Singapore legislation

Schedule 1

of Tobacco and Vaporisers Control (Appearance, Packaging and Labelling) Regulations 2019

Schedule 1

Permitted marks on retail packages of tobacco products

FIRST SCHEDULERegulations 3(2)(b) and 9(1)(a) and (5)Permitted marks on retail packages of tobacco productsPart 1General

1. In this Schedule —“bar code”, in relation to a tobacco product, means a mark containing information about the tobacco product that —

(a)

is in the form of a series of numbers and bars of varying thickness; and

(b)

is designed to be read by an optical scanner;“measurement mark” means a mark stating the quantity or weight of tobacco products in a retail package of tobacco products;“unique identification mark”, in relation to a tobacco product —

(a)

means a mark required for the purpose of any system for ensuring the authenticity of the origin, and for tracing the movement, of the tobacco product; and

(b)

includes a batch number.PART 2Permitted Marks

1. The following marks are permitted on a retail package of any tobacco product:

(a)

the brand name of the tobacco product;

(b)

the variant name of the tobacco product, if any;

(c)

not more than 2 measurement marks;

(d)

the name and address of the manufacturer of the tobacco product, or the import and wholesale licensee who imported the tobacco product into, or distributed by wholesale the tobacco product in, Singapore;

(e)

the country of manufacture of the tobacco product;

(f)

the date of manufacture of the tobacco product;

(g)

a bar code;

(h)

one or more unique identification marks.

2. A mark in paragraph 1(a) to (f) of this Part must be printed —

(a)

in Arial typeface in a normal weighted font;

(b)

in the colour Pantone Cool Gray 2C; and

(c)

in a uniform font size of not more than —

(i)

5 millimetres for the brand name of the tobacco product; or

(ii)

3.5 millimetres for each of the marks in paragraph 1(b) to (f) of this Part.

3. Each mark in paragraph 1(a) and (b) of this Part —

(a)

must use only block letters for the first letter of each word in the mark; and

(b)

must not use block letters in any other part of the mark.

4. Each mark in paragraph 1(c), (d) and (e) of this Part must be in sentence case.Part 3Brand Names and variant Names

1. The following requirements apply to the brand name and variant name (if any) of any tobacco product that appear on the external surface of any retail package of that tobacco product:

(a)

the brand name and variant name must appear in separate lines of text;

(b)

the variant name must appear in a line of text parallel to, in the same orientation as and immediately below the line of text that the brand name appears in;

(c)

the length of each line of text must be not more than —

(i)

50 millimetres for the brand name;

(ii)

35 millimetres for the variant name.

2. Where the retail package is a cigarette pack, the brand name and variant name (if any) of the cigarette must each appear —

(a)

not more than once on each of the top, bottom and front of the external surface of the cigarette pack; and

(b)

on the front of the external surface of the cigarette pack in the same orientation as, and immediately below, the health warning mentioned in regulation 21(3) displayed on that external surface.

3. Where the retail package is a cigarette carton or a larger package in regulation 12(c), the brand name and variant name (if any) of the cigarette must each appear not more than once on each of the front and the 2 smallest external surfaces of the cigarette carton or larger package, as the case may be.

4. Where the retail package is for any tobacco product except cigarettes and has 2 external surfaces, the brand name and variant name (if any) of the tobacco product —

(a)

must each appear not more than once on each external surface of the retail package; and

(b)

if the brand name and variant name both appear on an external surface, must appear in the same orientation on that external surface.

5. Where the retail package is for any tobacco product except cigarettes and has more than 2 external surfaces, the brand name and variant name (if any) of the tobacco product —

(a)

must each appear not more than once on —

(i)

the largest external surface of the retail package; and

(ii)

each of any 2 other external surfaces of the retail package; and

(b)

if the brand name and variant name both appear on an external surface, must appear in the same orientation on that external surface.

6. Where the retail package is a small retail package for beedies, the brand name and variant name (if any) of the beedies must —

(a)

each appear not more than once on —

(i)

the external surface of a spherical small retail package;

(ii)

the largest external surface of a cylindrical or conical small retail package; or

(iii)

one of the 2 largest external surfaces of any other kind of small retail package; and

(b)

appear in the same orientation as, and immediately below, the health warning mentioned in regulation 22(1) that is displayed on that external surface.

7. Where the retail package is a cigar tube, the brand name and variant name (if any) of the cigar must —

(a)

each appear not more than once on the external surface of the cigar tube;

(b)

be aligned to the longest side of the cigar tube; and

(c)

be located towards either end of the cigar tube.Part 4Measurement Marks

1. A measurement mark must only appear on an external surface of a retail package on which the brand name of the tobacco product appears.

2. A measurement mark stating the quantity of tobacco products in a retail package must state the quantity in only numerals.

3. A measurement mark stating the weight of tobacco products in a retail package of any tobacco product except cigarettes must be an alphanumeric mark comprising the weight in only numerals and the letter “g”.Part 5Bar Codes

1. A bar code must —

(a)

appear not more than once on the external surface of a retail package;

(b)

be printed in the colour Pantone 448C or black colour on a rectangular background that is white in colour; and[S 388/2020 wef 01/07/2020](c)be rectangular in shape.

2. The bar code must not form any shape, image, picture, symbol or design or otherwise have the effect of promoting any tobacco product.Part 6Unique Identification Marks

1. A unique identification mark that is alphanumeric must be printed —

(a)

in Arial typeface in a normal weighted font;

(b)

in the colour Pantone Cool Gray 2C, black or white on a background in the colour Pantone 448C: and

(c)

in a uniform font size of not more than 3.5 millimetres.

2. A unique identification mark that is not alphanumeric may be printed —

(a)

in the colour Pantone 448C, black or white; and

(b)

on a background in the colour Pantone 448C, black or white.

3. A unique identification mark must not form any shape, image, picture, symbol or design or otherwise have the effect of promoting any tobacco product.Part 7Other Marks

1. Each of the following marks must appear not more than once on the external surface of a retail package:

(a)

(b)

the country of manufacture of the tobacco product;

(c)

the date of manufacture of the tobacco product.

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