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Tobacco products

Reporting obligation - tobacco, electronic cigarettes, and refill containers

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In the meaning § 18 (1-5) Act no. 89/2016 Coll. on the production, labeling, and sale of tobacco products and related products and amending certain acts:

(1) „Natural persons - entrepreneurs or legal entities involved in cross-border sales of tobacco, electronic cigarettes, and refill containers may not supply such products to consumers in Member States where such sales have been prohibited.

(2) Natural persons - entrepreneurs or legal entitles involved in cross-border distance selling to consumers located in a Member State are required to register with the Slovak Trade Inspection and the competent authority in the Member State where the actual or potential consumers are located.

(3) Natural persons - entrepreneurs or legal entities established outside the Union shall be required to register with the competent authorities in the Member State where the actual or potential consumers are located. Natural persons - entrepreneurs or legal entities referred to in subsections (1) and (2) shall submit to the Slovak Trade Inspection the hereby documents
a) on the corporate name and place of business or establishment from where the tobacco, electronic cigarettes and refill containers will be supplied,
b) the starting date of the activity of offering tobacco products for cross-border distance
selling to consumers,
c) the address of the website or websites used for that purpose.

(4) The Slovak Trade Inspection shall ensure that consumers have access to the list of all retail outlets registered with them under subsection 2.

(5) Natural persons - entrepreneurs or legal entities should only start placing electronic cigarettes and refill containers on the market via cross-border distance sales when they have received confirmation of their registration from the Slovak Trade Inspection.“

The notice send by email to: info@soi.sk.

The online trade of tobacco products and e-cigarettes in Slovakia is permitted, if the seller uses an age verification system. This system verify at the time of sale whether the purchaser meets the minimum age requirement of 18 years and provides the Slovak Trade Inspection Authority with detailed information on the age verification system and its operation.