Nicotine pouches

Oral, tobacco-free products containing synthetic or natural nicotine, presented as portioned sachets, powder, particles or paste.

Open National act

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.

Open Permitted; the notification regime functions.

Marketable, under a purpose-built decree with numeric limits that are among the most specific in the EU. Notification runs through EU-CEG under the oral tobacco category.

Commercial sale Open

Vyhláška č. 141/2023 Sb.

Online sale Open

Permitted where an age-verification system is operated.

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

Base law The act the category is governed by in this market.: Zákon č. 110/1997 Sb., as amended by 174/2021 Sb.

Zákon č. 110/1997 Sb. zakonyprolidi.cz verified 09.07.2026
Implementing act The decree, regulation or ordinance carrying the detail.: Vyhláška č. 141/2023 Sb.

Vyhláška č. 141/2023 Sb. zakonyprolidi.cz verified 09.07.2026
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.: Not covered by EU law

zakonyprolidi.cz verified 09.07.2026
Competent authority Who regulates, who supervises, and who receives the filing.: Ministerstvo zdravotnictví; SZPI for supervision

szpi.gov.cz verified 09.07.2026

Composition and limits

Maximum nicotine The ceiling on nicotine content, in the unit the act sets it in.: 12 mg per pouch

Vyhláška č. 141/2023 Sb. zakonyprolidi.cz verified 09.07.2026
Maximum nicotine per pack A ceiling on the pack as a whole, where the act sets one in addition to the per-dose limit.: 240 mg per pack

Vyhláška č. 141/2023 Sb. zakonyprolidi.cz verified 09.07.2026
Minimum doses per pack A floor on pack size. Set to stop a pack being small enough to consume in one sitting.: 20 pouches minimum

The three limits work together: at the 12 mg ceiling per pouch, a 20-pouch pack reaches the 240 mg pack ceiling exactly.

Vyhláška č. 141/2023 Sb. zakonyprolidi.cz verified 09.07.2026
Prohibited ingredients Substances that may not be present, beyond the general prohibition on hazardous ones.: Vitamins, minerals, caffeine, taurine and stimulants; capsaicin, estragole, hydrogen cyanide and others listed in the annex

Vyhláška č. 141/2023 Sb., annex zakonyprolidi.cz verified 09.07.2026
Flavour restriction Whether characterising flavours are restricted, and from when. One of the most widely misreported fields in this sector.: No specific restriction beyond the prohibition on stimulants

The flavour restriction introduced by decree 429/2025 applies to e-liquids, not to pouches.

Vyhláška č. 141/2023 Sb. zakonyprolidi.cz verified 09.07.2026

Packaging and labelling

Mandatory warning The statutory wording. Reproduced verbatim in the language of the act, because the text on the pack must match it.: Tento výrobek obsahuje nikotin a je vysoce návykový.

Vyhláška č. 141/2023 Sb. zakonyprolidi.cz verified 09.07.2026
Warning format Surface share, placement and any accompanying age mark.: 30% of the surface, plus a graphic 18+ mark (a crossed-through 18) of the pack surface

Vyhláška č. 141/2023 Sb. zakonyprolidi.cz verified 09.07.2026
Other packaging requirements Leaflet, child resistance, tamper evidence, and prohibited presentation.: Must not resemble food, cosmetics or a toy; child-resistant; no economic inducements

Vyhláška č. 141/2023 Sb. zakonyprolidi.cz verified 09.07.2026

Notification

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.: EU-CEG, under the oral tobacco category

mzd.gov.cz verified 09.07.2026
Lead time How far ahead of market entry the notification must be filed.: Before market entry

The decree requires notification before placing on the market. The six-month lead time that applies to e-liquids is not stated for this category.

