National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 18050:2025.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee CH/437, Electronic Cigarettes & E-liquids.

A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its committee manager.

Contractual and legal considerations

This publication has been prepared in good faith, however no representation, warranty, assurance or undertaking (express or implied) is or will be made, and no responsibility or liability is or will be accepted by BSI in relation to the adequacy, accuracy, completeness or reasonableness of this publication. All and any such responsibility and liability is expressly disclaimed to the full extent permitted by the law.

This publication is provided as is, and is to be used at the recipient’s own risk.

The recipient is advised to consider seeking professional guidance with respect to its use of this publication.

This publication is not intended to constitute a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.

Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.

This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 30 November 2025.

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 18 August 2025.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and United Kingdom.

European foreword

This document (EN 18050:2025) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 437 “Electronic cigarettes and e-liquids”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by May 2026 and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by May 2026.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

This document is intended to be read in conjunction with EN 17648.

Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body. A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.

According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the United Kingdom.

Introduction

User information is a set of instructions that come with vaping products, cartridges, prefilled containers, and accessories. The user information can be documented on a pull-out book known as a product information leaflet, adhered to the product itself in the case of prefilled containers, or detailed on the packaging. Additionally, a reference can be provided that directs the consumer to the user information online.

This document establishes the instructions that can be provided to the consumer, such as the instructions for the use and storage of the product as part of these user information details. The recommendations given in this document are relevant to most product types currently available, as well as to those that will be developed.

NOTE 1 This document can provide state of the art guidance; however, in cases where national regulations currently exist, said regulations can take precedence over this document. This document can provide supplementary information in addition to national regulations.

NOTE 2 Legal requirements with regard to labelling and nicotine content are dictated by the TPD and CLP legislation. The aim of this document is to bring consistency and a minimum standard across different legislative regimes as well as supplement and aid in the implementation of said regulations.

1 Scope

This document specifies to the producers of e-liquid the information that should be provided on the outside packaging, unit packets, product information leaflet or online content that is supplied with a vaping product. The scope of this document is limited to vaping products, cartridges, prefilled containers, and accessories.

2 Normative references

3 Terms, definitions, and abbreviations

3.1 Terms and definitions

3.2 Abbreviations

4 General requirements

4.1 General

4.2 Packing list

4.3 Ingredients

4.4 Usage instructions

4.5 Storage instructions

4.6 Instructions for disposal

5 Readability

Bibliography

BS EN 18050:2025

User information requirements for vaping products

Current

Published:

30 Nov 2025