EU member states strengthen TPD compliance supervision of e-cigarettes 歐盟成員國(guó)增強(qiáng)電子煙的TPD符合性監(jiān)管力度

Approval is OnlyTemporary.

批準(zhǔn)只是臨時(shí)的。

The deadline forTPD compliance was set to a particular day and a particular month back in 2016,since then most of the regulators in each of the European countries have takena light touch approach to overseeing the market.

TPD合規(guī)的最后期限定在2016年的特定月份和日期，從那天開(kāi)始，大多數(shù)歐盟成員國(guó)的監(jiān)管機(jī)構(gòu)采取了輕微的方法來(lái)監(jiān)管市場(chǎng)。

In recent monthswe have started to see an increase in regulator activity, one of those areaswhich has effected several manufacturers is the use of extension/bubble tubeswhich have been supplied alongside the 2ml tube, and removable plugs which havebeen used to restrict a tanks volume to 2ml. Any refill containers suppliedwith a squonker must comply with the associated regulations. And only a small partof EU member states currently prohibit the sale of more than 2ml non-prefilled tank.

最近幾個(gè)月，我們開(kāi)始看到監(jiān)管機(jī)構(gòu)的監(jiān)管力度有所增加，其中一項(xiàng)監(jiān)管措施對(duì)很多制造商造成了影響，這項(xiàng)措施是限制通過(guò)附帶玻璃管或者其他配件的方式使霧化器容量超過(guò)2ml，并限制通過(guò)在霧化器中填充硅膠塞的方式使大容量霧化器的容量降低為2ml。任何給可填充容器提供煙油的squonker都必須符合相關(guān)法規(guī)要求（不能超過(guò)2ml）。當(dāng)然，目前只有一小部分歐盟成員國(guó)禁止超過(guò)2ml非預(yù)注油霧化器的銷售。

Such products havealready been reported for sale in European markets where the tank size for bothprefilled and empty tanks is restricted to 2ml. The United Kingdom is one suchmarket and how such actions could become a problem in that country is asfollows:

這些產(chǎn)品已經(jīng)在某些預(yù)注油和空霧化器的填充體積限制在2ml的歐盟國(guó)家銷售。而英國(guó)就是這樣一個(gè)國(guó)家，那么這些監(jiān)管措施是如何在英國(guó)執(zhí)行的呢？

The regulator isthe MHRA, they are centrally based, they handle the notification invoicing andhave the final say on what products can and cannot be sold. A second muchlarger organisation referred to as ‘trading standards’ works with the MHRA andto enforce the law, trading standards has a regional presence so they oftenvisit local stores and businesses to ensure the products being sold comply andare approved for sale. Any products that are found not to match the details inthe notification are reported to the MHRA and the MHRA contacts themanufacturer, other products that are not notified are being removed to preventthem from being sold.

英國(guó)的監(jiān)管機(jī)構(gòu)是MHRA，他們是集中處理通告和發(fā)票，并對(duì)產(chǎn)品是否可以在英國(guó)銷售有最終決定權(quán)。第二個(gè)更大的組織稱為“Trading Standards”，與MHRA合作并負(fù)責(zé)執(zhí)法，Trading Standards配備有區(qū)域執(zhí)法人員，因此他們會(huì)經(jīng)常訪問(wèn)當(dāng)?shù)厣痰旰推髽I(yè)，以確保銷售的產(chǎn)品符合相關(guān)法律法規(guī)要求并被批準(zhǔn)銷售。任何發(fā)現(xiàn)與通告中的詳細(xì)信息不符的電子煙相關(guān)產(chǎn)品都會(huì)報(bào)告給MHRA，這時(shí)MHRA會(huì)聯(lián)系制造商以尋求制造商的解釋，其他未通告的產(chǎn)品將被從商店中移除以防止它們被出售。

Every country hasits own process for enforcing the law and when problems do arise the requiredsolution will differ from country to country. The solution will also differdepending on whether the manufacturer has been warned about the same, or othercompliance issues previously.

每個(gè)國(guó)家都有自己的執(zhí)法程序，當(dāng)出現(xiàn)問(wèn)題時(shí)，所需的解決方案因國(guó)家而異。解決方案也會(huì)有所不同，具體取決于制造商之前是否已收到相同或其他合規(guī)性問(wèn)題的警告。

If such solutionsare not agreed with the regulator and quickly applied this could lead to asituation where products are removed from the approval list and eventuallybanned from sale. If this should occur regulators are obliged to share thatproduct information with other countries who may decide to do the same.

如果此類解決方案未與監(jiān)管機(jī)構(gòu)達(dá)成一致并迅速實(shí)施，則可能導(dǎo)致產(chǎn)品從批準(zhǔn)清單中刪除并最終被禁止銷售。如果發(fā)生這種情況，監(jiān)管機(jī)構(gòu)有義務(wù)與可能決定采用相同措施的其他國(guó)家分享該產(chǎn)品信息。

If anymanufacturers do experience such a problem please forward the relevantcommunications to us as soon as possible so a solution can be agreed andapplied.

如果任何制造商確實(shí)遇到此類問(wèn)題，請(qǐng)盡快將相關(guān)溝通記錄轉(zhuǎn)發(fā)給我們，以便商定并實(shí)施解決方案。