The draft concerns electronic cigarettes and refill containers with and without nicotine.

Order amending the Order on the quality, labelling and age verification system etc. of electronic cigarettesand refill containers etc.

The Order amends the Order on the quality, labelling and age verification system etc. of electronic cigarettesand refill containers etc. This amendment follows notification 2024/64/DK, in which Denmark has notified adraft Act which, inter alia, concerns putting into force the requirements for more efficient electronic ageverification in the case of distance sales of electronic cigarettes and refill containers with and without nicotine.

The Order lays down the detailed requirements for this electronic age verification. The requirements followdirectly from the comments on the draft Act and thus no new requirements are laid down other than what isalready stated in the draft Act.
The Order merely states that in future there will be a requirement for effective electronic age verification, thatthere is a methodological freedom in relation to how it is ensured and that the requirement will not cover onlineplatforms, as defined in Article 3(i) of the Digital Services Act.
Point 7 Notification pursuant to a Union act
Additional information necessary for the assessment
Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on the approximation of the laws,regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation andsale of tobacco and related products and repealing Directive 2001/37/EC
Point 10 Reference documents and basic texts
The Order on the quality, labelling and age verification system etc. of electronic cigarettes and refill containersetc. is laid down pursuant to Sections 7(2), 8, 9(2), 15(5) and 33(2) of the Act on electronic cigarettes etc.
Basic texts have been forwarded as part of an earlier notification:
2016/114/DK:
2020/228/DK: