Belarus’ Trade Ministry mulling regulation of trade in non-tobacco nicotine-containing products
<p> MINSK, Jul 14 - PrimePress. Belarus should think about introducing national technical regulation of trade in non-tobacco nicotine-containing products, head of the Department of Trade and Public Catering of the Ministry of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade (MART) of Belarus Mikhail Zhigalo told reporters on July 14. </p> <p> </p> <p> Some measures have been taken in this regard at the level of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), he said. The list of products subject to mandatory requirements in the Customs Union was supplemented with the “nicotine-containing products” item. “This, in fact, gave a start to the technical regulation of trade in nicotine-containing products, but it takes three to five years to formulate such requirements in the EEU. In our opinion, we can work out national technical regulations, which would only take six months to a year,” said Zhigalo, “Such regulations would allow, in particular, to determine the maximum allowable level of nicotine content in the products, which is a fundamental factor to ensure their safety for human life and health.” End </p> <p> </p>
2020-07-15
Primepress
MINSK, Jul 14 - PrimePress. Belarus should think about introducing national technical regulation of trade in non-tobacco nicotine-containing products, head of the Department of Trade and Public Catering of the Ministry of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade (MART) of Belarus Mikhail Zhigalo told reporters on July 14.
Some measures have been taken in this regard at the level of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), he said. The list of products subject to mandatory requirements in the Customs Union was supplemented with the “nicotine-containing products” item. “This, in fact, gave a start to the technical regulation of trade in nicotine-containing products, but it takes three to five years to formulate such requirements in the EEU. In our opinion, we can work out national technical regulations, which would only take six months to a year,” said Zhigalo, “Such regulations would allow, in particular, to determine the maximum allowable level of nicotine content in the products, which is a fundamental factor to ensure their safety for human life and health.” End