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Sweden is no longer saying no to updated levels of tobacco tax in the EU – after most of the rest of the EU agreed to the Swedish minimum level for white snus. But Finland is fiercely resisting.
Finland and Sweden have come into conflict over the taxation of nicotine pouches in the EU. The minimum tax level on nicotine pouches in the latest compromise proposal by the Irish presidency is so low that Finland cannot accept it. Sweden, for its part, has insisted that the minimum tax on nicotine pouches not be raised. EU finance ministers discussed tobacco taxation at their meeting in Brussels on Monday. According to the Swedish news agency …
Most of the EU agrees to Sweden's demand not to raise the minimum tax on white snus. But then Finland says no instead – with harsh criticism of Sweden.
The Irish presidency hopes for progress on updated tobacco tax levels in the EU. However, Swedish opposition is strong.
The Irish presidency hopes for progress on updated levels of tobacco tax in the EU. However, Swedish opposition is strong. The EU Commission's basic proposal from last year would entail a minimum level of tax on nicotine pouches – the so-called white snus – of the equivalent of approximately SEK 1,500 per kilo. However, Sweden has so far only wanted to accept an unchanged Swedish situation, with a tax level of approximately SEK 200 per kilo. Iri…
First the taxes. Then the ban on white snus. Now France wants to take the right to bring legally purchased nicotine products between different EU countries, something that threatens both the freedom of snus users and jobs in Enköping, writes Samuel Lundell, chairman of the National Association of Snus Users, in a submission.
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