Last updated: May 29, 2024
Disclosure Requirements
Disclosure by manufacturers and importers of cigarettes to government authorities of information on the contents and/or ingredients used in the manufacture of their cigarettes
Uncertain
Manufacturers and importers of tobacco products are required to submit annually "information on the composition of the tobacco products sold and their emissions . . . in a form approved by the Eurasian Economic Commission." The draft disclosure form has not yet been approved by the EEC.
The law aligns with FCTC Art. 10 and the FCTC Arts. 9 & 10 Partial Guidelines in that it requires disclosure by manufacturers and importers to government authorities of information on the contents and/or ingredients used in the manufacture of their cigarettes.
Disclosure by manufacturers and importers of cigarettes to government authorities of information on the emissions of their cigarettes
Uncertain
Manufacturers and importers of tobacco products are required to submit annually "information on the composition of the tobacco products sold and their emissions . . . in a form approved by the Eurasian Economic Commission." The draft disclosure form has not yet been approved by the EEC.
The law aligns with FCTC Art. 10 and the FCTC Arts. 9 & 10 Partial Guidelines in that it requires disclosure by manufacturers and importers to government authorities of information on the emissions of their cigarettes.
Disclosed information readily available to the public
Uncertain
The Eurasian Economic Council Committee (EEC) Technical Regulations for Tobacco Products do not require that disclosed information be made readily available to the public. While the law requires tobacco products packages to carry "information on systemic poisons, carcinogenic, and mutagenic substances," this is not the same as making reports (or disclosed information from reports) from manufacturers and importers readily available to the public, as only limited information may be placed on tobacco product packaging.
Under Decree No. 28 of 2002, information on the form and name of the tobacco product and its physical, chemical and other consumer properties must be placed on the websites of product manufacturers and importers. Because the law does not specify the information that must be made available on manufacturers’ and importers’ websites, the regulatory status code “Uncertain” is given.
To align with FCTC Art. 10 and the FCTC Arts. 9 & 10 Partial Guidelines, the law should require that disclosed information on contents and emissions be made readily available to the public.
