EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE GENERAL TAXATION AND CUSTOMS UNION TAX POLICY duties and transpt, environment and energy taxes REF 1.019 May 2004 EXCISE DUTY TABLES Part III Manufactured Tobacco Can be consulted at: http://europa.eu.int/comm/taxation_customs/publications/info_doc/info_doc.htm (Shows the situation as at 1 May 2004) B-1049 Brussels - Belgium - Office: MO59 4/11. Telephone: direct line (+32-2)299.06.59, switchboard 299.11.11. Fax: (+32-2)295.05.51. Telex: COMEU B 21877. Telegraphic address: COMEUR Brussels. X.400: G=Tove; S=Mogensen; I=TM; P=CEC; A=RTT; C=BE Internet: tove.mogensen@cec.eu.int
May 2004 INTRODUCTORY NOTE In collabation with the Member States, the European Commission has established the EXCISE DUTY TABLES showing rates in fce in the Member States of the European Union. As from 1 May 2004 this publication: * covers the 25 Member States of the EU and the two Candidate Countries (Bulgaria and Romania); * has been devided into three different sections: I Alcoholic Beverages II Energy products and Electricity III Manufactured Tobacco. This publication aims to provide up-to-date infmation on Member States main excise duty rates as they apply to typical products. It is intended that Member States will regularly communicate to the Commission all modifications of the rates covered by this publication and that revised editions of the tables will be published at regular intervals. To this end, it is vital that all changes to duty structures rates are advised by Member States to the Commission as soon as possible so that they may be incpated in the tables with the least possible delay. All details should be sent to Mrs Tove Mogensen: e-mail...tove.mogensen@cec.eu.int fax...int-32-2-295.05.51; telephone...int-32-2-299.06.59. This document together with general infmation about the Taxation and Customs Union can be found at: http://europa.eu.int/comm/taxation_customs/publications/info_doc/info_doc.htm 2
3 UPDATE SITUATION - EXCISE DUTY TABLES 1 May 2004 New start May 2004
INDEX INTRODUCTORY NOTE 2 UPDATE SITUATION 3 EUR exchange rate as of 1 OCTOBER 2003 5 MANUFACTURED TOBACCO 6 Cigarettes 7 Graphs - Cigarettes 10 Cigars and cigarillos 12 Fine cut tobacco 14 Other smoking tobaccos 16 4
EUR Exchange Rates Value of National Currency in EUR at 1 October 2003* Member State National Currency Currency value CZ CZK 31,891 DK DKK 7,427 EE EEK 15,6466 CY CYP 0,58445 LV LVL 0,6495 LT LTL 3,4524 HU HUF 253,95 MT MTL 0,4289 PL PLN 4,571 SI SIT 235,45 SK SKK 41,275 SE SEK 9,085 UK GBP 0,7047 BG BGN 1,9479 RO ROL 38430 *Rates published in the Official Journal of the European Union - C 236 of 2/10/2003. 5
