NZL/109
WTO/TBT
NZ Nouvelle-Zélande
  • 24 - Tabacs et succédanés de tabac fabriqués
2022-02-20
2021-12-23

24.01 Unmanufactured tobacco; tobacco refuse: 2401.10 – Tobacco, not stemmed/stripped: 24.02 Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos, and cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes: 24.03 Other manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes; "homogenised" or "reconstituted" tobacco; tobacco extracts and essences: Smoked tobacco products that are combustible and intended to be smoked and inhaled. This includes cigarettes, loose tobacco, pipe tobacco, roll your own tobacco, cigarillos, small cigars, cigars, and any other smoked niche tobacco product.; Unmanufactured tobacco; tobacco refuse (HS 2401); Tobacco, unstemmed or unstripped (HS 240110); Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes (HS 2402); Manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes and "homogenised" or "reconstituted" tobacco, tobacco extracts and tobacco essences (excl. cigars, incl. cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes) (HS 2403)

Proposed changes can be found in the following links:

·         Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan - Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan - Auahi Kore Aotearoa Mahere Rautaki 2025 | Ministry of Health NZ; and

·         Cabinet paper- Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan approval, pages 5-6 -https://www.health.govt.nz/system/files/documents/information-release/cabinet_paper_smokefree_action_plan_2025.pdf

The Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan proposes that the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990 (the Act), be amended to introduce new requirements for smoked tobacco products.

The amendments may include:

·         regulatory powers to restrict the design of smoked tobacco products to reduce their appeal and addictiveness, including restricting the levels of nicotine to very low levels. 

·         legislation whereby only smoked tobacco products that meet requirements for constituents shall be able to be manufactured, imported, or offered for sale or supply in New Zealand. 

·        legislation setting out a pre-market application process requiring manufacturers or importers to seek approval for smoked tobacco products, prior to sale or import. Testing via an approved laboratory may be required, both prior to sale or import, and subsequently on a regular basis.