Instructions For Form Tpm-2 - Certification For Listing In The Connecticut Tobacco Directory As Of July 1, 2013

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State of Connecticut
Form TPM-2 Instructions
Certifi cation for Listing in the Connecticut
Tobacco Directory as of July 1, 2013
(Rev. 04/13)
General Instructions
Defi nitions
Form TPM-2, Certifi cation for Listing in the Connecticut
For purposes of Form TPM-2 and these instructions:
Tobacco Directory as of July 1, 2013, and all other required
Affi liate means a person who directly or indirectly owns
forms must be completed in English and in blue or black
or controls, is owned or controlled by, or is under common
ink only. All documents required to be attached to Form
ownership or control with another person as defi ned in Conn.
TPM-2 or to other required forms must include a certifi ed
Gen. Stat. §4-28h(2).
translation into English if the documents are in a language
Brand family means all styles of cigarettes sold under the
other than English.
same trademark and differentiated from one another by means
Each attachment to Form TPM-2 must indicate the question
of additional modifi ers including but not limited to menthol,
to which it relates.
kings, and 100s and includes any brand name alone or in
conjunction with any other word, trademark, logo, symbol,
Who Must File Form TPM-2
motto, selling message, recognizable pattern of colors, or any
A tobacco product manufacturer, whether a participating
other indicia of product identifi cation identical or similar to
manufacturer (PM) or nonparticipating manufacturer (NPM),
or identifi able with a previously-known brand of cigarettes.
whose cigarettes are sold to consumers within Connecticut,
Cigarette means any product that contains nicotine, is
whether directly or through any distributor, dealer, or similar
intended to be burned or heated under ordinary conditions
intermediary or intermediaries, must complete and fi le Form
of use, and consists of or contains:
TPM-2. Nonparticipating manufacturers are also required to
• Any roll of tobacco wrapped in paper or in any substance
complete and fi le Form TPM-1, Certifi cation of Compliance
not containing tobacco;
and Affi davit by Nonparticipating Manufacturer, and Form
• Tobacco, in any form, that is functional in the product,
TPM-3, Brand Families Unit Sales Schedule, and may
which because of its appearance, the type of tobacco used
be required to complete and fi le Form TPM-4, Notice of
in the fi ller, or its packaging and labeling, is likely to be
Appointment of Registered Agent and Registered Agent’s
Statement.
offered to or purchased by consumers as a cigarette; or
• Any roll of tobacco wrapped in any substance containing
When Form TPM-2 Is Due
tobacco, which because of its appearance, the type of
Form TPM-2 is due no later than April 30, 2013. On or
tobacco used in the fi ller, or its packaging and labeling,
after July 1, 2013, and on or after July 1 of each succeeding
is likely to be offered to or purchased by consumers as a
year, a tobacco product manufacturer and its cigarette brand
cigarette described in (a).
families will not be listed on the Connecticut Tobacco
For purposes of this form:
Directory unless Form TPM-2 has been fi led on or before
• Each nine one-hundredths (0.09) of an ounce of roll-your-
the preceding April 30.
own cigarette tobacco also constitutes one individual
Supplemental Certifi cations
cigarette.
If there is to be any change in the identity of any fabricator
• A small cigar properly treated as a cigarette for purposes
of a brand family, or if there is to be any addition to or
of the federal excise tax on cigarettes (26 U.S.C. §5701(b))
modifi cation of applicant’s brand families, the applicant must
should be reported as a cigarette on Form TPM-1, but a
complete a supplemental Form TPM-2. The applicant must
small cigar properly treated as a small cigar for purposes
check the Supplemental box at the top of Page 1 of the form
of the federal excise tax on cigars (26 U.S.C. §5701(a)
and should enter only new or changed information on the
(1)) should not be reported as a cigarette on Form TPM-1.
form, sign, and date the form. The supplemental certifi cation
Connecticut Tobacco Directory means the listing of all
must be fi led no later than 30 days prior to the change. In
tobacco product manufacturers that have provided current
all other circumstances in which information provided on the
and accurate certifi cations conforming to the requirements of
certifi cation becomes inaccurate, a supplemental Form TPM-2
Conn. Gen. Stat. §4-28l and all brand families that are listed
must be fi led no later than 30 days after the information
in the certifi cations.
becomes inaccurate.
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