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15 May 2023  
(23-3386) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  FINLAND  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health  
PO Box 33  
FI-00023 Government  
Finland  
Tel. +358 295 16001  
Fax +358 9 698 0709  
E-mail: kirjaamo.stm@gov.fi  
Website: http://www.stm .fi 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  ], 2.10.1 [X], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Nicotine 
pouches without tobacco  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified docume nt: Draft 
Government Proposal for Amending the Tobacco Act; (20 page(s), in Finnish)  
6. Description of content:  Banning the sales and import of nicotine pouches  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
Tobacco Act (549/2016), G/TBT/N/FIN/50  
Draft Government Proposal for Amending the Tobacco Act 
https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -
databases/tris/en/search/?trisaction=search.detail&year=2023&num=219  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  as soon as possible  
Proposed date of entry into force:  as soon as possible  
10. Final date for comments:  Not Applicable  G/TBT/N/FIN/85  
 
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  11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
For technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures:  
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment (in Finland)  
P.O. Box 32  
FI-00023  
+(358) 29 516001  
maaraykset.tekniset.tem@gov.fi  
http://www.tem.fi  
https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -
databases/tris/en/search/?trisaction=search.detail&year=2023&num=219  
 