Spain and another 14 EU countries have asked the Commission to reform tobacco’s tax
Brussels have stated that Spain and another 14 European countries should update the order on the tobacco tax. In a letter of finance ministers and a country with access to the country, they regret that “the current legislative chassis is not in use and is not enough for its purpose, because it does not take into account the strongly broken new products and trends in the market – for example, vaporators. They need melody to improve the struggle against illegal methods and limit harmful effects on the health of these products, when there are no European regulations, Each partner has adopted national laws They created fragmentation.
The letter signed by the Spanish representatives – in the concrete, the Finance Minister and the Government’s First Vice President, Maria Jesus Montero -, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Irland, Latvia, Latwia, Netherlands, Netherlands, Slovad. The text emphasizes that the order on the 2011 tobacco tax is not just the goal of “coordinating special taxes on tobacco -related products” in the community market. It also follows other advantages, such as “guaranteeing a trustworthy competition, fighting tobacco traffic and tax fraud and reaching high levels of health.”
In this sense, it emphasizes that both signed countries need to be resolved Trafficking and trade and illegal preparation of tobacco productsAs well as its harmful effects on health. “In the absence of an EU policy to address these challenges, the member states have adopted national actions. It has caused the inequality of breakdown, and, in the end, the European Legislature Act is urgently needed in the indirect tax sector. They are also asked to review the Directive on Tobacco Products, 2014.
This is not the first time that the European capitals have been asked to put their hands on the Community Executive Act of being used as a useful law. They have already requested the Commission to submit a legislative proposal to proceed in this regard in 2020. In 2025, the council faced the matter in this regard and showed high intimacy in their positions. “There is an almost unanimous agreement between the member states, so the commission immediately publishes the proposal to review the emergency requirement of the melodic policy and therefore, the commission immediately publishes the letter.”
In this sense, the countries who wrote the letter “unfortunate” have no initiative in the commission’s work program for 2025 and there is no public commitment of the community executive on this issue. “We regret that this has not yet happened to be finance and economical ministers of the 15 member states of the European Union, and we are invited to the Commission to receive the necessary steps to update the order.” “We hope the Commission has recognized the need to review the directive on the tobacco tax. We are ready to cooperate with the Commission in this Priority issue during this new command.”
