Specified information about tobacco productsU.K.
18.—(1) A producer of a tobacco product must submit the following information relating to the product to the Secretary of State—
(a)the ingredients information specified in regulation 19; and
(b)the emissions information specified in regulation 20.
(2) The information required by paragraph (1) must be submitted—
(a)on or before 19th November 2016, in the case of a tobacco product which a producer first supplied before 20th May 2016 and continues to supply on or after that date; or
(b)where paragraph (a) does not apply, at least one day before the day the producer first supplies a tobacco product.
[F1(2A) If a fee which is payable under regulation 3 of the Tobacco Products and Herbal Products for Smoking (Fees) Regulations 2017 in respect of a submission under paragraph (1) of this regulation is not paid by the date specified in the invoice for that fee, for the purposes of regulation 48(b) (offences), the submission is to be regarded as not having been made in accordance with paragraph (2)(b) until the fee has been paid.]
(3) Where the composition of a tobacco product is modified in a way that would affect the information required by paragraph (1) (“a modified product”), a producer must comply with that paragraph in respect of the modified product at least one day before the producer first supplies the modified product.
(4) A producer of a tobacco product must also—
(a)carry out such further studies as the Secretary of State may reasonably require in order to assess the effects of ingredients on health, and such studies must take into account, among other things, the addictiveness and toxicity of the ingredients; and
(b)report the results of such studies to the Secretary of State by the date reasonably required by the Secretary of State.
(5) A producer of a tobacco product must notify the Secretary of State before, or as soon as reasonably practicable after, the producer withdraws a product from the market.
(6) A producer is not required by paragraph (1) to re-submit information which the producer has submitted under regulation 22 or 24 (notification of novel tobacco products).
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