Impact of Brexit on Vape Regulations

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Brexit: Impact on vape regulations

 

Updated: 14th June 2021

 

The UK is no longer an EU member state. The following information is provided to help importers, manufacturers and retailers understand the impact of Brexit on UK e-cigarette and e-liquid (vape) regulations.

 

 

Key Changes

 

  • Responsible Person: Producers are required to have UK-based Responsible Person (RP). An RP based outside the UK, in an EU market, will no longer be acceptable.
  • Notification: Submission of a notification through a new UK notification portal is required for any business selling in the UK. Businesses selling in EU and UK require notification via the new UK portal as well as EU-CEG portal.
  • Packaging: Product labels for the UK market require a UK address. Multi-market packs will require UK and an address in a EU member state.

 

How to prepare

 

If you currently sell into UK and EU, we recommend the following to avoid disruption to sales:

 

  • UK entity and an EU entity: Establish an entity in a EU member state (not UK) if you do not have one. Likewise, if you have no UK entity then set one up.
  • Responsible Person: Ensure you have a Responsible Person located in an EU member state and UK.
  • Notification: Submit notifications for all future UK products via the UK notification portal. Notifications prior to December 2020 have been downloaded to UK portal – you do not have to do anything.
  • Packaging: Add both a UK and EU address on packaging.

 

Northern Ireland

 

The deal the UK has with the EU means that submission of notifications for Northern Ireland (NI) are still made using the EU-CEG. So if you only want to notify Northern Ireland then submission via the EU-CEG is enough. You do not use the UK portal for Northern Ireland submission. You are only required to submit via the new UK portal if you want to notify in England, Scotland and Wales (‘GB’).

FAQ

 

We only sell to UK market only. What do I need to do?

 

If you sell only in the UK market you will need to do the following:

 

  • Ensure your Responsible Person is located in UK
  • Submit future notifications via the UK Notification portal
  • Ensure a UK address is included on label

 

We want to sell to UK and EU markets. How do I proceed?

 

If you wish to sell to both the UK and the EU markets you will need to do the following:

 

  • Ensure you have a Responsible Person in both the UK and in an EU member state (not UK).
  • Submit notifications through both portals: 1) UK Notification portal and 2) EU-CEG.
  • Ensure a UK and EU address is included on the label

 

We only sell to the EU markets only (not UK).

 

If you only sell to EU and not the UK you need to do the following:

 

  • Ensure your Responsible Person is located in an EU member State (not the UK)
  • Submit notification via EU-CEG portal only. Submission to UK Notification portal not required.
  • Ensure an EU member state address is included on label. A UK address is not required.

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