French Senate Proposes New Sugar Tax Amid Uncertain Future
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This contribution, which is aimed at ultra-processed products pre-packaged sweet or sweetened, was widely supported by the senators by hand during the consideration of the draft budget of the Social Security 2027.Thought to raise about 300 million euros, this tax, which includes a proportional scale in increments, aims above all to change the behaviour of the industrialists by encouraging them to change their revenues, with the objective of comb…
The tax on sweet products aimed at pushing industrialists to reduce the sugar rate of their revenues was widely approved by the Senators. A still indicative vote.
The Senate voted this Tuesday in favour of a tax on sweet and ultra-processed products in order to encourage industrialists to change their revenues.
As part of the review of the Social Security draft budget, the Senate voted on Tuesday in favour of the creation of a government-driven Sweet Products Tax.
Adopted by the Senate in the budget of the Secu 2027, the tax on sweet products would be 300 million euros, but the Assembly has already rejected it.
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