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Draft law amending the amended Law of 11 August 2006 on tobacco control

Notification Number:

2024/0444/LU (Luxembourg)

Date received:

05/08/2024

End of Standstill:

06/11/2024 (06/02/2025)

Issue of comments by:

European Commission

Sweden

Bulgaria

Issue of detailed opinion by:

Romania

Greece

Draft Text:

FR BG HR CS DA NL EN ET FI GA DE EL HU IT LV LT MT PL PT RO SK SL ES SV

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Communication from the Commission - TRIS/(2024) 2121

Directive (EU) 2015/1535

Notification: 2024/0444/LU

Notification of a draft text from a Member State

Notification – Notification – Notifzierung – Нотификация – Oznámení – Notifikation – Γνωστοποίηση – Notificación – Teavitamine – Ilmoitus – Obavijest – Bejelentés – Notifica – Pranešimas – Paziņojums – Notifika – Kennisgeving – Zawiadomienie – Notificação – Notificare – Oznámenie – Obvestilo – Anmälan – Fógra a thabhairt

Does not open the delays - N'ouvre pas de délai - Kein Fristbeginn - Не се предвижда период на прекъсване - Nezahajuje prodlení - Fristerne indledes ikke - Καμμία έναρξη προθεσμίας - No abre el plazo - Viivituste perioodi ei avata - Määräaika ei ala tästä - Ne otvara razdoblje kašnjenja - Nem nyitja meg a késéseket - Non fa decorrere la mora - Atidėjimai nepradedami - Atlikšanas laikposms nesākas - Ma jiftaħx il-perijodi ta’ dewmien - Geen termijnbegin - Nie otwiera opóźnień - Não inicia o prazo - Nu deschide perioadele de stagnare - Nezačína oneskorenia - Ne uvaja zamud - Inleder ingen frist - Ní osclaíonn sé na moilleanna

MSG: 20242121.EN

1. MSG 001 IND 2024 0444 LU EN 05-08-2024 LU NOTIF

2. Luxembourg

3A. ILNAS
1, avenue du Swing
L-4367 Belvaux
Tél : 00352 247 743 52
E-mail : notification@ilnas.etat.lu

3B. Ministère de la Santé
1, rue Charles Darwin
L-1433 Luxembourg
Luxembourg
E-Mail: lucie.godfroid@ms.etat.lu

4. 2024/0444/LU - X60M - Tobacco

5. Draft law amending the amended Law of 11 August 2006 on tobacco control

6. Manufacture and marketing of nicotine pouches

7.

8. This draft amends the amended Law of 11 August 2006 on tobacco control. In Article 1, the definitions of “nicotine pouches” and “new nicotine products” are added. The amendment to Article 3 introduces a similar regime for nicotine pouches as that for tobacco products, making them subject to the same restrictions on advertising and sponsorship. The amendment to Article 3a makes nicotine pouches subject to the same obligations on reporting and notification to the Health Directorate as tobacco products, so that the health authorities can exercise effective control over products on the market. The amendment to Article 3b provides that the labelling of nicotine pouches must provide relevant and appropriate information on the safety of their use and must not contain any element or provision that is likely to mislead or make the product attractive. The amendment to Article 4 aims to impose health warnings for nicotine pouches as well. The amendment which amends Article 5 includes a new provision on raising awareness of the risks associated with nicotine consumption in activities implemented or subsidised by the government in relation to tobacco control. The amendment to Article 6 is intended to prohibit the consumption of nicotine pouches in places frequented by young people, as these products are particularly attractive to this category of the population. The amendment to Article 7 is intended to regulate the placing on the market of nicotine pouches by regulating the nicotine content and banning certain additives. This amendment also aims to require the presence of a child lock on nicotine pouches in order to avoid accidental ingestion. The amendment to Article 9 provides for a ban on sales to minors as well as on free distribution and distance selling, as is already the case for tobacco products.

9. The aim of these amendments is to regulate the manufacture and marketing of nicotine pouches. Since these products, like tobacco products, may have adverse health effects, they should be treated in the same way from a legal perspective. Thus, the draft law proposes to establish a similar regime for nicotine pouches as that for tobacco products, making them subject to the same restrictions and obligations. The amendments also aim to introduce the concept of new nicotine products in order to introduce an obligation to notify the health authorities of the placing on the market of any new nicotine containing (tobacco-free) product intended for human consumption.

10. References to reference texts: There are no reference texts

11. No

12.

13. No

14. No

15. No

16.
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

Disclosed messages

message-id	Year	Number	Country	Type	Title	Date received
109072	2024	2122	COMEuropean Commission	003	Receipt of the draft text	05-08-2024
109073	2024	2123	COMEuropean Commission	037	Competitiveness analysis	05-08-2024
109929	2024	2969	COMEuropean Commission	303	Comments	05-11-2024
109940	2024	2980	SESweden	103	Comments	05-11-2024
109945	2024	2985	RORomania	115	Classical Detailed Opinion	06-11-2024
109947	2024	2987	GRGreece	115	Classical Detailed Opinion	06-11-2024
109948	2024	2988	BGBulgaria	103	Comments	06-11-2024

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