2019/0480/NL
EC/EFTA
NL Netherlands
  • X00M - GOODS AND MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTS
2020-01-02
2019-10-07

This pertains to tobacco and related products.

Order of the State Secretary for Health,

Welfare and Sport amending the Tobacco and Smoking Products Order concerning the introduction of standard packaging for cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco.

This amending Order lays down additional requirements for cigarette and roll-your-own tobacco packaging that provide that the packaging of these products is only permitted to have a standardised appearance. More specifically, these requirements concern:

- the colour of the inside and outside of the unit packet, the outer packaging and the film in a unit packet;

- the colour, the font and the font size of the information permitted on the unit packet and the outer packaging;

- the manner in which the brand name, the brand variant, the bar code and the manufacturer information are indicated.