Vyhláška č. 141/2023 Sb. zakonyprolidi.cz verified 09.07.2026
Data required What has to be in the dossier.: Composition, toxicology, nicotine doses, safety data sheet under REACH, and market data

Vyhláška č. 141/2023 Sb. zakonyprolidi.cz verified 09.07.2026
Annual reporting The recurring obligation after market entry, and its deadline.: Sales volumes and consumer-group preferences

Zákon č. 110/1997 Sb., § 12h zakonyprolidi.cz verified 09.07.2026

Sales

Minimum age The age below which sale is prohibited.: 18 years

Zákon č. 65/2017 Sb. e-sbirka.gov.cz verified 09.07.2026
Online and distance sale Whether the product may be sold remotely, domestically and across borders.: Permitted with an age-verification system

Zákon č. 65/2017 Sb., §§ 35–36 e-sbirka.gov.cz verified 09.07.2026
Points of sale Where the product may and may not be sold.: Only at designated points; prohibited in schools, healthcare premises and on public transport

Zákon č. 65/2017 Sb. e-sbirka.gov.cz verified 09.07.2026
Vending machines Whether unattended sale is permitted, and under what age control.: Prohibited without age verification

Zákon č. 65/2017 Sb. e-sbirka.gov.cz verified 09.07.2026
Free samples Whether the product may be given away.: Prohibited

Zákon č. 65/2017 Sb. e-sbirka.gov.cz verified 09.07.2026
Retail permit or notification What a retailer must file, and with whom, before selling.: Notification of the age-verification system 15 days before starting in Czechia

Zákon č. 65/2017 Sb., § 36 e-sbirka.gov.cz verified 09.07.2026

Excise and chemicals

Advertising What promotion is permitted, if any.: Not yet restricted; an amendment to the advertising act is in preparation Needs check

Whether the amendment has been adopted, and in what form, is an open question — see the verification queue.

Zákon č. 40/1995 Sb. szpi.gov.cz verified 09.07.2026
Chemicals legislation REACH, CLP, safety data sheets and poison-centre notification, which apply in parallel to the product regime.: 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.

Czech · cs

Tento výrobek obsahuje nikotin a je vysoce návykový.

unofficial gloss — This product contains nicotine and is highly addictive.

Vyhláška č. 141/2023 Sb. zakonyprolidi.cz

Commonly misreported

What the internet gets wrong.

widely reported

The 12 mg per pouch limit is a European standard.

what the source says

Nicotine pouches are not covered by EU law at all, so there is no European standard to be a version of. The 12 mg per pouch and 240 mg per pack figures come from Czech decree 141/2023. Sweden sets no numeric limit whatsoever, Germany permits no lawful market, and Spain has no act in force.

Vyhláška č. 141/2023 Sb. zakonyprolidi.cz

Not in force

What is coming for this category.

None of this is law today.

Rejected

Amendment to the advertising act covering nicotine pouches

Proposed and voted down. It is not coming into force.

In 2022 a group of deputies tabled a bill (sněmovní tisk 257) to extend the advertising act, zákon č. 40/1995 Sb., to nicotine pouches. The government opposed it and it never left the health committee, so it lapsed when the Chamber's term ended in 2025. The advertising act still covers only tobacco products and e-cigarettes. The pouch rules adopted so far, including the under-18 sales ban, came through zákon č. 59/2023 Sb.

Sněmovní tisk 257/0 (9. volební období), návrh novely zákona č. 40/1995 Sb.; not enacted psp.cz

Adopted takes effect 01.01.2027

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.

Open verification questions
Priority	Question	Where to look
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
Medium	Status of the advertising-act amendment as it applies to pouches: whether it was adopted, and in what version, as at July 2026. blocks: advertising	Poslanecká sněmovna · Sbírka zákonů
Medium	The proposed excise on nicotine pouches: current status. blocks: excise	Celní správa ČR · Ministerstvo financí
Low	All section references to be checked against the consolidated versions.	e-sbirka.gov.cz

verified 09.07.2026 · TPD Pro regulatory desk