The TPD Handbook 2026

The TPD Handbook 2026 A Technical Guide to Compliance, Notification and Market Maintenance in the EU European vape regulation extends far beyond the submission of a product notification. Manufacturers, importers and distributors must be able to define the product accurately, assess its ingredients and technical characteristics, generate suitable evidence, complete EU-CEG submissions, manage national requirements and maintain control throughout the product's commercial life. The TPD Handbook 2026 provides a detailed professional guide to that complete regulatory process. It examines the European legal framework, product definition, ingredient reporting, toxicological assessment, analytical testing, EU-CEG submission, packaging, national interpretation, manufacturing change, post-market surveillance, enforcement and future regulatory readiness. Particular attention is given to the practical failures that place products and businesses at risk: incomplete notifications, poorly controlled formulations, unsuitable laboratory evidence, supplier changes, inconsistent packaging, unverified importation, regulatory drift and weak post-market systems. Written for manufacturers, importers, laboratories, regulatory professionals, quality teams, consultants and commercial decision-makers, this book explains how to build a defensible system in which the product manufactured, notified, imported and sold remains scientifically supported, legally identifiable and continuously controlled. This is not simply a guide to completing a notification. It is a working reference for maintaining lawful European market access. Stephen Buss is a scientist, regulatory affairs consultant and former formulation and consumer-research professional whose experience spans pharmaceutical science, tobacco research, quality management and the development of European regulatory systems for electronic cigarettes. He previously directed regulatory and technical programmes supporting thousands of European product notifications.