PART 2Provisions which apply to cigarettes only
Permitted colour or shade of packaging of cigarettes3
1
No person may produce or supply any cigarettes in breach of any of the provisions of this regulation or Schedule 1 (exceptions to paragraphs (2) and (3)).
2
The only colour or shade permitted on or for the external packaging of a unit packet or container packet of cigarettes is Pantone 448 C with a matt finish, but this is subject to paragraph (4) and Schedule 1.
3
The only colour or shade permitted on or for the internal packaging of a unit packet or container packet of cigarettes, is either—
a
white, or
b
Pantone 448 C with a matt finish,
but this is subject to paragraph (4), Schedule 1 and paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 2.
4
Nothing in paragraph (2) or (3) prohibits any warning, statement, text, picture, image, symbol or marking which is required by any enactment (whenever passed or made) other than these Regulations; but see paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 which imposes conditions in relation to any text required in accordance with regulation 7(4)(a)(i) of the General Product Safety Regulations 2005 (name and address of producer)7.