Guidance on the submission and content of notifications for Great Britain
Information for producers of e-cigarettes and refill containers on submitting a notification of intent to market their products in Great Britain.
Before getting started
Refer to Register to make submissions to MHRA for guidance on how to use MHRA submissions, including for e-cigarette information.
Application
Once you have an MHRA submission portal account, you can continue with the application process. Guidance is available in the:
Note: The company name displayed on the MHRA submission portal is also used in the extract published on our MHRA gov website. If your company ownership has changed and you require a new company ID on the MHRA submission portal, you can raise a ticket via the ‘Help and Support’ tile for a change of ownership.
We do not provide an XML creator. You can provide notifications to MHRA via existing XML documents or manually using our bulk uploader or online form.
The format and content of notifications will remain in line with those set out in the Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/2183 on e-cigarettes.
Details of the information notifications must contain are set out by the Commission in the Data Dictionary (PDF, 888KB, 37 pages).
If you make your product available in Great Britain under several brand names, you will be able to include all brand names for identical products in a single notification, for no additional fee. Each brand should be listed on the notification as a separate presentation.
Fee reduction
To receive fee reduction for both Northern Ireland and Great Britain, products must retain the same ECID in both regions. The regulations enable submitters to pay a single fee for Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Changes to the ECID between regions will result in two unique product identifiers which will be charged accordingly.
Guidance
The following guidance is to aid producers of e-cigarettes and refill containers to prepare notifications for their products. It was developed by the UK regulators and other member states and discussed at the European Commission Working Group on notification of e-cigarettes and refill containers.
Updates to this page
Published 23 March 2022Last updated 16 August 2024 + show all updates
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