3 Amendments of Paolo BARTOLOZZI related to 2008/0150(CNS)
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/79/EEC
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that excise duty (specific duty and ad valorem duty) on cigarettes represents at least 57 % of the weighted average retail selling price of cigarettes sold. That excisecombined, or minimum duty) shall not be less than EUR 64 per 1 000 cigarettes irrespective of the weighted average retail selling price. However, Member States which levy an excise duty of at least EUR 101 per 1 000 cigarettes on the basis of the weighted average retail selling price need not comply with the 57% requirement set out in the first subparagraph.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive92/79/EEC
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. As from 1 January 2014, Member States shall ensure that excise duty (specific duty and ad valorem duty) on cigarettes represents at least 63 % of the weighted average retail selling price of cigarettes sold. That excise duty shall not be less than EUR 90 per 1 000 cigarettes irrespective of the weighted average retail selling price. However, Member States which levy an excise duty of at least EUR 122 per 1 000 cigarettes on the basis of the weighted average retail selling price need not comply with the 63% requirement set out in the first subparagraphon cigarettes shall not be less than EUR 90 per 1 000 cigarettes.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 3 – point 4 a (new)
Article 3 – point 4 a (new)
Directive 95/59/EC
Article 9 − paragraph 1 subparagraph 3a (new)
Article 9 − paragraph 1 subparagraph 3a (new)
(4a) Add the following subparagraph 3a to Article 9(1): "The second subparagraph shall, however, not prevent the competent authority of a Member State from applying a minimum consumer price in the context of national public health policy and discouraging the consumption of tobacco, especially by the young.".