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28th September 2023
France: The government has introduced to the parliament the 2024 Social Security Financing Bill, which does not propose any increase for heated tobacco excise duty nor introduce an excise duty for nicotine pouches.28th September 2023
- Bulgaria: The Council of Ministers has accepted the bill that transposes EU Directive 2022/2100 banning heated tobacco flavours and adding packaging restrictions, depending on whether the product is considered smokeless or for smoking, press reports. The bill will now be considered by Parliament.
28th September 2023
28th September 2023
- Czech Republic: The bill to introduce the excise tax for nicotine pouches has recently started a third reading in the Chamber of Deputies. If further approved by the Senate and signed by the president, nicotine pouches will be taxed at a rate of CZK0.40 (€0.017) per g as of 1st January 2024. The Ministry of Health's overview states that nicotine pouches will be taxed gradually for the next four years, as follows: CZK0.40 (€0.017) per g, CZK0.80 (€0.033) per g, CZK1.20 (€0.05) per g and CZK1.70 (€0.07) per g.
27th September 2023
- Switzerland: On 21st September, the Council of States approved the partial revision of the Tobacco Products Act, which will restrict the advertising of tobacco and vaping products aimed at children and adolescents. The Council of States approved some amendments and partially weakened the original proposal submitted by the Federal Council. Among the changes, advertising in public places will still be allowed as long as it is not visible or accessible to minors. The bill will now be examined by the National Council and is expected to enter into force in 2026.
27th September 2023
27th September 2023
- Bulgaria: The Ministry of Finance has put forward for public discussion an amendment of the Excise Duties and Tax Warehouses Act, which will introduce excise duty on heated products with content other than tobacco – based on plants, herbs or fruits – regardless of whether they are nicotine-containing or nicotine-free. The rate of excise duty is BGN331 (€169.23) per kg and is equivalent to that of heated tobacco products (HTPs). The discussion is open until 26th October 2023.
27th September 2023
- Slovenia: Amendments to the regulation determining the excise duty for tobacco products were proposed by the Ministry of Finance earlier this week. The amendments seek to change the excise duty increase on heated tobacco products (HTPs) scheduled to take place on 1st November 2023 to €132 per kg, instead of €122 per kg as originally envisaged in the regulation determining the excise duty for tobacco products.
27th September 2023
- Denmark: The Customs Authority has informed TobaccoIntelligence that herbal heated sticks are subject to excise duty, as the herbs in the product are a substitute product for tobacco and, as such, are comparable with coarsely cut smoking tobacco. Therefore, the excise duty imposed on the product will generally be DKK1,500.90 (€201.27) per kg.
26th September 2023
- EU: The Joint Committee of the European Economic Area (EEA) decided last week to incorporate the EU-wide ban on flavoured heated tobacco products into the EEA Agreement. This means that flavoured heated tobacco products will be banned in the three EEA states (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway), as already envisaged in the publication in the Official Journal of Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/2100 on 3rd November 2022.
26th September 2023
- Ukraine: The State Production and Consumer Service reminds business entities and consumers that the government resolution on the preliminary identification of user age on websites of manufacturers and importers of e-cigarettes and tobacco heating systems comes into force on 11th November 2023. According to the resolution, one-time access to such a website is granted only on the condition of prior identification of the website user’s age with a document certifying user identity.
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