EU Looking to Impose a Vape Product Tax

It’s now all but certain that the European Union will impose a tax on vaping products in the future, after the Council of the EU on Tuesday “approved conclusions setting out political guidance and priorities” on tobacco taxation, and asked the European Commission for legislative proposals.

The Council of the EU, or EU Council, is a forum in which ministers from EU member states plan legislative priorities. The European Commission (EC) is the executive branch of the EU. It carries out the wishes of the EU Council.

The Council says that it is “urgent and necessary to upgrade the EU regulatory framework, in order to tackle current and future challenges in respect of the functioning of the internal market by harmonising definitions and tax treatment of novel products (such as liquids for e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products), including products, whether or not containing nicotine, that substitute tobacco….”

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