NICOTINE PRODUCT SALES PERMIT

The retail sale of cigarettes, nicotine pouches, and nicotine liquids (e-cigarettes) requires a permit. Updating a valid sales permit to cover nicotine pouches or e-cigarette products is a simple process, and sales can be started quickly.

Steps for Updating the Sales Permit
The steps for updating the sales permit are listed below. More detailed and comprehensive instructions for each point can be found on this page.

  1. Check your current permit from Valvira’s tobacco register..
  2. Check the annual supervision fee.
  3. Update the self-supervision plan.
  4. Apply for the sales permit update.

1. Check your current sales permit from the tobacco register

Authorities maintain a public list of sales permits for products under the Tobacco Act in the Tobacco Register. You can check your own permit through the service by entering your business ID (Y-tunnus) in the search field.

The form provides information about your point of sale and the status of the permits. Tobacco products refer to cigarettes, nicotine liquids refer to all e-cigarette products that contain nicotine liquid, and smoke-free nicotine products refer to nicotine pouches.

2. Check your municipality's supervision fees

The Tobacco Act sets a maximum limit for the supervision fee for nicotine products, but your municipality determines the amount of the fee.

The supervision fee is an annual, per-checkout fee. This means the more checkouts you sell cigarettes, nicotine pouches, or e-cigarettes from, the more fees you will have to pay.

We have compiled information about the annual supervision fee and a form that allows you to check the supervision fee for your point of sale’s municipality.

3. Update the self-supervision plan

Before updating the sales permit, you must modify the self-supervision plan to cover the new product categories.

The updated self-supervision plan must be submitted as an attachment when updating the sales permit.

You must add all new product categories that will be sold to the section dealing with product categories: Electronic cigarettes, nicotine liquids, and nicotine pouches.

4. Update the sales permit

After updating the self-supervision plan, the sales permit update is performed. Do this electronically in the Turre-e-service.

Instructions for Making the Update

  1. Select the Electronic Service of the Tobacco Register (Turre) and press Go to service
  2. Identify yourself to the service with a mobile certificate or online banking credentials
  3. Select Make a change notification and press Make notification
  4. Enter the valid sales ID and press Search
  5. Check that the point of sale is the one whose information you want to change
  6. Select Report a change and press Go to change notification form

Which fields do you need to fill in?
When updating an existing sales permit, the system partially utilizes old information, and you only need to fill in some of the fields. Listed below are all the fields you need to check or fill in.

  • Contact person’s contact information
    Check that the form has the correct name, phone number, and email address. Update if necessary.
  • Method of document delivery
    Choose how you want the sales permit to be delivered to you: by email (in which case you print it yourself), by letter to the point of sale or company address.
  • Clarification of the completer’s authority
    State here why you are authorized to make the application. For example, you are an entrepreneur or otherwise have the right to sign or have been authorized.
  • Product information
    Select expand sales to new product categories and choose the new product categories: Electronic cigarettes, nicotine liquids, and nicotine pouches. Indicate the effective date of the change (the date when you plan to start selling the products).
  • Number of points of sale
    Indicate here how many points of sale (checkouts) you intend to sell each product category from. Report each product category separately.
  • Additional information and attachments
    Add at least the updated self-supervision plan. You can also attach a floor plan showing the location of the points of sale.
    Fill in the additional information field if desired.
  • Preview, check, and send
    Review the information; if you notice errors, return to edit the information. Otherwise, send. You will receive an automatic email notification of the submission.

Do you need help?

Call us: 020 7933 010. Our customer service will gladly assist you with all matters related to the sales permit.

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