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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9870

27 March 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/excise duty
MEPs call for moderate rise in tobacco excise duty

Brussels, 26/03/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 24 March 2009, the European Parliament adopted an advisory report by Zsolt László Becsey (EPP-ED, Hungary) on the draft directive on excise duty for cigarettes and loose tobacco for roll-up cigarettes. The EP backs the desire of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee to see an increase in duty on tobacco products in order to discourage smoking and to ensure the proper functioning of the Internal Market (see EUROPE 9853). The MEPs say...

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