E-liquids
Refill liquids for electronic cigarettes, with or without nicotine, including bases, flavour concentrates and DIY boosters where the market treats them the same way.
verified 09.07.2026 · TPD Pro regulatory desk
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.
Marketable under the TPD transposition. Flavours are restricted by decree 429/2025 — only fruit, tobacco, coffee, tea and mint or menthol are permitted.
Vyhláška č. 37/2017 Sb.
Zákon č. 65/2017 Sb., §§ 35–36
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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Zákon č. 110/1997 Sb.
Zákon č. 110/1997 Sb. zakonyprolidi.cz verified 09.07.2026
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Implementing act
The decree, regulation or ordinance carrying the detail.
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Vyhláška č. 37/2017 Sb., as amended by 429/2025 Sb.
Vyhláška č. 37/2017 Sb. zakonyprolidi.cz verified 09.07.2026
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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 (TPD2), art. 20 — transposed
Directive 2014/40/EU, art. 20 zakonyprolidi.cz verified 09.07.2026
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Competent authority
Who regulates, who supervises, and who receives the filing.
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Ministerstvo zdravotnictví; the regional public health authorities for supervision
mzd.gov.cz verified 09.07.2026
Composition and limits
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Maximum nicotine
The ceiling on nicotine content, in the unit the act sets it in.
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20 mg/ml
Vyhláška č. 37/2017 Sb., § 3 zakonyprolidi.cz verified 09.07.2026
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Container volume
Ceilings on refill container and tank or cartridge volume.
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Replaceable cartridge 10 ml; tank 2 ml maximum
Vyhláška č. 37/2017 Sb., § 3 zakonyprolidi.cz verified 09.07.2026
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Prohibited ingredients
Substances that may not be present, beyond the general prohibition on hazardous ones.
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Vitamins, caffeine, taurine, stimulants, cannabinoids, oils and fats; CBD per the ministry's position; annexes 1 and 2 of decree 429/2025
The exact contents of annexes 1 and 2 should be checked against the full consolidated text — see the verification queue.
Vyhláška č. 37/2017 Sb.; Vyhláška č. 429/2025 Sb. zakonyprolidi.cz verified 09.07.2026
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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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Restricted. Only fruit, tobacco, coffee, tea and mint or menthol are permitted; sweet, dessert and beverage flavours are prohibited
This is the opposite of the Swedish position, where the same restriction was proposed and voted down. Neither market is a guide to the other.
Vyhláška č. 429/2025 Sb. zakonyprolidi.cz verified 09.07.2026
Packaging and labelling
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Mandatory warning
The statutory wording. Reproduced verbatim in the language of the act, because the text on the pack must match it.
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Tento výrobek obsahuje nikotin, který je vysoce návykovou látkou.
Vyhláška č. 37/2017 Sb. zakonyprolidi.cz verified 09.07.2026
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Warning format
Surface share, placement and any accompanying age mark.
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On the unit packet and on any outside packaging
Vyhláška č. 37/2017 Sb. zakonyprolidi.cz verified 09.07.2026
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Other packaging requirements
Leaflet, child resistance, tamper evidence, and prohibited presentation.
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Must not resemble food, cosmetics or a toy; no economic inducements; the flavour stated in words using the term příchuť
Vyhláška č. 37/2017 Sb. zakonyprolidi.cz verified 09.07.2026
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 Ministerstvo zdravotnictví
mzd.gov.cz verified 09.07.2026
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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
Vyhláška č. 37/2017 Sb., § 6 zakonyprolidi.cz verified 09.07.2026
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Data required
What has to be in the dossier.
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Up to 79 items: composition, emissions, toxicology, nicotine doses and the manufacturing process
Vyhláška č. 37/2017 Sb. zakonyprolidi.cz verified 09.07.2026
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Annual reporting
The recurring obligation after market entry, and its deadline.
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Required; without it the product may not be placed on the market
Zákon č. 110/1997 Sb., § 12h zakonyprolidi.cz verified 09.07.2026
Sales
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Minimum age
The age below which sale is prohibited.
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18 years
Zákon č. 65/2017 Sb. e-sbirka.gov.cz verified 09.07.2026
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Online and distance sale
Whether the product may be sold remotely, domestically and across borders.
