Higher minimum excise on cigarettes, cigars and rolling tobacco

Article 69 of the 2013 Amending Finance Act raised the minimum excise duties on tobacco (Article 575 A of the General Tax Code), i.e. the minimum tax due whatever the retail price: from €195 to €210 per 1,000 cigarettes, from €90 to €92 per 1,000 cigars and cigarillos, and from €125 to €143 per kilogram of fine-cut rolling tobacco. These amounts apply from 13 January 2014. The measure came from a Government amendment.