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19 September 2019  
(19-6040) 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:  MACAO, CHINA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Health Bureau  
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:   
Macao Economic Bureau  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Tobacco 
products  
5. Title, number of pa ges and language(s) of the notified document:  Smoking 
Prevention and Control Regime. Republication of Law no. 5/2011 (Smoking Prevention 
and Control Regime), as amended by Law no. 9/2017. (17 pages, in Chinese and 
Portuguese)  
6. Description of content:  This Decision republishes the full text of the Smoking 
Prevention and Control Regime, which regulates the ingredients of tobacco products and 
the measurement thereof, as well as the labelling, packaging and selling of tobacco 
products; prohibits t obacco product packaging from using terms, names, trademarks, 
graphics or other signs implying that the tobacco product is less harmful than other 
products; bans the selling of electronic cigarette and tobacco products intended for oral 
or nasal use; and p rohibits the introduction or use of automatic cigarette vending 
machines.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Macao Special Administrative Region Official Gazette No. 9 Series I, Chief 
Executive's Decision No. 39/2018 of 26 February 2018.  
https://images.io.gov.mo/bo/i/2018/09/despce -39-2018.pdf  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  26 February 2018  
Proposed date of entry into force:  26 February 2018  
10. Final date for comments:  N/A G/TBT/N/MAC/9  
 
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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:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/MAC/19_5020_00_x.pdf  
 