Austrian daily Der Standard reported this week that one of the sticking points in the coalition negotiations between the Austrian People’s Party (OVP) and the Austrian Freedom Party (FPA) is the proposed smoking ban due to come into force in May 2018. Read More
In response to criticisms raised by ESTA and others, Politico last week reported European Health Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis as saying the Commission had included “a number of additional derogations and lighter measures for small companies” in its regulation for a tobacco track and trace system. Read More
Today EU Court rules that International Treaty does not call for exclusion of the tobacco industry in developing and implementing tobacco control legislation. No one should be excluded from participating in dialogue.
EU Court clarifies that International Treaty does not exclude tobacco industry from dialogue with...
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Way to start 2020! 🇧🇪 customs seized over 100.000.000 counterfeit cigarettes, worth around €65mio of evaded duties. Smart tobacco tax policies can also help MS curbing illicit trade.
Counterfeit cigarettes seizures in January alone nearly topple 2019 record
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Good news! Another illegal tobacco factory was dismantled in Hungary🇭🇺. Cooperation between national and EU institutions such as @OLAFPress and @Europol is key. Smart tax policies as well
Ungarns Steuerfahndung hob illegale Zigarettenfabrik aus
Sechs Millionen Zigaretten und 35 Tonnen Tabak wurden sichergestellt. Hinweise der EU-Antibetrugsbehörde Olaf und der E...
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An obvious correlation exists between the highest levels of illegal and non-domestic consumption (e.g. France, UK, Ireland, Poland and Finland) and the highest taxation rates applied to fine-cut toconsbacco, in comparison with cigarettes. The figures clearly show that any alignment of tobacco taxation, regardless of the products’ specificities, will prevent fine-cut tobacco from fulfilling its buffer function, leading to increased illegal trade of cigarettes and driving down government revenues.
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