TPD 2 Regulations and Laws Explained

With the passing of the TPD2 Legislation throughout Europe on the 20th of May 2015, a lot of information and misinformation has been passed around. We understand that there is a lot of conflicting information and so here we plan to explain exactly what to expect when the TPD2 comes into effect, for retailers as well as customers.

Key Points of TPD2:

  • The nicotine content of E Liquid sold may not exceed 20mg / ml.
  • All products sold must be notified to the authorities 6 months before being sold. Products already available for sale by may 20th 2016 must be submitted within 6 months of this date. This submission process requires a significant testing procedure for each product.
  • Cartridges and tanks sold may now hold a maximum capacity of 2ml of E liquid
  • E Liquid can no longer exceed 20mg / ml of nicotine.
  • E Cigarettes and tanks must be child & tamper proof, as well as protected from leaking and breaking.
  • Warning labels regarding the dangers of nicotine must be included with the sale of all ecigarettes and e liquids.
  • Advertising is almost completely prohibited.
  • E Liquid must be made with EU or USA pharmaceutical grade nicotine. This currently outlaws Chinese E Liquid from being sold.
  • E Liquid must be sold in 10ml Plastic PET bottles.

 

This notably puts a number of limitations on E Liquid and E Cigarettes being sold. The primary changes this will bring to us is the fact that all E Liquid will require to be registered to the authorities, and require a transitional period from November to May 2016. During this time shops will be allowed to sell non TPD compliant E Liquids (for example larger bottles or liquids without the appropriate labeling), during the transitional period. However as of May 20th, 2016 no larger containers than 10ml plastic PET bottles will allowed to be sold in shops anymore. This extends to concentrates and E Liquid bases.

Understandably a lot of retailers and customers alike are frustrated with these upcoming changes and fail to see the benefit of the smaller packaging sizes and additional warning labels.