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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

(16) there is nothing to prevent Member States from being authorised to apply a minimum excise duty to cigars, cigarillos and smoking tobacco where such an option already exists for cigarettes and hand-rolling tobacco;

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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.