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27 November 2023  
(23-7978) 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:  SLOVENIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Ministry of Health  
Directorate of Public Health  
Štefanova ulica 5  
1000 Ljubljana  
T: 386 1 478 6854  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the noti fication shall be indicated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 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):  Tobacco 
Products and Related Products  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  The draft Act 
amending the Restriction on the Use of Tobacco Products and Related Products Act; (3 
page( s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  The draft of the Act amending the Restriction on the Use of 
Tobacco Products and Related Products Act in Article 3 of Restriction on the Use of Tobacco 
Products and Related Products Act (hereinafter: ZOUTPI) supp lements the definitions of 
electronic cigarettes and refill containers, so that they also refer to nicotine -free products. 
All requirements of the directive and ZOUTPI (Article 26) thus also apply to nicotine -free 
electronic cigarettes and to nicotine -free refill containers.  
In Article 3 of the ZOUTPI, the definition of herbal product for smoking is supplemented. 
In addition to the combustion process, it also includes the heating process.  
In the third paragraph of Article 26 of the ZOUTPI, a provision is ad ded so that the liquid 
or any other nicotine or nicotine -free filler in electronic cigarettes or refill containers shall 
not contain any flavourings, except for the taste and smell of tobacco or menthol. 
Flavorings or substances that will be allowed in ele ctronic cigarettes and refill containers 
will be determined by the Minister of Health within three months of the Act entering into 
force.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protection of 
human health or safety  G/TBT/N/SVN/125  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  29 February 2024  
Proposed date of entry into force:  29 February 2024  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Slovenian Institute for Standardization SIST  
WTO TBT Enquiry Point  
Ulica Gledališča BTC 2  
SI 1000 Ljubljana - Slovenia  
E-mail: contact@sist.si  
https://technical -regulation -information -system.ec.europa.eu/en/notification/25095  
 