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Article L3513-16 of the French Public Health Code

All unit packs and outer packaging of vaping products containing nicotine must state:

1° The full composition of the liquid containing nicotine;

2° The average nicotine content and the quantity dispensed per dose;

3° The batch number;

4° A recommendation that the product should be kept out of the reach of children;

5° A health warning affixed twice.

A decree by the Minister for Health sets out the characteristics and methods for including these compulsory indications, the analytical methods for measuring nicotine content and the methods for checking the accuracy of the indications on the packaging units.

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Article L3513-16

Toutes les unités de conditionnement et tous les emballages extérieurs de produits du vapotage contenant de la nicotine mentionnent :

1° La composition intégrale du liquide contenant de la nicotine ;

2° La teneur moyenne en nicotine et de la quantité diffusée par dose ;

3° Le numéro de lot ;

4° Une recommandation selon laquelle le produit doit être tenu hors de portée des enfants ;

5° Un avertissement sanitaire apposé deux fois.

Un arrêté du ministre chargé de la santé fixe les caractéristiques et les modalités d’inscription de ces mentions obligatoires, les méthodes d’analyse permettant de mesurer la teneur en nicotine et les méthodes de vérification de l’exactitude des mentions portées sur les unités de conditionnement.

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