Brussels, 15/07/2002 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has sent Belgium a Reasoned Opinion to amend its legislation on the application of excise duty to tobacco on the ground that Belgium's levying of excise duty on manufactured tobacco using fiscal marks on the packaging and demanding payment of the duties upon making these marks available runs counter to Directive 92/12/EEC, which includes "suspension arrangements" allowing traders to manufacture, store and transport cigarettes...