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Council Directive 1999/81/EC of 29 July 1999 amending Directive 92/79/EEC on the approximation of taxes on cigarettes, Directive 92/80/EEC on the approximation of taxes on manufactured tobacco other than cigarettes and Directive 95/59/EC on taxes other than turnover taxes which affect the consumption of manufactured tobacco · European Union

(13) the situation which justified the derogation from the overall minimum excise rate of 57 % that was granted to the Kingdom of Sweden by the 1994 Act of Accession still subsists; whereas it is therefore necessary to grant the Kingdom of Sweden an extension of the derogation up to and including 31 December 2002;

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-07 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.