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Cigarettes Retail Selling Price, all Taxes Included Manufactured tobacco Specific (1000 pieces) NatCurr EUR as % of As % of Total taxation (specific +ad valem +VAT) VAT % Cigarettes + VAT Total Tax (specific incl. + ad valem + VAT) Current most popular price categy per 1000 cigarettes Yield NatCurr EUR (EUR per 1000 cigarettes) Overall Minimum Duty Specific + ad valem (exclud.vat) Minimum excise duty adopted by the Council on 19-10-1992 57% of the and >= EUR 60 /1000 it. Or >=EUR 95 /1000 it. (Dir. 92/79/EEC last amended by Dir. 2002/10/EC) (Art 1. of Dir 2002/10/EC) MS NatCurr 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 BE EUR 19,8634 11,16% 15,01% 45,84% 17,36% 63,20% 74,35% 178,00 101,46 57,00% CZ CZK 480,00 15,05 24,00% 36,90% 23,00% 18,03% 41,03% 65,03% 2000,00 62,71 29,47 47,00% DK DKK 489,00 65,84 33,15% 44,58% 21,22% 20,00% 41,22% 74,37% 1475,00 198,60 107,98 54,37% DE EUR 68,50 36,15% 48,71% 24,28% 13,79% 38,07% 74,22% 189,47 114,49 60,42% EE EEK 210,00 13,42 25,45% 39,34% 24,00% 15,25% 39,25% 64,70% 825,00 52,73 26,08 49,45% EL EUR 4,5469 3,64% 5,00% 53,86% 15,25% 69,11% 72,75% 125,00 71,88 *57,50% ES EUR 3,91 4,01% 5,59% 54,00% 13,79% 67,79% 71,80% 97,50 56,56 *58,01% FR EUR 15,0723 6,03% 7,50% 57,97% 16,39% 74,36% 80,39% 250,00 160,00 64,00% IE EUR 133,39 43,59% 54,97% 18,32% 17,36% 35,68% 79,27% 306,00 189,45 61,91% IT EUR 3,86 3,73% 5,00% 54,26% 16,67% 70,93% 74,67% 103,29 59,91 58,00% CY CYP 12,00 20,53 14,54% 20,18% 44,50% 13,04% 57,54% 72,09% 82,50 141,16 83,35 59,05% LV LVL 6,30 9,70 35,00% 62,11% 6,10% 15,25% 21,35% 56,35% 18,00 27,71 11,39 41,10% LT LTL 47,50 13,76 30,86% 50,50% 15,00% 15,25% 30,25% 61,12% 153,90 44,58 20,45 45,86% LU EUR 14,2214 11,47% 16,62% 46,84% 10,71% 57,55% 69,02% 124,00 72,30 58,31% HU HUF 6450,00 25,39 35,34% 45,11 23,00% 20,00% 43,00% 78,34% 18250,00 71,86 41,92 58,34% MT (K.S.) MTL 5.40 12.59 7.20% 9,53% 53,10% 15.25% 68.35% 75.55% 75.00 174.87 105.44 60.33% MT (S.S.) MTL 5.40 12.59 8.00% 10,48% 53.10% 15,25% 68,35% 76,35% 67.50 157.38 96.16 61.10% NL EUR 67,21 36,53% 50,00% 20,56% 15,97% 36,53% 73,06% 184,00 105,04 57,09% EL/ES: Greece and Spain are authised to postpone the bringing into fce of the provisions of Art. 1(1) of Dir. 2002/10/EC until, and including, 31/12/2007 (Art. 4 of Dir. 2002/10/EC). ES: New MPPC rate as from 16/5/2004 EUR 105 per 1000 cigarettes. LV: MPPC - the average on 1/7/2003.-31/12/2003. Additional comments* below. MT: Infmation about the tax structure in Malta, see Additional comments* on next page. 7
