Since we reported in December 2021 on some significant developments in China’s regulation of e-cigarettes (including the draft national standard on e-cigarettes) as well as in March 2022 on the finalized Management Rules for E-Cigarettes, China’s State Tobacco Monopoly Administration (STMA), also referred to as China National Tobacco Corporation (CNTC), has not only released the national Standard GB 41700-2022 on Electronic Cigarettes but also published further regulations detailing the procedure and requirements for licensing, technical review, etc.
In the coming weeks, we will publish a series of articles summarizing these new regulations. This article will first focus on GB 41700-2022.
We should note that, according to the Management Rules for E-cigarettes, e-cigarettes for export only are not necessarily required to comply with GB 41700-2022; rather, they must comply with the destination country’s laws, regulations, and standards. When the destination country has no relevant laws or standards, e-cigarettes only for export must comply with China’s laws and standards, which we understand will include GB 41700-2022.
Azim Chowdhury, David J. Ettinger & Eric Gu – 2022-05-10.
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