Last updated: December 9, 2022
Key Terms
Tobacco Product
“Tobacco products” [Act No. 360-VI] mean products that are completely or partly manufactured from the tobacco leaf and/or other parts of the tobacco plant as raw material prepared for use in the form of smoking, sucking, chewing, snorting or other methods of consumption, including with the aid of a system for heating tobacco or some other device.
“Tobacco product” [EEC Technical Regulations for Tobacco Products (TR TC 035/2015)] means a product, fully or partially made from tobacco leaf and/or other parts of the tobacco plant as raw materials, prepared in such a way that it may be used for smoking.
The definition of "tobacco products" contained in the law aligns with the definition of “tobacco product” provided in FCTC Art. 1(f).
Any product entirely or partly made of the leaf tobacco as a raw material which is manufactured to be used for smoking, sucking, chewing, or snuffing. (FCTC Art. 1(f))
Outside Packaging and Labeling
“Consumer package of tobacco product” [Act No. 360-VI] means a package intended for sale or the initial packaging of tobacco products sold to an end consumer.
“Consumer packaging” [EEC Technical Regulations for Tobacco Products (TR TC 035/2015)] means packaging intended for the sale or primary packaging of products sold to the final consumer.
The definitions of “consumer package of tobacco product” contained in the law and “consumer packaging” contained in the Technical Regulations align with the definition of “outside packaging and labeling” provided in FCTC Art. 11.
Any packaging and labeling used in the retail sale of the product. (FCTC Art. 11(4))