Cigarettes Retail Selling Price, all Taxes Included Manufactured tobacco Specific (1000 pieces) NatCurr EUR as % of As % of Total taxation (specific +ad valem +VAT) VAT % Cigarettes + VAT Total Tax (specific incl. + ad valem + VAT) Current most popular price categy per 1000 cigarettes Yield NatCurr EUR (EUR per 1000 cigarettes) Overall Minimum Duty Specific + ad valem (exclud.vat) Minimum excise duty adopted by the Council on 19-10-1992 57% of the and >= EUR 60 /1000 it. Or >=EUR 95 /1000 it. (Dir. 92/79/EEC last amended by Dir. 2002/10/EC) (Art 1. of Dir 2002/10/EC) MS NatCurr 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 AT EUR 22,50 15,00% 19,55% 42,00% 16,67% 58,67% 73,67% 150,00 84,38 57,00% PL PLN 64,00 14,00 26,39% 37,12% 26,67% 18,03% 44,70% 71,09% 242,50 53,05 28,15 53,06% PT EUR 42,60 38,73% 49,85% 23,00% 15,97% 38,97% 77,69% 110,00 67,90 61,73% SI SIT 2873,00 12,20 14,73% 20,00% 42,27% 16,67% 58,94% 73,67% 19500,00 82,82 47,21 57,00% SK SKK 910,00 22,05 26,00% 41,96% 20,00% 15,97% 35,97% 61,97% 3500,00 84,80 39,01 46,00% FI EUR 15,13 7,56% 10,00% 50,00% 18,03% 68,03% 75,60% 200,14 115,20 57,56% SE SEK 200,00 22,01 10,67% 15,27% 39,20% 20,00% 59,20% 69,87% 1875,00 206,38 102,92 49,87% UK GBP 99,80 141,62 42,92% 53,78% 22,00% 14,89% 36,89% 79,82% 232,50 329,93 214,20 64,92% BG(filtered) BGN 4,00 2,05 5,00% 7,67 43,50% 16,67% 60,17% 65,17% 80,00 41,07 19,92 48,50% BG(un-filtered) BGN 2,00 1,03 7,27% 16,55 20,00% 16,67% 36,67% 43,94% 27,50 14,12 3,85 27,27% RO ROL 171782,00 4,47 13,20% 20,57% 32,00% 19,00% 51,00% 64,20% 1300992,00 33,85 15,30 45,20% PT: Ptugal may apply a reduced rate of up to 50% less than the overall minimum rate to cigarettes consumed in the most remote regions of the Azes and Madeira, made by small-scale manufacturers each of whose annual production does not exceed 500 tonnes (Art. 3.2 of Dir. 92/79/EEC). SK: [MPPC = SKK 70 (EUR 1,70)] per packet of 20 cigarettes (on 30/6/2004). 8
Cigarettes...- Additional comments LV: MT: +BG: Accding to the provisions included in the Accession Treaty, Latvia is allowed to postpone until 31/12/2009 the application of minimum excise duty rates on cigarettes, although it has to gradually increase the duty rates in der to reach the EU minimum level. In Malta the excise tax structure is 53.1% of the retail price + Lm 5.40 per 1000 cigarettes but not less than Lm 41.243 ( 96.16) per 1000 cigarettes. In Bulgaria there are two rates f cigarettes depending on whether they are filtered un-filtered. RO: [MPPC = ROL 26.000 (EUR 0,64)] per packet of 20 cigarettes.. 9
% of Retail Selling Price 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 Cigarettes Overall Minimum Duty 0 BE CZ DK DE EE EL ES FR IE IT CY LV LT LU HU MT NL AT PL PT SI SK FI SE UK BG RO Member states Specific 10
values in EUR at 1/10/2003 250 Cigarettes Yield 200 150 100 50 0 BE CZ DK DE EE EL ES FR IE IT CY LV LT LU HU MT NL AT PL PT SI SK FI SE UK BG RO Member states 11
