“Importing any type of waterpipe tobacco (known in Arabic as ‘Mu’assel’) or electrically heated cigarette plugs that are not marked with ‘Digital Tax Stamps’ will be prohibited across the UAE as of 1st March 2020, the Federal Tax Authority (FTA) announced on Tuesday. The FTA Decision stipulates that as of 1st March 2020, all Designated Excise Goods outlined in the Decision will no longer be allowed to be imported to the UAE unless they are marked with Digital Tax Stamps. Then as of 1st June 2020, any supply, transfer, stockpiling, or possession of these products will be banned unless they are marked with Digital Tax Stamps. FTA Director-General Khalid Ali Al Bustani asserted that implementing phase two of the ‘Marking Tobacco and Tobacco Products Scheme’, which consists of expanding it to include waterpipe tobacco and electrically heated cigarette plugs”
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FTA to ban waterpipe tobacco, e-cigarettes without digital tax stamp beginning 1st March
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