6 Amendments of Olle SCHMIDT related to 2008/0150(CNS)
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) As regards cigarettes, the arrangements should be simplified so as to create neutral conditions of competition for manufacturers, to reduce the partitioning of the tobacco markets and to underscore health objectives. To this end, the concept of the most popular price category should be replaced; the price related minimumminimum excise duty requirements should refer to the weighted average retail selling price, whereas the monetary minimum should bebe expressed as monetary minimum per 1 000 cigarettes applicable to all cigarettes. For similar reasons, tThe weighted average retail selling price should also serve only as a reference for measuring the importance of specific excise duty within the total tax burden.
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) As regards fine-cut tobacco intended for the rolling of cigarettes, the Community minima should be expressed in such a way as to obtain effects similar to those in the field of cigarettes. To this end, it should be provided that national levels of taxation have to comply both with a minimum expressed as percentage of the retail price ana monetary amount levied one expressed as a fixed amountach unit of tobacco.
Amendment 26 #
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 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 leaston all categories of cigarettes shall not be less than of EUR 10164 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 31 #
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 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 all categories of cigarettes shall not be less than EUR 90 per 1 000 cigarettes.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 2 – point 1
Article 2 – point 1
Directive 92/80/EEC
Article 3 − paragraph 1− subparagraphs 8 to 11
Article 3 − paragraph 1− subparagraphs 8 to 11
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. Member States shall gradually increase excise duties in order to reach the new minimum requirements referred to in the ninth subparagraph on 1 January 2014. As from 1 January 2010, the excise duty expressed as a percentage, as an amount per kilogram or for a given number of items shall be at least equivalent to the following: (a) in the case of cigars or cigarillos, 5% of the retail selling price inclusive of all taxes or EUR 12 per 1 000 items or per kilogram; (b) in the case of smoking tobaccos, other than fine-cut smoking tobacco intended for the rolling of cigarettes, 20% of the retail selling price inclusive of all taxes, or EUR 22 per kilogram.
Amendment 47 #
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 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 implementation by a Member State's competent authority of appropriate threshold price measures applicable to all tobacco products in order to discourage tobacco consumption, provided that they are compatible with Community legislation.".