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Who followed this act (EU Transparency Register)
Country
Organisations
BG
1
ES
1
FR
1
GB
1
LV
1
BE
1
LU
1
Source: EU Transparency Register. n = 7 organisations naming this act in their register entry; x = country of seat, y = number of organisations.
Source: meetings published by the European Commission. n = 6 meetings with organisations naming this act; x = quarter of the meeting date, y = meetings.
Only meetings with Commissioners, their cabinets and Directors-General are published. An early meeting is not evidence of influence on the outcome — it shows access, and should be read as exactly that.
Selected on the submitter type each filer declared: research institutions, NGOs, environmental and consumer organisations, trade unions. Business associations appear in the sections above.
Branża spirytusowa zidentyfikowała obszar, w którym konieczne są zmiany stawek podatku akcyzowego. Zmiany powinny zmierzać do zmniejszenia istniejącej od 1992 r. różnicy między różnymi kategoriami napojów alkoholowych, która stawia napoje spirytusowe w niekorzystnej sytuacji w porównaniu z innymi kategoriami napojów alkoholowych. Obecny kształt dyrektywy ingeruje w rynek, zapewniając przewagę konkurencyjną producentom piwa i wina, co jest szczególnie trudne dla małych i rzemieślniczych wytwórców napojów spirytusowych. Ten sam alkohol znajduje się w piwie i w alkoholach mocnych, powinien być…
Croatian Chamber of Agriculture · NGO · HR · 2022-07-04 ↗ official source
Croatian Chamber of Agriculture First and foremost, it is critical distinguishing between use and abuse and recognising that harmful alcohol consumption has been steadily declining in the EU in the past decade. Tax and price increases are poorly suited to targeting harmful use of alcohol, as they often bring the opposite results. Increasing taxes would run counter to the current efforts of national authorities to curb fraud and counterfeiting, nurture illicit markets and give rise to the consumption of unrecorded alcohol (cheaper but of lower quality) which in turn induce losses in tax…
The European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) is a leading European civil society alliance in Brussels, made up of 80 public health NGOs, patient groups, health professionals and disease groups, working to improve health and strengthen the voice of public health in Europe. EPHA welcomes the European Commission's evaluation of excise duty rates and tax structures on alcoholic beverages. It is timely and health of the European citizens should be part of the review of the upcoming exercise, as per the mandate of the EU. From EPHA’s perspective, it is essential to comprehensively fight…
We strongly support the continuation of reduced excise duty for small producers and note the highly positive effect this has had for consumers since it was introduced in Ireland in 2005. We believe there is scope for making duty rates fairer between different kinds of drinks, noting that wine can be zero-rated but beer cannot. There is no rational reason for such a distinction. Member states should have a greater freedom to set their own excise duty rates. We are unconvinced that excise duty rates can be leveraged as a public health measure and can see no indication that increasing prices…
The European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) aims to be the Home of Hepatology so that all who are involved in treating liver disease can realise their full potential to cure and prevent it. EASL welcomes the European Commission's evaluation of excise duty rates and tax structures on alcoholic beverages. According to the Global Burden of Disease, 1,256,900 deaths occurred worldwide due to liver disease in 2016, of which 334,900 (27%) were attributable to alcohol. Additionally, 245,000 liver cancer deaths were associated with alcohol intake (30% of all liver cancers deaths). In…
The European Heart Network (EHN) welcomes the opportunity to provide input on the evaluation of the rules governing excise duty on alcohol and alcoholic beverages. Harmful alcohol consumption is responsible for an estimated 50 000 cardiovascular disease (CVD) deaths in the EU. High alcohol consumption increases the risk of CVD by raising blood pressure and blood levels of triglycerides. Consumption of three or more alcoholic drinks per day (10 g of alcohol per drink) is associated with increased CVD risk. Alcohol taxation is part of the WHO “best buys” (cost-effective interventions) as it…
EBCU is a non-political, non-religious organisation formed in 1990 to give voice to the beer consumer at the European level, both within and beyond the European Union (EU). Our members are different national beer organisations in European countries representing over 200 000 consumers. Having different minimum rates on duty of alcoholic beverages based on their product category is problematic. We all can agree that alcohol in bigger amounts is harmful, but with the current different excise rules some stronger alcohol drinks like wine, which has a minimum taxation level of zero, is promoted…
The European Chronic Disease Alliance (ECDA) welcomes the opportunity to provide input on the evaluation of the rules governing excise duty on alcohol and alcoholic beverages. These have not been updated in the past 30 years (since 1992) despite market evolutions, consumption changes and continuously growing evidence on the negative impact of alcohol consumption on people’s health. It is therefore high time to consider the effectiveness of the current system and ways to improve it, with a view to pursue public health efforts in Europe – including prevention of major non-communicable diseases,…