Retail Selling Price, all Taxes Included Cigars and Cigarillos Manufactured tobacco Minimum excise duty adopted by the Council on 19-10-1992 Specific NatCurr EUR Cigars and Cigarillos VAT % + VAT (Dir. 92/79/EEC last amended by Dir. 2002/10/EC) MS NatCurr BE EUR 0 5,00% 17,36% 22,36% CZ CZK 440 13,80 5,00% 18,03% 23,03% DK DKK 198,00* 26,66 10,00% 20,00% 30,00% DE EUR 14,00 1,30% 13,79% 15,09% EE EEK 2500,00 159,74 0% 15,25% 15,25% EL EUR 0 26,00% 15,25% 41,25% ES EUR 0 12,50% 13,79% 26,29% FR EUR 0 27,97% 16,39% 43,96% IE EUR 196,409 0,00% 17,36% 17,36% IT EUR 0 23,00% 16,67% 39,67% CY CYP 40,00 68,44 13,05% LV LVL 11,00 16,94 N/A 15,25% N/A LT LTL 38,00 11,01 15,25% LU EUR 0 5,00% 10,71% 15,71% HU HUF 25,00% 20,00% 45,00% MT MTL 6,00 13.99 18,00% 18,00% NL EUR 0 5,00% 15,97% 20,97% Specific excise/per 1000 items: CZ, DK, DE, LV, MT. Specific excise/per kg: CY, LT. Overall minimum excise duty expressed as a percentage (%) of as an amount per kg f a given number of items. (Article 2 of Directive 1999/81/EC) 5% of EUR 11 per 1000 items EUR 11 per kg (Article 2 of Directive 2002/10/EC) 12
Retail Selling Price, all Taxes Included Cigars and Cigarillos Manufactured tobacco Minimum excise duty adopted by the Council on 19-10-1992 Specific NatCurr EUR Cigars and Cigarillos VAT % + VAT (Dir. 92/79/EEC last amended by Dir. 2002/10/EC) MS NatCurr AT EUR 0 13,00% 16,67% 29,67% PL PLN 134,00 29,32 0% 18,03% 18,03% PT EUR 0 12,00% 15,97% 27,97% SI SIT 0 0 5,00% 16,67% 21,67% SK SKK 1400,00 33,92 FI EUR 0 22,00% 18,03% 40,03% SE SEK 560,00* 61,64 0% 20,00% 20,00% UK GBP 145,35 206,26 0% 14,89% 14,89% Overall minimum excise duty expressed as a percentage (%) of as an amount per kg f a given number of items. (Article 2 of Directive 1999/81/EC) 5% of EUR 11 per 1000 items EUR 11 per kg (Article 2 of Directive 2002/10/EC) BG BGN 270,00 138,61 16,67 16,67 RO ROL 307440,00 8,00 Specific excise/per 1000 items: PL, SK, SE, BG, RO. SK: Only the specific excise is set per 1000 items.. 13
Retail Selling Price, all Taxes Included Fine Cut Smoking Tobacco (intended f the rolling of cigarettes) Manufactured tobacco Fine-Cut Smoking Tobacco (intended f the rolling of cigarettes) Specific VAT % + VAT Overall minimum excise duty expressed as a percentage (%) of as an amount per kg. Minimum excise duty adopted by the Council on 19-10-1992 NatCurr EUR (Article 2 of Directive 1999/81/EC) 33% of (Dir. 92/79/EEC last amended by Dir. 2002/10/EC) MS NatCurr BE EUR 0 37,55% 17,36% 54,91% CZ CZK 600,00 18,81 7,00% 18,03% 25,03% DK DKK 452,50 60,93 0% 20,00% 20,00% DE EUR 27,30 16,67% 13,79% 30,46% EE EEK 220,00 14,06 0% 15,25% 15,25% EL EUR 0 59,00% 15,25% 74,25% ES EUR 0 37,50% 13,79% 51,29% FR EUR 0 58,57% 16,39% 74,96% IE EUR 165,740 0% 17,36% 17,36% IT EUR 0 54,00% 16,67% 70,67% CY CYP 20,00 34,22 13,05% LV LVL 19,00 29,25 N/A 15,25% N/A LT LTL 111,00 32,15 15,25% LU EUR 0 36,00%% 10,71% 46,71% HU HUF 47,00% 20,00% 67,00% MT MTL 26.70 62,25 18,00% 18,00% NL EUR 28,13 14,60% 15,97% 30,57% Specific excise/per kg: CZ, CY, LV, LT, MT. EUR 29 per kg (Article 2 of Directive 2002/10/EC) 14
