Last updated: May 11, 2023
Penalties
Advertising and Promotion
Municipality
Valvira (National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health)
A municipality may cancel a retail license for a fixed period of at least one week and not more six months, or permanently if the license holder continues or resumes the marketing despite the temporary cancellation of the license and if the act cannot be considered minor. The same penalty is available for violations of the ban on product display.
Additionally, Valvira (National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health) may prohibit the party commissioning or executing the marketing activity and employees from continuing and resuming the non-compliant activity; require the manufacturer or importer to withdraw the product from the market within a time limit set by Valvira and at the manufacturer’s or importer’s own expense; require the party receiving the prohibition or order to rectify the incorrect or misleading information; and/or issue a notice of a conditional fine or a notice of enforced compliance.
In addition to a fine, parties commissioning or implementing the marketing may be subject imprisonment for up to two years for aggravating offenses.
The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines in that it imposes a range of penalties.
Sponsorship
Municipality
Valvira (National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health)
A municipality may cancel a retail license for a fixed period of at least one week and not more six months, or permanently if the license holder continues or resumes the marketing despite the temporary cancellation of the license and if the act cannot be considered minor.
Additionally, Valvira (National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health) may prohibit the party commissioning or executing the marketing activity and employees from continuing and resuming the non-compliant activity; require the manufacturer or importer to withdraw the product from the market within a time limit set by Valvira and at the manufacturer’s or importer’s own expense; require the party receiving the prohibition or order to rectify the incorrect or misleading information; and/or issue a notice of a conditional fine or a notice of enforced compliance.
In addition to a fine, parties commissioning or implementing the marketing may be subject imprisonment for up to two years for aggravating offenses.
The law aligns with FCTC Art. 13 and the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines in that it imposes a range of penalties.
