New Zealand - 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
HS code 8543.40.00
The Proposals for the Smoked Tobacco Regulatory Regime – Public Consultation Document - Proposals for the Smoked Tobacco Regulatory Regime – Public Consultation Document (health.govt.nz)
The Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Act 2022 - Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Act 2022 No 79, Public Act Contents – New Zealand LegislationThe Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Regulations 2021 - Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Regulations 2021 (LI 2021/204) Contents – New Zealand Legislation
Regulatory proposal 5 of the Smoked Tobacco Regulatory Regime proposes to extend vaping packaging and product restrictions, including restricting flavour names of vaping products to minimise their appeal to youth, and extending product safety requirements for disposable vaping products.
Restricting flavour names
We propose that the variant name on a vaping substance or its packaging must only be a description of the product's flavour, and that the flavour must be described using one or more flavours from permitted segments on a prescribed e-liquid flavour wheel, adapted for New Zealand from a published wheel.
Product safety requirements
We propose additional product safety requirements to mitigate safety concerns with single use vaping products, including user safety mechanisms, removable/replaceable batteries, substance container labelling, maximum nicotine concentrations in non-refillable products and serial/batch numbers.