E-cigarettes
The devices themselves. Several markets regulate the device separately from the liquid, and at least one permits one subtype while banning the other.
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Not every value on this page is confirmed.
Fields carrying a Draft marker come from a measure that is not in force. Fields carrying Needs check have not yet been verified at source. Both are marked individually next to the value, and the open questions are listed at the foot of this page.
Position
Where this stands, in words.
The device category splits. Rechargeable devices are permitted under the royal decree of 28 October 2016. Disposables have been prohibited since 1 January 2025. A single status for the category would be untrue of one half of it, so both subtypes are stated separately below.
Loi tabac — interdiction de la vente à distance
Permitted subject to the requirements of AR 28.10.2016.
AR 28.10.2016
Prohibited from 1 January 2025, with or without nicotine; retailers had until 11 January 2025. Belgium was the first EU member state to prohibit them. The legal reasoning was deliberately twofold — youth health and the environmental burden of lithium batteries — and it was the environmental limb that secured European Commission approval on 18 March 2024, an earlier health-only justification having been refused.
Royal decree prohibiting disposable electronic cigarettes — exact reference to be confirmed
Requirements
Every parameter, with its source.
A field with no source is not shown at all — not shown with a caveat, not shown. Anything missing from this table is missing because it has not been verified, not because it does not apply.
Legal basis
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Base law
The act the category is governed by in this market.
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Arrêté royal du 28 octobre 2016, together with the prohibition on disposables
AR 28.10.2016 ejustice.just.fgov.be verified 10.07.2026
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EU-level regulation
Whether and how the category is covered by EU law. A category outside EU law is regulated market by market, with no common floor.
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Directive 2014/40/EU (TPD), art. 20 — transposed
Directive 2014/40/EU, art. 20 ejustice.just.fgov.be verified 10.07.2026
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Competent authority
Who regulates, who supervises, and who receives the filing.
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SPF Santé publique
health.belgium.be verified 10.07.2026
Composition and limits
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Container volume
Ceilings on refill container and tank or cartridge volume.
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Tank 2 ml maximum
AR 28.10.2016, art. 4 ejustice.just.fgov.be verified 10.07.2026
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Flavour restriction
Whether characterising flavours are restricted, and from when. One of the most widely misreported fields in this sector.
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Not restricted. A prohibition on all flavours except tobacco was approved on 30.04.2026 and takes effect 01.09.2028 Needs check
Council of Ministers decision of 30.04.2026; draft arrêté ministériel, TRIS procedure pending vandenbroucke.belgium.be verified 10.07.2026
Packaging and labelling
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Other packaging requirements
Leaflet, child resistance, tamper evidence, and prohibited presentation.
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Attractive device features such as light effects are prohibited; the flavour may be named on the pack only in a neutral manner
In force since July 2023, with a transitional period for retailers to 11 January 2024.
AR 28.10.2016 ejustice.just.fgov.be verified 10.07.2026
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Plain packaging
Whether the standardised-packaging regime reaches this category.
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Not required
AR 28.07.2025 news.belgium.be verified 10.07.2026
Notification
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Notification channel
Where the filing goes. Not an assumption: some markets take these products outside EU-CEG entirely, and some have no channel at all.
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EU-CEG, via SPF Santé publique
health.belgium.be verified 10.07.2026
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Lead time
How far ahead of market entry the notification must be filed.
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6 months before market entry
Directive 2014/40/EU, art. 20 ejustice.just.fgov.be verified 10.07.2026
Sales
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Minimum age
The age below which sale is prohibited.
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18 years
Loi tabac / AR health.belgium.be verified 10.07.2026
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Online and distance sale
Whether the product may be sold remotely, domestically and across borders.
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Display ban
Whether the product may be visible at the point of sale.
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In force since 01.04.2025
health.belgium.be verified 10.07.2026
Excise and chemicals
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Advertising
What promotion is permitted, if any.
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Prohibited
health.belgium.be verified 10.07.2026
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Excise
The rate and its basis of assessment. Five markets use four different units, so the unit travels with the figure.
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0.15 €/ml of cartridge volume Needs check
Excise on e-liquids; commencement to be confirmed finances.belgium.be verified 10.07.2026
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Chemicals legislation
REACH, CLP, safety data sheets and poison-centre notification, which apply in parallel to the product regime.
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REACH and CLP apply; safety data sheet required
Regulation (EC) 1272/2008; Regulation (EC) 1907/2006 health.belgium.be verified 10.07.2026
Commonly misreported
What the internet gets wrong.
Belgium banned flavoured e-liquids from January 2025.
what the source saysIt did not. No flavour restriction is in force. What took effect is a narrower requirement that the flavour be named neutrally on the packaging. A prohibition on all flavours except tobacco was approved on 30 April 2026 and takes effect on 1 September 2028, and it has still to clear the TRIS procedure. Several secondary sources report the 2025 date; the primary record does not support it.
Council of Ministers decision of 30.04.2026 vandenbroucke.belgium.be
Not in force
What is coming for this category.
None of this is law today.
Prohibition on all e-liquid flavours except tobacco
A draft. It is not law and does not bind anyone.
On 30 April 2026 the Council of Ministers approved draft decrees to allow only tobacco-flavoured and unflavoured e-liquids, and to ban components that change the taste, smell or colour of the vapour. The draft royal decree was notified to the EU as TRIS 2026/0254/BE on 22 May 2026. Detailed opinions from Greece, Romania and Italy extended the standstill to 26 November 2026, so the decree cannot be adopted before then. Press reports give 1 September 2028 as the intended start; the notified text has not been adopted or published in the Moniteur belge.
Draft royal decree amending the AR of 28 October 2016 on the manufacture and marketing of electronic cigarettes (TRIS 2026/0254/BE), with a draft ministerial decree technical-regulation-information-system.ec.europa.eu
Open questions
What we have not closed yet.
| Priority | Question | Where to look |
|---|---|---|
| High |
Status and transitional provisions of the flavour prohibition: approved 30.04.2026, effective 01.09.2028, currently in the TRIS procedure. blocks: flavour-restriction |
Moniteur belge · EU TRIS database · vandenbroucke.belgium.be |
| High |
Exact commencement date and legal basis of the excise on e-liquids — 01.01.2024 introduction against 01.07.2024 full application — and the programme-law or Code des accises reference. blocks: excise |
finances.belgium.be · Moniteur belge |
| High |
Exact reference — number, date and Moniteur citation — of the royal decree prohibiting disposable electronic cigarettes from 01.01.2025. |
ejustice.just.fgov.be · health.belgium.be |
| High |
Whether SPF Santé publique imposes an annual reporting obligation for e-liquids and e-cigarettes beyond the EU-CEG notification itself, and on what date. No annual-reporting value is recorded for Belgium, so the deadline checker returns nothing for it. blocks: annual-reporting |
AR 28.10.2016 and the arrêtés ministériels under it · health.belgium.be — e-cigarette notification guidance |
| Medium |
Whether track and trace — the Incert unique identifiers — applies to electronic cigarettes and e-liquids. blocks: track-and-trace |
SPF Santé publique · Incert |
| Low |
Possible extension of the plain-packaging regime to electronic cigarettes, currently being lobbied for. blocks: plain-packaging |
news.belgium.be · health.belgium.be |
| Low |
Revision of the TPD at EU level (TPD3) and its effect on nicotine products; a draft is expected towards the end of 2026. |
ec.europa.eu · health.belgium.be |
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