Higher excise duty on spirits and reform of the social security levy on drinks above 18% ABV
The 2012 Social Security Financing Act raised the excise duty on spirits from €1,514.47 to €1,660 per hectolitre of pure alcohol. It lowered from 25% to 18% ABV the threshold for the social security levy on alcoholic drinks and set the levy at €533 per hectolitre of pure alcohol (€45 per hectolitre for other drinks), capped at 40% of the excise duty. Annual increases of these rates are capped at 1.75%.
Measure originators
A positive amount is revenue or savings for public finances; a negative amount is a cost or lost revenue.
Measure impact
Affects consumers and producers of spirits and drinks above 18% ABV. The Senate report put the yield of these measures at €340 million, allocated mainly to the farmers' social protection scheme.
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Administrative implementation
Entrée en vigueur de la mesure et mise en œuvre par l'administration
President of the Republic signature
Publication au Journal officiel
Possible referral to Constitutional Council
Décision de conformité / censure partielle
National Assembly has the final say
Si échec CMP
Debate and vote
Debate and vote
Débat et vote en séance publique à l'Assemblée nationale, ou engagement de la responsabilité du Gouvernement (article 49.3)