Excises on manufactured tobacco, the EU Commission publishes the updated rates

The European Commission, in collaboration with the member States, has established the "Excise duty tables" indicating the excises (ad valorem and specific) updated to January 2009, that are applied on manufactured tobacco by each member State. Such tables are published twice a year, usually in January and July.

Excises rates applied on alcol beverages, as well as those applied on energetic products and electricity, are available (the relevant rates are updated on July 2008) at the following links:

• alcol beverages
• energetic products and electricity

In the next days also the updated rates on these two categories of goods will be published on the EU Commission General Directorate TAXUD web site.