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Article L3512-25 of the French Public Health Code

I.-In addition to the unique identifier referred to in Article L. 3512-23, unit packets of tobacco products manufactured, imported from a non-EU Member State or originating from an EU Member State must include a forgery-proof security feature comprising at least five types of authenticating element, including at least one visible element, one semi-perceptible element and one non-perceptible element. At least one of these elements must be provided by an independent…

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Article L3512-26 of the French Public Health Code

A decree in the Conseil d’Etat shall determine the conditions for application of this chapter, in particular : 1° The model report referred to in Article L. 3512-7 ; 2° The conditions for application of article L. 3512-16 ; 3° The content of the declarations referred to in articles L. 3512-17 and L. 3512-18, the procedures for their transmission and updating, the nature of the information that is made public…

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Article L3512-27 of the French Public Health Code

For the application of sections 1 to 5 of this chapter, in the collectivities governed by Article 73 of the Constitution, in Saint-Martin, in Saint-Barthélemy and in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: 1° The words: “tobacco shop” are replaced by the words: “place of sale of tobacco, tobacco products or ingredients defined in Article L. 3512-2”; 2° Article L. 3512-4 is amended as follows: a) In the local authorities governed by Article 73 of…

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Article L3512-28 of the French Public Health Code

In the local authorities governed by Article 73 of the Constitution and in Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy, the price below which it is prohibited to sell a tobacco product mentioned in Article L. 3512-4 is the price resulting from 3° of Article L. 314-22 of the Code of Taxes on Goods and Services.

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Article L3513-1 of the French Public Health Code

The following are considered to be vaping products: 1° Electronic vaping devices, i.e. products, or any component of such products, including cartridges, reservoirs and devices without a cartridge or reservoir, which can be used, by means of a mouthpiece, for the consumption of vapour containing nicotine where appropriate. Electronic vaping devices may be disposable or refillable by means of a refill bottle and a reservoir or by means of single-use…

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Article L3513-4 of the French Public Health Code

Direct or indirect propaganda or advertising for vaping products is prohibited. These provisions do not apply to 1° to publications and online communication services published by professional organisations of producers, manufacturers and distributors of vaping products, reserved for their members, or to specialised professional publications, the list of which is established by ministerial order signed by the ministers responsible for health and communication; or to online communication services published on…

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Article L3513-5 of the French Public Health Code

It is forbidden to sell or offer vaping products free of charge to minors under the age of eighteen in tobacconists and any other shops or public places. The person supplying one of these products must require the customer to prove that he or she has reached the age of majority. For the application of this article, in the local authorities governed by Article 73 of the Constitution, in Saint-Martin,…

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