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Retail and wholesale | Amendments
Amendments announced
- Deposit on beverage cans
- Standard VAT-rate for nitrous oxide cartridges
- Higher consumption tax on non-alcoholic drinks
- Online sales of cigarettes and cigars banned
- Fashion chains must collect discarded clothing
- Crash helmets mandatory for light moped riders
- Ban on flavoured e-cigarettes
- Excise duty on tobacco will go up in 2023 and 2024
- Ban on free coffee cups for takeaway
- Supermarkets may no longer sell cigarettes
- Security of smart devices must be improved
- USB-C mandatory for all portable devices
- Temporary subsidy fireworks ban COVID-19 (TSVC-19) for retail - 2 (2021/2022)
- Preventing child labour
- Digital register for second-hand traders
- Ban on cash payments over €3,000
Amendments in force
- Ban on tobacco advertising extended to stores
- Houses must have a smoke detector on every floor
- Web shops and online platforms should do more to protect customers
- Discounts cannot be misleading
- Explicit ban on dual quality
- Wearing of face mask in indoor public spaces - lifted
- Supplying updates is mandatory
- Reversal of burden of proof extended to 12 months
