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Tag: Tobacco Tax Directive

European experts: ‘Protect Tax Directive review against lobby’

dinsdag 03 februari 2026

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The EU Tobacco Tax Directive needs a quick and thorough update, because both the minimum rates and the scope of the directive are outdated. The review “is not a finance issue, but a health issue,” an EC official said at a European Respiratory Society conference. 

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Tobacco lobbyists submerge European Parliament

woensdag 08 oktober 2025

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Since June 2024, tobacco lobbyists have already had 220 meetings with MEPs. In particular, the revision of the Tobacco Excise Directive is now under discussion. The lobby is trying to get exceptions to the regulations for alternative nicotine products. Health organizations do little in return.

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Smoke Free Partnership roept op tot harmonisatie van accijnsrichtlijn op tabak

woensdag 11 december 2019

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De Europese Commissie gaat de Tobacco Tax Directive herzien. Dat is dé kans om ervoor te zorgen dat alle lidstaten een afspraak maken over hoe hoog de accijns op zijn minst zou moeten zijn, vindt Smoke Free Partnership.

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