Possible delay for TPD

[Bobsbeer]

Posted by flavourartuk over on UKV.  Hopefully won't mind cross posting.

BAT, JTI, Philip Morris Ask For 6-Month Extension To Comply With Tobacco Directive



British American Tobacco (BAT), Japan Tobacco International (JTI) and Philip Morris asked for a six-month

postponement of the May 20 deadline to comply with the new provisions of the Tobacco Products Directive,

saying the changes trigger important investments in equipment and materials.





More as I can dig it out... Smiling

This follows on from a web meeting last Thursday between EU officials in Bruxelles and various stakeholders

all trying to get information, never mind sense, out of the EU cronies.



John.

[phatfil]

bloody typical.

[mart166]

I'm sure John wont mind, he's nice guy.

As for main part, to my mind theres going to be appeals after appeals, and today our great goverment announced that the ref may go ahead in June, so if we pull out it dont matter anyway.

With the feeling I get the votes going to go for leaving, I will not give my opinion as all my business is importing from the EU, bit undecided until I see how it affects my vaping funds

MP

[Bobsbeer]

In terms of the UK it will depend on what our government do. It is our legislation that we will have to follow rather than TPD. So if the EU give a 6 month delay it will be up to Dear Dave to follow suit.

[smokingaces]

not saying I am not happy about any delay, but imagine if this was a e juice company asking for a delay due to having to buy new technology, pissing tobacco industry snap there fingers and these tosser in there ivory tower buckle to there needs.

[Bobsbeer]

They may have asked, but not sure it has been agreed yet. No doubt will, but I think you are right. Big money talks in Brussels.

[Greg]

Even if we leave the EU there's no guarantee the TPD wouldn't still be implemented

[Bobsbeer]

TPD would have to be delayed for at least a couple of years to avoid that I think Greg, and even then I'm sure the UK would implement some sort of TPD type regulations.

[djs]

Just delay it on the 'never, never'

Everybody wins.

The longer it takes, the more time people have to work out how abominable JTIs products are.

[jtc]

It's a glimmer of hope so a welcomed bit of news imo

[nanotm]

the fact its a tobacco control directive should indicate there not going to get any leeway, the likelihood is they will be told to take a hike, having had morer than 2 years warning and having been part of the working group that created the amendments.

another interesting aspect is that the e-voke's mhra licence will cease to be in effect once the TPD comes into effect as its not ready for market (by the time they figure out the quality control issues its will be a total of ten years out of date....) the TPD didn't do what was planned and has had an adverse effect (vapers didn't roll over and go back ot tobacco instead they figured out how to politicise their cause and spread the word through non traditional media channels) making most of the act moot and the changing direction of the big tobacco companies themselves into the vape arena being made simpler in some markets and more difficult in others, indeed its fractured the entire single market place into 27 separate rule groups fundamentally breaking the designs of unionised trade laws .....now there in danger of the principle articles getting enforced and spreading the most severe restrictions across the whole of the EU to once again achieve the "single market trade law" status effectively banning all vape gear and all but the basic plain packaged tobacco lines limiting the sales options everywhere....

[djs]

Jan 26, 2016 19:43:14 GMT nanotm said:

the fact its a tobacco control directive should indicate there not going to get any leeway, the likelihood is they will be told to take a hike, having had more than 2 years warning and having been part of the working group that created the amendments.

It's a good point. It'd be like having a Vacuum Cleaner products directive and crying wolf because you just built 250,000 Hoovers.

Oh, wait.... didn't that happen already.

[nanotm]

Jan 26, 2016 20:45:41 GMT djs said:

Jan 26, 2016 19:43:14 GMT nanotm said:

the fact its a tobacco control directive should indicate there not going to get any leeway, the likelihood is they will be told to take a hike, having had more than 2 years warning and having been part of the working group that created the amendments.

It's a good point. It'd be like having a Vacuum Cleaner products directive and crying wolf because you just built 250,000 Hoovers.

Oh, wait.... didn't that happen already.

it did indeed but then it also didn't delay the law coming into force, all it actually did was have national governments issue a time lapse decree, however since the plain packaging law was already on the cards in several countries for an earlier date that got delayed due to the tpd that's unlikely to get deferred for another 18months despite them crying about it yet again

[dillon]

Jan 26, 2016 15:17:29 GMT phatfil said:

bloody typical.


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[dillon]

I don't think they will delay either tob or ecigs regs.