AIM welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the on the evaluation of excise duty rates and tax structures. Increased Taxation as a best buy for Public Health Increasing the price of alcohol is one of the most cost-effective alcohol policies available. Pricing policies have also been identified by WHO as second “best buy” in the fight against non-communicable diseases. Regulating prices through increased taxation or the establishment of Minimum Unit Pricing has proved to reduce overall consumption and associated harm. Price control also has the potential to help reduce inequities and…
Deutsche Sozialversicherung Europavertretung · NGO · DE · 2022-05-20 ↗ official source
Die Deutsche Sozialversicherung (DSV) begrüßt die Konsultation der Europäischen Kommission über die geltenden Rechtsvorschriften der Verbrauchsteuersätze und Steuerstrukturen von Alkohol und alkoholischen Getränken in der Europäischen Union (EU). Der Konsultationsprozess sollte zum Ziel haben, die gesundheitsbezogenen Aspekte des Alkoholkonsums zu verdeutlichen, um zu einer Reduktion des Alkoholkonsums beizutragen. Bei der Überarbeitung der Verbrauchsteuersätze von Alkohol müssen „Öffentliche Einnahmen“ und „Gesundheitsschutz“ in Einklang gebracht werden. Noch immer ist Europa die Region mit…
Navarrabiomed · research institution · ES · 2022-05-12 ↗ official source
Alcohol harm in Europe Europe is the heaviest alcohol consuming region in the world. Harms related to the high levels of alcohol use are a heavy burden on public health, social welfare and economic productivity in the European Union. For example, alcohol harm costs €155.8 in the EU every year. Alcohol harm is pervasive and a heavy burden in Europe: • Alcohol is the 3rd leading risk factor in Europe for ill health and Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancer, diabetes or heart disease. • 12 million people in the EU are alcohol dependent. • Around 9 million children in the EU are growing…
The European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) welcomes the revision of Directive 2008/118/EC. Harmful alcohol use is the fifth leading cause of death and disability worldwide. Europe is the heaviest drinking region in the world. Costs associated with harmful alcohol consumption amounted to €155.8 billion in 2010 in the EU. Measures targeting price and availability of alcohol are key to reduce alcohol related harm, as recommended by the World Health Organisation. For instance, when excise duties were reduced in Finland in 2004 this resulted in an increase in alcohol consumption and a substantial…
IOGT-NTO welcomes the review of Directive 2008/118/EC and the opportunity to provide feedback to this Inception Impact Assessment (IIA). You will find our comments below and references (a, b, c) in the attached annex. Comments on context and problem definition (Part A): 1. IOGT-NTO welcomes that cross-border movement through private acquisition (article 32 of the Directive) is brought up in the problem definition part of the IIA but regrets the tentative approach. The high and indicative import quotas prevent member states from using their taxation competency to set excise duties according to…
European Alcohol Policy Alliance (Eurocare) welcomes the revision of the Directive 2008/118/EC and would like to draw the European Commission’s attention to some elements in its Inception Impact Assessment. Apart from the issues identified in the Evaluation report (Evaluation of current arrangements of the holding and moving of excise good under excise suspension) we would like to urge European Commission in the REFIT to address the issue of private acquisition of alcoholic beverages (Art 32). The general objectives list safeguarding revenue of Member States. Collection of excise duties is a…
What the national parliaments did
Member-state parliaments' reaction to the Commission's proposal — from IPEX (the interparliamentary EU information exchange). A reasoned opinion is a formal subsidiarity objection under Protocol No 2; a political dialogue is a non-binding opinion sent to the Commission.
14
Scrutiny
Country
Parliament / chamber
Scrutiny
Reasoned opinions
Political dialogues
DE
German Bundestag
completed
DE
German Bundesrat
completed
EE
Estonian Parliament
in progress
ES
Spanish Cortes Generales - Congress of Deputies
completed
FI
Finnish Parliament
in progress
IE
Irish Houses of Oireachtas
completed
LT
Lithuanian Seimas
completed
LU
Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies
in progress
MT
Maltese House of Representatives
completed
PL
Polish Senate
in progress
PL
Polish Sejm
completed
SE
Swedish Parliament
in progress
SI
Slovenian National Assembly
completed
SK
Slovak Republic National Council
in progress
Source: the IPEX record for proposal COM/2018/0346. n = 14 chambers that opened a scrutiny; the table lists only those. Subsidiarity deadline: 2018-10-01. ↗ IPEX
The Council's (member-state governments') voting records are no longer published as an open dataset — the Council's dataset is officially discontinued and its website refuses programmatic access. The voting results survive only inside meeting minutes.