UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
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FORM 8-K
 
 
CURRENT REPORT
 
 
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
November 17, 2010
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
 
 
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SCHWEITZER-MAUDUIT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 

 
Delaware
1-13948
62-1612879
(State or other jurisdiction of
(Commission file number)
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
  
Identification No.)
 

100 North Point Center East, Suite 600
  
Alpharetta, Georgia
30022
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip code)
   
 
1-800-514-0186
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
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Item 8.01
Other Events.

 The European Committee on Standardization, or CEN, published today EN ISO 16156 Cigarettes – Assessment of the Ignition Propensity – Safety Requirement, which establishes the pass rate for measuring compliance against the standard test method of assessing the ignition propensity of cigarettes, which was in turn published as EN ISO 12863 on September 13, 2010.  The pass rate established is 75%, which is the same rate determined in accordance with the same test methodology currently in effect in other markets already under cigarette ignition propensity regulation, including the United States, Canada, Australia and Finland.

The approval of the Assessment of the Ignition Propensity represents accomplishment of a further significant step toward implementation of a lower ignition propensity regulatory requirement in the EU.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 
Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.
  
       
Dated:  November 17, 2010
By:
/s/ Peter J. Thompson  
   
Peter J. Thompson
  
   
Executive Vice President, Finance and
Strategic Planning