definition in Article 3(i) of the Digital Services Act.
Point 7 Notification pursuant to a Union act
Additional information necessary for the assessment
Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products and repealing Directive 2001/37/EC
Point 10 Reference documents and basic texts
Reference in the basic text
The Order on maximum levels, health warnings and age verification system etc. of tobacco products etc. is laid down pursuant to § 8(1), § 9(1), § 19(2), § 24(2), § 30(2) and § 45(2) of the Act on tobacco products, etc.
Basic texts have been forwarded as part of an earlier notification
2016/159/DK
2020/228/DK
9. The amending Order is an implementation of the agreement of 14 November 2023 on a prevention plan targeting the use of tobacco, nicotine and alcohol by children and young people, concluded between the government (the Social Democratic Party, the Liberal Party of Denmark and the Moderates), the Socialist People’s Party, the Denmark Democrats, the Conservative People's Party and The Alternative.
The agreement contains 30 initiatives, and together they are intended to contribute to reducing the consumption of tobacco, nicotine and alcohol by children and young people and to support more inclusive communities.
The amending Order implements parts of the prevention agreement. The remaining initiatives, which are to be transposed into legislation, will be implemented via other draft acts. The initiatives implemented in this amending Order are intended to ensure better enforcement of the existing age limits for tobacco and nicotine products.
10. References in the basic text: No basic text(s) are available
11. No
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13. No
14. No
15. No
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TBT aspects: No
SPS aspects: No
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European Commission
Contact point Directive (EU) 2015/1535
email: grow-dir2015-1535-central@ec.europa.eu
