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.
verified 10.07.2026 · 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.
Regulated as dispositivos susceptibles de liberación de nicotina (DSLN). Disposable devices remain lawful; a draft bill would prohibit their sale after a twelve-month transition, and it is not in force.
RD 579/2017
Ley 28/2005, disposición adicional duodécima
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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Ley 28/2005, as amended by RD-ley 17/2017
Ley 28/2005 boe.es verified 10.07.2026
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Implementing act
The decree, regulation or ordinance carrying the detail.
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Real Decreto 579/2017, as amended by RD 47/2024
RD 579/2017 boe.es 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 (TPD2), art. 20 — transposed
Directive 2014/40/EU, art. 20 boe.es verified 10.07.2026
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Competent authority
Who regulates, who supervises, and who receives the filing.
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Ministerio de Sanidad; Dirección General de Salud Pública
sanidad.gob.es 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 or cartridge 2 ml maximum
RD 579/2017 boe.es verified 10.07.2026
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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Este producto contiene nicotina, una sustancia que crea una gran dependencia.
RD 579/2017 boe.es verified 10.07.2026
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Warning format
Surface share, placement and any accompanying age mark.
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30% of the external surface of the pack of the pack surface
RD 579/2017 boe.es 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 the Dirección General de Salud Pública
RD 579/2017 boe.es 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
RD 579/2017, arts. 6–7 boe.es verified 10.07.2026
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Registry and status check
Where a product's approval status can be confirmed.
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Registro de Fabricantes, Importadores y Distribuidores (DSLN)
RD 579/2017 boe.es verified 10.07.2026
Sales
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Minimum age
The age below which sale is prohibited.
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18 years
Ley 28/2005, art. 3 boe.es 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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Cross-border distance selling prohibited; domestic online sale possible on conditions
Ley 28/2005, disposición adicional duodécima boe.es verified 10.07.2026
Excise and chemicals
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Advertising
What promotion is permitted, if any.
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Substantially restricted, on the same footing as tobacco
Ley 28/2005; RD-ley 17/2017 boe.es 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) 1907/2006; Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 boe.es verified 10.07.2026
Not in force
What is coming for this category.
None of this is law today.
Draft royal decree amending RD 579/2017
A draft. It is not law and does not bind anyone.
Would set a 0.99 mg nicotine limit per pouch, restrict e-liquids to tobacco flavour, and introduce generic packaging. Notified to the Commission under TRIS as notification 26624. Whether it has been published in the BOE, its final text and its transitional periods are all open. Nothing in it is in force.
Proyecto de Real Decreto; TRIS notification 26624 sanidad.gob.es
Draft bill amending Ley 28/2005
A draft. It is not law and does not bind anyone.
Would prohibit disposable devices after a twelve-month transition, place nicotine pouches on the same footing as tobacco, and prohibit consumption by under-18s. Its stage, date and transitional arrangements are open. Disposable devices remain lawful in the meantime.
Anteproyecto de Ley sanidad.gob.es
Open questions
What we have not closed yet.
| Priority | Question | Where to look |
|---|---|---|
| Critical |
Fate of the draft bill amending Ley 28/2005 — the prohibition on disposables, the alignment of pouches with tobacco, and the prohibition on consumption by under-18s. Its stage, date and twelve-month transition. |
Congreso de los Diputados · BOE |
| High |
Whether RD 579/2017 imposes an annual reporting obligation for e-liquids and e-cigarettes, and on what date it falls. No annual-reporting value is recorded for Spain at all, so the deadline checker returns nothing — which is not the same as there being nothing to file. blocks: annual-reporting |
RD 579/2017, arts. 6–7 and the annexes · Dirección General de Salud Pública — notification guidance |
| Low |
Generic packaging requirements: whether they extend to heated tobacco and to e-cigarettes. blocks: plain-packaging |
BOE · Public consultations |
verified 10.07.2026 · TPD Pro regulatory desk