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Permitted with an age-verification system
Zákon č. 65/2017 Sb., §§ 35–36 e-sbirka.gov.cz verified 09.07.2026
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Points of sale
Where the product may and may not be sold.
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Specialist shops, press kiosks and designated points; prohibited in schools, healthcare premises and on public transport
Zákon č. 65/2017 Sb. e-sbirka.gov.cz verified 09.07.2026
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Vending machines
Whether unattended sale is permitted, and under what age control.
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Prohibited without age verification
Zákon č. 65/2017 Sb. e-sbirka.gov.cz verified 09.07.2026
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Free samples
Whether the product may be given away.
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Prohibited
Zákon č. 65/2017 Sb. e-sbirka.gov.cz verified 09.07.2026
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Retail permit or notification
What a retailer must file, and with whom, before selling.
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Notification of the age-verification system: 15 days before starting in Czechia, 5 days for cross-border
Zákon č. 65/2017 Sb., § 36 e-sbirka.gov.cz verified 09.07.2026
Excise and chemicals
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Advertising
What promotion is permitted, if any.
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Substantially restricted
Zákon č. 40/1995 Sb. e-sbirka.gov.cz verified 09.07.2026
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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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7.50 CZK/ml Needs check
A rise to CZK 10 per ml is planned for 2027. Both the 2026 rate and the plan should be confirmed with the customs administration before they are relied on.
Excise rate for 2026 szpi.gov.cz verified 09.07.2026
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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; national act 350/2011 Sb.
Regulation (EC) 1907/2006; Regulation (EC) 1272/2008; Zákon č. 350/2011 Sb. zakonyprolidi.cz verified 09.07.2026
Mandatory warning
The statutory wording, verbatim.
Reproduced exactly as the act sets it, in the language it sets it in. The text on your pack has to match this character for character, so it is never paraphrased and never machine-translated here. Where an English gloss is given it is unofficial and is not the text to print.
Tento výrobek obsahuje nikotin, který je vysoce návykovou látkou.
unofficial gloss — This product contains nicotine, which is a highly addictive substance.
Vyhláška č. 37/2017 Sb. zakonyprolidi.cz
Commonly misreported
What the internet gets wrong.
The Czech e-liquid flavour restriction reflects an EU-wide rule.
what the source saysIt does not. Decree 429/2025 is a national measure. There is no EU flavour restriction for e-liquids, and the position varies sharply between member states: Sweden put the same restriction to a vote and rejected it. Neither market is a guide to the other.
Vyhláška č. 429/2025 Sb. zakonyprolidi.cz
Not in force
What is coming for this category.
None of this is law today.
Excise increase on e-liquids to CZK 10 per ml and on nicotine pouches to CZK 1.70 per g
Adopted, and takes effect on the date shown. Not in force before it.
On 1 January 2027 the excise on e-cigarette liquid rises from CZK 7.50 to CZK 10 per ml, and on nicotine pouches and other nicotine products from CZK 1.20 to CZK 1.70 per gram. This last step was written into the 2023 consolidation package, zákon č. 349/2023 Sb., so it is adopted law, not a plan. Pouches have been taxed since 2024.
§ 130u odst. 1 zákona č. 353/2003 Sb., ve znění čl. LIV bodu 55 zákona č. 349/2023 Sb. mf.gov.cz
Open questions
What we have not closed yet.
| Priority | Question | Where to look |
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| High |
Due date of the annual report under Zákon č. 110/1997 Sb., § 12h, for pouches and e-liquids. The obligation itself is confirmed; the calendar date is not stated in the source consulted, so the deadline checker returns it undated rather than assuming one. blocks: annual-reporting |
Zákon č. 110/1997 Sb., § 12h, consolidated version · Ministerstvo zdravotnictví — reporting guidance for tobacco and related products |
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Exact contents of annexes 1 and 2 to decree 429/2025 — the prohibited substances and their limits. blocks: prohibited-ingredients |
Full text in e-Sbírka |
| Low |
All section references to be checked against the consolidated versions. |
e-sbirka.gov.cz |
verified 09.07.2026 · TPD Pro regulatory desk