Since March 2019 g. on packs of cigarettes, which are sold on the territory of the Russian Federation, will definitely be marked with a special marking.

This will allow you to track the way tobacco products from the factory to the counter. The corresponding law was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Today, on July 30, the text of the document was posted on the portal of legal information. Each pack and packaging of tobacco products must be labeled with identification means, the law says..

This is done to prevent illicit trade in tobacco products.

Now the authorized bodies will be able to track the turnover of tobacco products from the producer to the end user and monitor the legality of their origin. To control the legality of cigarettes will be shops using special scanners. Tobacco products databases will also be used to account for the production and tracking of cigarette sales within the framework of the EAES, along with data from customs and tax authorities and producers themselves.

The law on obligatory labeling of cigarettes was adopted by the State Duma on July 12 and approved by the Federation Council on July 26. Since 2016 year. experiments in drug labeling (QR code), cigarettes and shoe goods (two-dimensional code Data Matrix), fur coats and fur products (RFID tags) are launched in Russia and other countries of the EAEC.. After that, the marking of some of the types of goods is introduced on a permanent basis. Before 2024 year.

In Russia it is planned to create a system of continuous marking and traceability of goods.