2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 180 - Attorney General; Department of Justice
Section 180.410 - Manufacturer certification.

(a) A participating manufacturer; or
(b) In full compliance with ORS 323.806 and with rules adopted under ORS 180.445 and 180.450.
(2) The certification required by subsection (1) of this section shall be on a form prescribed by the Attorney General and shall be submitted no later than April 30 each year. The form shall permit the tobacco product manufacturer to indicate the electronic mail address to which the Attorney General may send notice of changes in the directory developed under ORS 180.425 if the tobacco product manufacturer elects to receive electronic mail notice.
(3) A participating manufacturer shall include in the certification required by subsection (1) of this section a list of its brand families. The participating manufacturer shall update the list at least 30 days prior to any addition or modification to its brand families by executing and delivering a supplemental certification to the Attorney General.
(4) A participating manufacturer may not include a brand family in the list required by subsection (3) of this section unless the participating manufacturer affirms that the cigarettes in the brand family are to be considered the participating manufacturer’s cigarettes for purposes of calculating the participating manufacturer’s payments under the Master Settlement Agreement for the relevant year, in the volume and shares determined under the Master Settlement Agreement. This subsection does not limit or otherwise affect the right of the state to maintain that cigarettes in a brand family are those of a different tobacco product manufacturer for purposes of calculating payments under the Master Settlement Agreement or for purposes of ORS 323.800 to 323.807.
(5) A nonparticipating manufacturer shall include in the certification required by subsection (1) of this section a complete list of:
(a) All of its brand families and the number of units of each brand family that were sold in the state during the preceding calendar year;
(b) All of its brand families that have been sold in the state at any time during the current calendar year;
(c) Any brand family of the manufacturer sold in the state during the preceding calendar year that is no longer being sold in the state as of the date of the certification, which may be indicated on the list described in paragraph (a) of this subsection by an asterisk;
(d) The name and address of every other tobacco product manufacturer that manufactured a brand family described in paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection in the preceding or current calendar year;
(e) The name and address of all distributors that the manufacturer intends to use to sell its brand families in this state; and
(f) In the case of brand families imported into the United States by one or more importers, the name and address of all importers of the brand families.
(6) A nonparticipating manufacturer shall update the list required by subsection (5) of this section at least 30 days prior to any addition or modification to its brand families by executing and delivering a supplemental certification to the Attorney General.
(7) A nonparticipating manufacturer may not include a brand family in the list required by subsection (5) of this section unless the nonparticipating manufacturer affirms that the cigarettes in the brand family are to be considered the nonparticipating manufacturer’s cigarettes for purposes of ORS 323.800 to 323.807. This subsection does not limit or otherwise affect the right of the state to maintain that cigarettes in a brand family are those of a different tobacco product manufacturer for purposes of calculating payments under the Master Settlement Agreement or for purposes of ORS 323.800 to 323.807. [2003 c.801 §3; 2005 c.22 §126; 2017 c.687 §5]
Note: See note under 180.400.

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