Commissioner Hoekstra Keeps Tax on Sugar, Salt Open for Future EU Budget

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Confectionery, chocolate and biscuits could become more expensive if MPs adopt the "bon tax" by examining the Social Security Financing Act. This proposal is inspired by the "soda tax" and aims to combat over-consumption of sugar and to compensate for its impact on health spending.

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The European Union has reached an agreement with Ukraine to increase the limit of duty-free sugar exports to the EU market.

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At a meeting of the College of Commissioners, the Commissioner responsible for taxation brought the idea into play as a possible new source of own resources.