EU Fails to Find Common Ground on Tobacco Taxation
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The EU wants to impose minimum taxes on vapes and tobacco heaters, and Parliament is significantly weakening a draft in favour of industry, but in the end the majority is surprisingly lacking.
EU fails to Find Common Ground on Tobacco Taxation
The revision of the directive on tobacco taxation (TED) saw mixed progress this month. The Committee of Economic Affairs of the European Parliament approved the directive in a reduced form, but it was removed from the ECOFIN Council’s agenda the same day due to a lack of unanimous support. As a result, economic ministers did not discuss the issue at their meeting on 12 June , and the matter will be managed by the Irish Presidency. This delay hig…
STRASSBURG. In the debate on tobacco taxes, a majority in the European Parliament opposes an increase.
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