TTTC7050 - Escalating penalties for non-compliance detections

A penalty of up to £10,000 can be charged, for failure to comply with Tobacco Track and Trace requirements, depending on the quantity of illicit products detected. An escalating model operates for the sanctions where there are repeat detections of non-compliant products or behaviour.

The following table shows the penalty to be applied depending on the quantity of cigarettes or hand rolling tobacco (HRT) which has been found to breach the regulations and whether this is a first, second or subsequent contravention.

-	Category A	Category B	Category C	Category D
Volume of cigarettes or HRT	under 100 unit packs	100 to 299 unit packs	300 to 499 unit packs	500 or more unit packs
First contravention	£2,500	£5,000	£7,500	£10,000
Second contravention	£5,000	£7,500	£10,000	£10,000
Third contravention	£7,500	£10,000	£10,000	£10,000

A unit pack of tobacco products means— 

(a) 20 cigarettes (whether or not they are packaged in packs of 20); or 

(b) 30 grams of hand-rolling tobacco (HRT) 

Where an Economic Operator ID is held, a further sanction may be applied by removal of that Economic Operator, or the Facility at which the breach occurred, from the Tobacco Track and Trace system.