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5. Federal Law amending the Tobacco Act
The National Council has decided:
The Tobacco Law, BGBl. No 431/1995 as last amended by BGBl. I n ° 120/2008, shall be amended as follows:
1. § 2 para. 2 reads:
"(2) The placing on the market of individual cigarettes, unpacked cigarettes or cigarette packs in a pack size other than 20 or 25 pieces is prohibited."
2. In § 18, the following paragraph 8 is added:
"(8) § 2 para. 2 in the version BGBl I No. 5/2015 shall enter into force as of 1.1.2016"
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