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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8144

6 February 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 27 / 43
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/tax/tobacco
With amendments, Parliament finally approves excise on tobacco

Strasbourg, 05/02/2002 (Agence Europe) - By approving the second Katiforis report on the European Commission's proposal aimed at amending the 1992 and 1995 directives on the structure and level of excise applicable to manufactured tobacco, the European Parliament approved some amendments to the proposal, which Commissioner Bolkestein regarded as a "step forward". Indeed, the European Parliament, which is simply consulted on the matter had, in an initial report by Greek Socialist Giorgio...

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