G/TBT/N/NZL/109/Add.1  
 
2 September 2022  
(22-6576) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  2 September 2022, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of New Zealand . 
 
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Title:  Proposed changes can be found in the following links:  
• Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan - Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan - Auahi Kore 
Aotearoa Mahere Rautaki 2025 | Ministry of Health NZ; and  
• Cabinet paper - Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan approval, pages 5 -6 -
https://www.health.govt.nz/system/files/documents/information -
release/cabinet_paper_smokefree_action_plan_2025.pdf  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[ ] Comment period changed - date:   
[ ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[ ] Notified measure published - date:  
[ ] Notified measure enters into force - date:  
[ ] Text of final measure available from1:  
[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[ ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[ ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[X] Other:  
The Smokefree Environment and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Bill 
was published on 21 June 2022. The Bill provides additional details regarding New 
Zealand's proposed new requirements for smoked tobacco products that were notified to 
the TBT Committee in December 2021.  
The Bill can be found on the New Zealand Parliament website: 
https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/bills -and-laws/bills -proposed -
laws/document/BILL_125245/smokefree -environments -and-regulated -products -
smoked -tobacco  
 
 
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  Description:  The Smokefree Environment and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment 
Bill was published on 21 June 2022. The Smoked Tobacco Bill gives effect to the key proposals listed 
under the Smokef ree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan.  
The Smoked Tobacco Bill provides additional details regarding the proposed new requirements for 
smoked tobacco products that were previously notified to the TBT Committee in December 2021. 
Relevant legislative amendments incl ude: 
Reducing the appeal and addictiveness of smoked tobacco products : New provisions require that 
only smoked tobacco products that meet requirements for constituents will be able to be 
manufactured, imported, or offered for sale or supply, and provide th at it will be an offence for any 
smoked tobacco product to contain constituents exceeding any limits prescribed in, or prohibited by, 
regulations. A specific provision provides for a regulation -making power to set limits on the quantity 
of nicotine levels and other constituents of smoked tobacco products.  
The Smokefree Environment and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Bill can be 
found on the New Zealand Parliament website: https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/bills -and-
laws/bills -proposed -laws/document/BILL_125245/smokefree -environments -and-regulated -
products -smoked -tobacco  
The Smoked Tobacco Bill is currently being considered by the Health Select Committee.  
Comments on the Smoke d Tobacco Bill can be sent to New Zealand's TBT Enquiry Point at 
wto@standards.co.nz . 
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