Tobacco Ordinance
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Tobacco Products Regulation |
| Short title: | Tobacco Ordinance |
| Abbreviation: | Tobacco V. |
| Type: | Federal Ordinance |
| Scope: | Federal Republic of Germany |
| Legal matter: | Special administrative law |
| References : | 2125-40-18 |
| Original version from: | December 20, 1977 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 2831 ) |
| Entry into force on: | January 1, 1978 |
| New announcement from: | September 9, 1997 ( BGBl. I p. 2296 ) |
| Expiry: | May 20, 2016 ( Art. 7 V of April 27, 2016, Federal Law Gazette I p. 980 ) |
| Please note the note on the applicable legal version. | |
The Ordinance on Tobacco Products , or Tobacco Ordinance for short , regulated the more detailed circumstances under which tobacco could be brought into circulation and listed additives that were allowed to be added in the production of tobacco products (see Tobacco Additives ). It was replaced by the Tobacco Products Act on May 20, 2016 .
For some ingredients, a distinction was made between smoking tobacco products, chewing tobacco products and snuff and the substances that were only allowed to be used for the cigarette papers and to stick the tobacco leaves on cigars .
The following were approved for use in tobacco and the associated paper:
- Humectants such as glycerin , propylene glycol , triethylene glycol and 1,3-butylene glycol
- Shellac as an adhesive
- liquorice
- coffee
- Tea and tea-like products
- Cocoa and cocoa products
- Types of sugar within the meaning of the Sugar Type Ordinance and other types of sugar suitable for human consumption, including caramelized
- Dextrins
- molasses
- Strength
- Thin-boiling starch treated with acids
- Preservatives, but not for cigars and not for cigarettes , with the exception of cigarette seam glue and tobacco foil: sorbic acid (E 200), sodium sorbate , potassium sorbate (E 202) and calcium sorbate (E 203), benzoic acid (E 210) and sodium benzoate (E 211) para -Hydroxybenzoic acid ethyl ester (E 214), para-hydroxybenzoic acid propyl ester (E 216) and their sodium compounds (E 215 and E 217).
Ammonium compounds (such as ammonium chloride ) were only permitted for snuff and chewing tobacco, but not for tobacco for smoking.
A number of substances were not allowed to be added to tobacco products. In addition to various tar oils, camphor , camphor oil, coumarin , safrole and thujone were also banned. An exception was made for snuff: camphor was allowed to be used up to a maximum content of 2 grams in 100 grams of the product ( Section 2 (2) tobacco ordinance). In addition, various plants and parts of plants were also prohibited, such as B. Bittersweet stalks and woodruff .
