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China Business Daily: The development of the e-cigarette industry, the rule of law, the standardization and the orderly advancement

China Business Daily: The development of the e-cigarette industry, the rule of law, the standardization and the orderly advancement

2022-06-28

Recently, the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration has issued a batch of tobacco monopoly production enterprise licenses for electronic cigarette-related production enterprises in an orderly manner, and changed a number of tobacco monopoly wholesale enterprise licenses of electronic cigarette wholesale enterprises. The administrative departments of tobacco monopoly at all levels are lawful and orderly. A batch of tobacco monopoly retail licenses for the main players in the e-cigarette retail market have been issued; a batch of e-cigarette products that meet the national standards of "E-Cigarette" have successively passed the technical review; on June 15 this year, the national unified e-cigarette transaction management platform officially Online operation, at present, most of the certified electronic cigarette related manufacturers, electronic cigarette wholesale enterprises, and electronic cigarette retail entities have completed membership registration on the trading platform... Electronic cigarette administrative licensing, technical review, trading platform operation and other work are in an orderly manner advance. The State Tobacco Monopoly Administration will continue to implement the "Decision of the State Council on Amending the Regulations on the Implementation of the Tobacco Monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China", "Measures for the Administration of Electronic Cigarettes", and the national standards for "Electronic Cigarettes" and related supporting policies, and promote electronic cigarettes around various key tasks. Tobacco industry development legalization and standardization.


In terms of technical review, in accordance with the "Implementation Rules for Technical Review of Electronic Cigarette Products" and "Instructions for Technical Review of Electronic Cigarette Products", all provincial tobacco monopoly administrative departments continue to guide electronic cigarette manufacturers in a timely manner to do a good job in the "three synchronizations". "Work. The product technical review agency continues to guide the service e-cigarette manufacturers to carry out the review of product technical review materials, product testing, and product review work simultaneously, and provide samples of tobacco flavors that meet the national standard of "E-Cigarette" as a reference. Guide enterprises to speed up product transformation and provide first-line guidance services. Electronic cigarette manufacturers should submit the corresponding technical review application materials, submit physical samples for inspection and review, and do a good job in supplementing and correcting related materials and products within the specified time in accordance with the "three synchronizations" requirements of technical review.


In terms of administrative licensing, in accordance with the "Guiding Opinions on Issuing Licenses for Tobacco Monopoly Production Enterprises for Electronic Cigarette-related Manufacturing Enterprises", "Guiding Opinions on the Layout of Electronic Cigarette Wholesale Enterprises", and "Guidelines on the Layout and License Management of Electronic Cigarette Retail Points" Opinions" and other regulations, the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration will continue to coordinate the scheduling of e-cigarette-related manufacturers that submit applications for production licenses, and the provincial tobacco monopoly administrative departments will continue to inform them in a timely manner and give specific guidance to e-cigarette-related manufacturers to do a good job Prepare materials for administrative licensing, provide policy consulting services, reasonably arrange on-site verification work, and promptly notify eligible enterprises to submit formal applications for production licenses. At the same time, continue to provide services for the issuance of tobacco monopoly retail licenses for e-cigarette retail entities.


In terms of national standards, banning the sale of flavored e-cigarettes is an important measure to protect minors from e-cigarettes. The national standard "E-Cigarettes" clearly stipulates that e-cigarette products should not induce minors, and should not make product features The flavor presents other flavors than tobacco. In this regard, all sectors of society pay high attention to and generally support it. The national standard "E-cigarette" was officially released on April 8 this year, and will be officially implemented on October 1 this year, giving e-cigarette manufacturers a sufficient transition period. Electronic cigarette manufacturers should strictly implement the national standards of "Electronic Cigarettes", carry out product compliance design as soon as possible, and complete product transformation. After the transition period, products that have not passed the technical review shall not be marketed in China.


In terms of the trading platform, the national unified electronic cigarette trading management platform has been officially launched. Member registrations are being carried out on the trading platform one after another. The transaction and export filing of nicotine raw materials, nicotine for electronic cigarettes, and atomizers of e-cigarette-related manufacturers that have been or will be certified, and the export filing of e-cigarette products should be gradually carried out on the trading platform. Electronic cigarette manufacturers whose products have passed or are about to pass the technical review shall make relevant preparations, and gradually trade on the trading platform after they meet the conditions. The specific time will be notified separately. Tobacco monopoly administrative departments at all levels should enhance their service awareness and continue to instruct local certified e-cigarette market entities to take the initiative to complete membership registration on the trading platform and do a good job in related work.


In terms of market supervision, the administrative departments of tobacco monopoly at all levels will continue to strengthen market supervision in accordance with the law, and focus on urging e-cigarette retail entities to implement regulatory requirements such as identity document verification and e-cigarette advertising removal, and to further understand the state of the e-cigarette market and master the electronic cigarette market. Tobacco product market price, inventory, dynamic sales and other operational information. Electronic cigarette retailers should strictly follow the requirements of electronic cigarette supervision policies and not sell electronic cigarettes to minors.


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