Live status

What changed, and when it is due.

National rules now sit on top of EU-CEG. Every value on these pages carries its legal basis, a link to the source it came from, and the date it was last verified. Where a value is not confirmed, it says so.

See the matrix

Markets

5 markets, 4 categories.

Status attaches to a market, a category and an activity together — not to a market on its own. Where a market splits a category by subtype, every subtype is shown, because a single badge would be untrue of one half of it.

Regulatory status by market and product category
Market	Nicotine pouches	Nicotine strips	E-liquids	E-cigarettes	Verified
Belgium BE	Banned	Not covered	Open	Rechargeable Open Disposable (puffs) Banned	23.10.2026
Czechia CZ	Open	Unregulated	Open	Open	09.07.2026
Germany DE	De facto banned	Not covered	Open	Open	10.07.2026
Spain ES	Contested	Not covered	Open	Open	10.07.2026
Sweden SE	Open	Unregulated	Open	Open	10.07.2026

A market is listed here only when its record is complete. Markets still being built are not linked and are not in the sitemap — eight full markets are worth more than thirty half-empty ones.

How to read this

Four treatments, nine positions.

The badges collapse onto four treatments so the table can be read at a glance. The distinctions behind them are on the market pages, in words, because some of them decide whether a product can be sold at all.

Open Permitted; the notification regime functions.

Transitional A transitional period is running, with an end date.

Closing The regime closes on a known date.

Banned Explicitly prohibited by an act.

De facto banned Not prohibited by name. Unmarketable because no authorisation exists.

Adopted, not in force Adopted, and takes effect on a later date. Not yet in force.

Contested Authorities take conflicting positions. Both are shown, both sourced.

Unregulated No specific act is in force. A legal vacuum, not a permission.

Not required The requirement does not apply to this category.