Article 3

Council Directive 92/79/EEC of 19 October 1992 on the approximation of taxes on cigarettes · European Union

1. The Kingdom of Spain shall have a transitional period of two years, starting on 1 January 1993, to attain the overall minimum excise duty laid down in Article 2. 2. The Portuguese Republic may apply a reduced rate of up to 50 % less than that laid down in Article 2 to cigarettes consumed in the most remote regions of the Azores and Madeira, made by small-scale manufacturers each of whose annual production does not exceed 500 tonnes.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-06 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.