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Notification Detail :: G/TBT/N/GBR/90

Notification No.

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Title

The Environmental Protection (Single-use Vapes) (Wales) Regulations 2024

Objective

Protection of the environment (TBT)

Product Covered

HS 24.04 Products containing tobacco, reconstituted tobacco, nicotine, or tobacco or nicotine substitutes, intended for inhalation without combustion; other nicotine containing products intended for the intake of nicotine into the human body – products intended for inhalation without combustion.• Nicotine-containing disposable electronic cigarettes (HS 2404.12 - Other, containing nicotine) • Non-nicotine containing disposable electronic cigarettes (HS 2404.19 – Other)

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2404 - Products containing tobacco, reconstituted tobacco, nicotine, or tobacco or nicotine substitutes, intended for inhalation without combustion; other nicotine containing products intended for the intake of nicotine into the human body; 240419 - Products containing tobacco or nicotine substitutes, intended for inhalation without combustion (excl. containing nicotine); 240412 - Products containing nicotine, intended for inhalation without combustion (excl. containing tobacco or reconstituted tobacco)

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Description

These regulations will introduce a ban on the supply of single-use electronic cigarettes in Wales. These regulations define single-use electronic cigarettes as devices that:• are not rechargeable, not refillable or are neither rechargeable nor refillable, and • vaporise substances (other than tobacco) for the purpose of inhalation through a mouthpiece.The restriction will not apply to single-use electronic cigarettes that: • are refillable by means of a refill container, or tank or single-use cartridge, and • are any of the above and rechargeable. Breach of these prohibitions will be an offence under the regulations. The regulations provide for fixed monetary penalties, variable monetary penalties, compliance notices and stop notices as well as non-compliance penalties. Criminal sanctions will also be provided for where an enforcement undertaking has not been complied with.

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