The purpose of this draft Royal Decree is to prohibit nicotine pouches and cannabinoid pouches.

The purpose of the draft Royal Decree is to prohibit the placing on the Belgian market of nicotine pouches and cannabinoid pouches. Nicotine pouches being defined as: "any tobacco-free product for oral use consisting wholly or partly of synthetic or natural nicotine in the form of powder, particles or paste or in any combination of such forms, in particular those presented in portions of sachets or in porous sachets”. Cannabinoid pouches being defined as: "any product for oral use consisting of or containing a cannabinoid or cannabinoids or its derivatives, in the form of powder, particles or paste or in a combination of such forms, in particular those in portions of sachets or porous sachets”