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Council Directive 2002/10/EC of 12 February 2002 amending Directives 92/79/EEC, 92/80/EEC and 95/59/EC as regards the structure and rates of excise duty applied on manufactured tobacco · European Union

(8) In order to avoid a fall in the value of the Community minimum rates of duty on cigars, cigarillos, fine-cut tobacco intended for the rolling of cigars and other smoking tobaccos, a phased increase in the minimum rates, expressed as a specific amount, is needed.

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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.