TRPR Compliance
The European Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) stipulated that all e-liquids containing
nicotine sold in the EU must be notified to a designated authority. In the UK that authority is the Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
The Tobacco and Related Products Regulation (TRPR) was enacted to adopt the EU
regulations in the UK and so the regulations remain in force despite the UK having left the EU.
Notified products are each assigned a European Community Identification (ECID) Number. Each version (nicotine strength) of an e-liquid is treated as a separate product.
The ECID number must be printed on the packaging of the product.
The notification, testing and identification of e-liquids was introduced to improve safety and to enable consumers to check that the products they are purchasing are genuine and have been tested. You will find a list of all notified products for Great Britain and Northern Ireland here.
