G/TBT/N/SWE/143  
25 April 2022  
(22-3285) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  SWEDEN  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Ministry of Health and Social Affairs  
Government Offices  
Switchboard: +46 8 405 10 00  
Street address: Herkulesgatan 17  
Postal address: SE 103 33 Stockholm  
E-mail: socialdepartementet.registrat or@regeringskansliet.se  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
National Board of Trade Sweden  
P.O. Box 6803  
S-113 86 Stockholm  
Sweden  
Phone: +46-8-690 48 00  
E-mail: registrator@kommerskollegium.se  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ],3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other  :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Tobacco -
free nicotine products  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Act on Tobacco -
free nicotine products; (9 page(s), in Swedish)  
6. Description of content:  It is proposed that an act on tobacco -free nicotine products be 
presented, entailing the introduction of provisions on product requirements, labelling, 
marketing, product control,  an age limit, etc. The Government or the authority designated 
by the Government will specify the details concerning what the products will be allowed 
to contain, how the product declaration is to be formulated and how the products are to 
be labelled. The new act has been formulated so as to cover products containing nicotine 
that have not yet been developed.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The aim of the proposal for an act on tobacco -free nicotine pro ducts is to 
limit the health risks and detrimental effects associated with the use of tobacco -free 
nicotine products, above all to protect children and young people, ie. protection of human 
health or safety. ; Protection of human health or safety  G/TBT/N/SWE/143  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
Search the database - European Commission (europa.eu)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  It is proposed that the new act enter into force on 
1 August 2022. However, it is proposed that the provisions on product requirements, 
labelling and information -gathering systems enter into force on 1 January 2023. It is  
additionally proposed that the requirement on product declaration and the reporting 
obligation enter into force on 1 January 2024.  
It will still be possible to provide tobacco -free nicotine products that have been produced 
or have entered into free circu lation prior to 1 January 2023 and which do not meet the 
product requirements, the requirements on labelling or the requirements on product 
control under the new act to consumers in the market after 1 January 2023 if they do not 
constitute a serious risk t o human health, but only until 1 July 2023.  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
National Board of Trade (for Articles 10.1 -3)Swedish WTO -TBT Enquiry Point  
Kommerskollegium  
Box 6803  
Stockholm  
+(46 8) 690 48 00  
+(46 8) 690 48 40 (Fax)  
registrator@kommerskollegium.se  
www.kommerskollegium.se   
https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -
databases/tris/en/search/?trisaction=search.detail&year=2022&num=158