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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13711
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Taxation

Tobacco Taxation Directive – Swedish snus is not included in revision, unlike nicotine sachets, confirms European Commission

The revision of the directives on excise duties and their general arrangements applicable to tobacco and tobacco products will not harmonise taxation rules on tobacco for oral use, but rather those for nicotine sachets, confirmed Piotr Serafin, European Commissioner for the Budget, in a written reply published on Tuesday 16 September.

As a result, these pouches will fall within the scope of the directive and will be taken into account in calculating the own resource base from excise duties...

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EXTERNAL ACTION
ISRAEL: European Commission proposes partial suspension of trade agreement
INDIA: EU asks New Delhi to cooperate on “all aspects of fight against Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine”
Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE: European Parliament opens its representative office in Kyiv
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: European Commission unveils amounts per country for minimum CAP envelope of €293.7 billion
SEA: OceanCare delivers a petition calling for an ambitious European Oceans Pact
FISHERIES: 86% of French people support more quotas for small-scale fishers, according to survey by Oceana
ENVIRONMENT: EU Council ready to extend list of substances to be monitored in water if European Parliament agrees extra time and exemptions
CLIMATE: Environment Council – lack of agreement on 2040, Member States will refocus ambition on an indicative emissions reduction range
HEALTH: there is not yet an effective framework for critical shortages of medicines, according to European Court of Auditors
HEALTH: EU authorises medicine to treat post-partum depression
COMPETITIVENESS: simplification – EU Member States continue discussions on new ‘mid-caps’ category
DIGITAL: Henna Virkkunen is concerned about “increased risk of foreign interference” following Spain’s contract with Huawei
TRANSPORT: car industry paves way for new emissions scandal ten years after Dieselgate says T&E
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EUROGROUP: digital euro, support for Ukraine and macroeconomic situation on ministerial agenda
ECONOMY: how EU could move from spectator to actor in geopolitical shifts, according to three Bruegel economists
ECONOMY: payment of €250 million in macrofinancial assistance to Jordan
TAXATION: Tobacco Taxation Directive – Swedish snus is not included in revision, unlike nicotine sachets, confirms European Commission
FINANCE: Bruegel think-tank qualifies scale of flight of European savings to United States
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
HOUSING: accessible housing – several Member States have reservations about future reform of state aid and its impact on housing market
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: EU Fundamental Rights Agency calls for “urgent” and “targeted” response to growing violence against intersex people
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
DEMOCRACY: Council of Europe launches New Democratic Pact for Europe website
NEWS BRIEFS
AFRICA: EU countries begin preparations for November EU-African Union Summit
AFRICA: EU draws up new map of European-funded projects in field of entrepreneurship
SAUDI ARABIA: EU and Saudi Arabia could soon launch negotiations for strategic partnership
ECONOMY/DEFENCE: Commission receives mandate to negotiate participation of Canada and United Kingdom in military projects supported by SAFE
ECONOMY: euro area inflation at 2.0% in August
SOCIAL: European Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs will finally be represented in Porto