7 Amendments of Benoît HAMON related to 2008/0150(CNS)
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/79/CEE
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 excise 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 and minimum duty) on cigarettes shall not be less than EUR 64 per 1 000 cigarettes.
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/79/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 and minimum duty) ofn 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 subparagraph.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/79/EEC
Article 2 – paragraph 4
Article 2 – paragraph 4
4. By way of derogation from paragraph 2 the second and third subparagraphs of this paragraph shall apply. Poland, HungaryHungary, Poland and Slovakia shall be authorised to bring into force the provisions necessary to comply with paragraph 2 by 31 December 20149 at the latest; they shall apply those provisions from 1 January 2015. Romania, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Estonia and Latv20. Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Romania shall be authorised to bring into force the provisions necessary to comply with paragraph 2 by 31 December 201520 at the latest; they shall apply those provisions from 1 January 20216.
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/79/EEC
Article 2 – paragraph 6 − subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 6 − subparagraph 1 a (new)
The Commission shall calculate and publish, on the same occasion and for purposes of information, the European floor price for cigarettes, expressed in euros and in national currencies, adding the excise duty and VAT levied on a nominal packet of cigarettes of a value of EUR 0 pre-tax.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 2 – point 1
Article 2 – point 1
Directive 92/80/EEC
Article 3 − paragraph 1 − subparagraphs 8 and 9
Article 3 − paragraph 1 − subparagraphs 8 and 9
As from 1 January 2010, Member States shall apply an excise duty on fine-cut smoking tobacco intended for the rolling of cigarettes of at least 38% of the retail selling price inclusive of all taxes, and at least EUR 43 per kilogram. As from 1 January 2014, Member States shall apply an excise duty on fine-cut smoking tobacco intended for the rolling of cigarettes of at least 42% of the retail selling price inclusive of all taxes, and at least EUR 60 per kilogram.
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 3 – point -1 (new)
Article 3 – point -1 (new)
Directive 95/59/EEC
Article 2 – paragraph 2 − subparagraph 1a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 − subparagraph 1a (new)
-1) Add the following subparagraph to Article 2(2): "Pursuant to Article 24(4) of Council Directive 92/12/EEC of 25 February1992 on the general arrangements for products subject to excise duty and on the holding, movement and monitoring of such products1, the Committee on Excise Duties may adopt opinions on the application to particular products or classes of product of the classification rules of Articles 3 to 7." 1 OJ L 76, 23.3.1992, p. 1.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 3 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Directive 95/59/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 1 − subparagraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 1 − subparagraph 3
(4a) In Article 9(1), the third subparagraph is replaced by the following: "The second paragraph may not, however, hinder implementation of national systems [...] regarding the control of price levels, the observance of imposed prices or the setting by a Member State of a minimum retail price for one or more of the products defined in Article 2, in the context of that Member State's public health policy".