Tobacco: Northern Ireland

(asked on 20th September 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what checks, paperwork or monitoring will be introduced with respect to the movement of the goods covered by the Tobacco and Related Products (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023 from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.


Answered by
Lord Markham Portrait
Lord Markham
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 27th September 2023

It is a requirement in the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 that heated tobacco products to be sold on the Northern Ireland market are notified on the European Union’s Common Entry Gateway six months before they are placed on the Northern Ireland market. A fee is payable to notify.

The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities in the Department of Health and Social Care in England manages notifications for tobacco products in Great Britain and Northern Ireland and publishes a list of compliant products notified on the GOV.UK website in an online-only format. The last list was published on 9 August 2023.

Heated tobacco products moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland to be sold on the Northern Ireland market will need to compliant with the Tobacco and Related Products (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023 from 23 October 2023. Each district council in Northern Ireland will monitor and enforce the new requirements.

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