NL: More packaging requirements for tobacco products coming

27 October 2016

On 17 October 2016 Dutch state secretary Van Rijn announced that from 1 July 2017 the government is planning to make further packaging requirements for packs for tobacco products.
Both the inside and the outside of the pack should not have, among others, any: transparent materials; statements that refer to a certain theme or limited edition series; neon; copper; metallic; bronze; silver and gold colours; holographic; reflecting colours and materials; sound, smell, taste, light effects; other elements inside the packaging then tobacco products excepting thin sheets of paper wrapped around cigarettes. Besides that the packaging must have a matt and smooth finishing.
Click here for the official documents (in Dutch).

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