烟草在线据海湾新闻报道编译　　根据12月25日在阿布达比宣布的一项新法，在2013年1月1日后，不带有图片健康警语的卷烟将被禁止在阿联酋公开出售。

　　在阿联酋标准计量局12月26日的通告中，只有印制了今年早些时候推行的关于吸烟危险的规定图片的卷烟，才能在2013年合法出售。

　　阿联酋标准计量局代理局长Mohammad Saleh Badri,说，没有哪家公司能够例外，获得这些法规的豁免。

　　阿联酋标准计量局的一份声明说：“阿联酋标准计量局与烟草制造商的代表们举行了会谈，向他们强调了新的标准和政府按时颁行这些标准的决心。”

　　阿联酋标准计量局说，它正在与几个酋长国的经济部、阿布达比标准质量居以及迪拜市政府的官员们合作，确保这项彻底的新法在全国得到颁行。

　　在12月25日晚接受《海湾新闻》的采访时，在提到关于今年6月份这项法规的生效日期推迟6个月，以便使卷烟公司能够卖掉现有的没有图片健康警语的旧烟草产品时，Badri局长说：“生效日期不会再有进一步的推迟了。”

　　这项法规生效日期最后延期到12月31日。

　　Badri说，由于“当时收回库存不现实”，阿联酋标准计量局今年将法规的生效期延期，但他指出，为提前全面遵守法律规定，一些卷烟公司已经将旧产品撤出了流通。

　　Badri说：“从1月1日起，我们将严格执行这项法律。那些不遵守这项法规的人将面临严厉处罚。”他补充说，处罚的严厉程度可能从处以15万迪拉姆，一直到“将产品逐出市场”不等。

UAE: Cigarette Graphics Mandatory after January 1

　　Cigarette packages that do not contain graphic health warnings will be banned from public sale in the United Arab Emirates after January 1 under new laws announced yesterday in Abu Dhabi.

　　In an announcement on Wednesday by the Emirates Authority for Standardisation and Metrology (ESMA), only cigarette packages emblazoned with mandatory graphic imagery of the hazards of smoking introduced earlier this year will be legally offered for sale in 2013.

　　Mohammad Saleh Badri, acting director general of the Emirates Authority for Standardisation and Metrology (ESMA), said no company is exempt from the rules.

　　"Esma has met with representatives of tobacco producers and emphasised to them the new standards and the government's keenness to enforce it on time," said a statement from Esma.

　　The body said that it is working with economic ministry officials in several emirates, the Abu Dhabi Council for Standardisation and Quality as well as Dubai Municipality to ensure the sweeping new rule is enforced across the country.

　　In an interview last night with Gulf News, Badri said "there won't be any further extension at all" in reference to a six-month extension in June this year of the rules to allow cigarette companies to sell older existing stocks of tobacco products that did not contain the graphic imagery.

　　The last day of that extension ends on December 31.

　　Badri said the extension was awarded by authorities this year because "it was impractical to withdraw stock at the time" and he pointed out that some cigarette companies have already withdrawn older products from circulation to fully comply with the law ahead of time.

　　"We will strictly implement this from January 1. Those who do not comply with this particular rule will face strict penalties," Badri said, adding that penalties could range in severity from fines starting from Dh15,000 all the way up to a "product being withdrawn from the market." Enditem