May 2019: All EU went live with TPD regulation, which is the most complex regulation related to serialization and traceability ever experienced by an industry. All finished goods of cigarettes (FMC, RYO/MYO) needed to be coded and track & traced along the supply chain until the last economical operator before retail.
September 2023: FCTC: +60 countries around the world will Go-Live with new tobacco regulation
May 2024: EUTPD for OTP (other tobacco products: cigars, chewing tobacco, HnB), will Go-Live as the final stage of TPD for all EU countries September 2028: FCTC for OTP, for +60 countries