Retail Selling Price, all Taxes Included Fine Cut Smoking Tobacco (intended f the rolling of cigarettes) Manufactured tobacco Fine-Cut Smoking Tobacco (intended f the rolling of cigarettes) Specific VAT % + VAT Overall minimum excise duty expressed as a percentage (%) of as an amount per kg. Minimum excise duty adopted by the Council on 19-10-1992 NatCurr EUR (Article 2 of Directive 1999/81/EC) 33% of (Dir. 92/79/EEC last amended by Dir. 2002/10/EC) MS NatCurr AT EUR 0 47,00% 16,67% 63,67% PL PLN 42,00 9,19 17,50% 18,03%?35,53% PT EUR 0 33,00% 15,97% 48,97% SI SIT 7534,00 32,00 0% 16,67% 16,67% SK SKK 1350,00 32,71 FI EUR 3,62 50,00% 18,03% 68,03% SE SEK 630,00 69,35 0% 20,00% 20,00% UK GBP 104,47 148,25 0% 14,89% 14,89% EUR 29 per kg (Article 2 of Directive 2002/10/EC) BG BGN 45,00 23,10 10,00% 16,67% 26,67% RO ROL 614880,00 16,00 19,00% Specific excise/per kg: SK, BG, RO. SK: Only the specific excise is set per kg. BG: Tobacco used in cigarettes, pipes f chewing and snuffing. 15
Retail Selling Price, all Taxes Included Other smoking tobaccos Manufactured tobacco Specific excise Other smoking tobaccos VAT % + VAT Overall minimum excise duty expressed as a percentage (%) of as an amount per kg. Minimum excise duty adopted by the Council on 19-10-1992 NatCurr EUR (Article 2 of Directive 1999/81/EC) 20% of EUR 20 per kg (Dir. 92/79/EEC last amended by Dir. 2002/10/EC) MS NatCurr BE EUR 0 37,55% 17,36% 54,91% CZ CZK 600,00 18,81 7,00% 18,03% 25,03% DK DKK 402,50 54,19 0% 20,00% 20,00% DE EUR 13,32 11,98% 13,79% 25,77% EE EEK 220,00 14,06 0% 15,25% 15,25% EL EUR 0 59,00% 15,25% 74,25% ES EUR 0 22,50% 13,79% 36,29% FR EUR 0 52,42% 16,39% 68,81% IE EUR 136,261 0% 17,36% 17,36% IT EUR 0 54,00% 16,67% 70,67% CY CYP 20,00 34,22 13,05% LV LVL 13,00 20,02 N/A 15,25% N/A LT LTL 111,00 32,15 15,25% LU EUR 0 36,00% 10,71% 46,71% HU HUF 25,00% 20,00% 45,00% MT MTL 8,60 20,05 18,00% 18,00% NL EUR 28,13 14,60% 15,97% 30,57% Specific excise/per kg: CZ, CY, LT, LV, MT. (Article 2 of Directive 2002/10/EC) 16
Retail Selling Price, all Taxes Included Other smoking tobaccos Manufactured tobacco Specific excise Other smoking tobaccos VAT % + VAT Overall minimum excise duty expressed as a percentage (%) of as an amount per kg. Minimum excise duty adopted by the Council on 19-10-1992 NatCurr EUR (Article 2 of Directive 1999/81/EC) 20% of EUR 20 per kg (Dir. 92/79/EEC last amended by Dir. 2002/10/EC) MS NatCurr AT EUR 0 34,00% 16,67% 50,67% PL PLN 50,00% 18,03% 68,03% PT EUR 0 33,00% 15,97% 48,97% SI SIT 4709,00 20,000 20,00% 16,67% 36,67% SK SKK 1350,00 32,71 FI EUR 3,62 48,00% 18,03% 66,03% SE SEK 630,00 69,35 0,00% 20,00% 20,00% UK GBP 63,90 90,68 0,00% 14,89% 14,89% (Article 2 of Directive 2002/10/EC) BG BGN - - - - - RO ROL 422730,00 11,00 19,00% Specific excise/per kg: SK, RO. SK: Only the specific excise is set per kg. 17 17