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Notification Detail :: G/TBT/N/GBR/91

Notification No.

Notification Type

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Date of Notification

Final Date for Comments

Days to Final Date

Title

The Environmental Protection (Single-use Vapes) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 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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HSCODE

240412 - Products containing nicotine, intended for inhalation without combustion (excl. containing tobacco or reconstituted tobacco); 240419 - Products containing tobacco or nicotine substitutes, intended for inhalation without combustion (excl. containing nicotine)

ICSCODE

65.160 - Tobacco, tobacco products and related equipment

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Description

These regulations will apply to all businesses that operate in Northern Ireland.These regulations will introduce a ban on the sale and supply of: single-use electronic cigarettes that are not rechargeable, not refillable or are neither rechargeable nor refillable.single-use electronic cigarettes retaining both nicotine containing e-liquid and non-nicotine containing e-liquid.The restriction will not apply to devices that are both: (1) refillable and contain a single-use container which is separately available and can be replaced by an individual user in the normal course of use, or a container which can be refilled by an individual user in the normal course of use.(2) and that are rechargeable within the meaning of the definition in the regulation.Breach of these prohibitions will be an offence under the regulations. The regulations confer powers on enforcement authorities to investigate offences under the regulations, which may then be referred for criminal prosecution.

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