VPDS184000 | Vaping Products Duty and Vaping Duty Stamps: Compliance: Approval conditions: Notification of the starting or stopping of manufacturing etc.

Where a person has been approved as a UK manufacturer of vaping products, they are required under regulation 6 of VPPDSC 26 to notify HMRC if they:

• have not started any manufacturing, storage or other activities in relation to vaping products within a time period of the later of 01 January 2027 or 6 months beginning with the date of approval

• have stopped any manufacturing, storage or other activities in relation to vaping products within a time period of 36 months

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The failure to notify HMRC may render the trader liable to a fixed penalty.