China draws up e-cigarette regulations, gives no date for adoption - WTO filing

FILE PHOTO: Visitors try out e-cigarette products at a booth during the eCig Expo (IECIE) in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China April 14, 2019. Picture taken April 14, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer - Copyright CHINA STRINGER NETWORK(Reuters)

By Reuters

Published on 01/05/2019 - 13:02•Updated 25/04/2024 - 14:56

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GENEVA (Reuters) - China, the world's biggest tobacco producer and consumer, has drawn up standards for regulating e-cigarettes, it said in a filing published by the World Trade Organization on Wednesday, without specifying any date for adoption of the rules.

"This standard specifies the terms and definitions, technical requirements, test methods, packaging, identification, instructions, storage and transportation of electronic cigarette," the filing said.

The technical standards were set out in a 68-page attachment in Chinese, available at https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/CHN/19_2560_00_x.pdf

(Reporting by Tom Miles; Editing by Catherine Evans)

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China draws up e-cigarette regulations, gives no date for adoption - WTO filing

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