Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)

10.6.2026 A100161/88

Amendment 88

Dick Erixon, Charlie Weimers, Beatrice Timgren

on behalf of the ECR Group

Report A100161/2026

Tomáš Kubín

Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)

(COM(2025)0580 – C10-0207/2025 – 2025/0580(CNS))

Proposal for a directive

Article 22 – paragraph 4

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

4. From 1 January 2032 Member States referred to in the first sentence of paragraph 3 of this Article, shall ensure that the overall excise duty, expressed as a percentage or as an amount per kilogram, shall be at least equivalent to the rates or minimum amounts laid down for:

deleted

(a) nicotine pouches: 50 % of the retail selling price including all taxes or the Union rate of EUR 143 per kilogram, adjusted in accordance with Article 12;

(b) other nicotine products: 50 % of the retail selling price including all taxes.

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