The Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) is a directive of the European Union which lays down the the rules governing the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products. The TPD is aiming to improve the function of the market for tobacco and related products, while achieving public health objectives.
Each TPD Member States has transposed it into specific national transpositions: the obligations required of producers and importers to market a product are different in the each single national markets.