EU Advisory Body Warns Against Overreach in Tobacco Tax Reform : Innovation, Competitiveness and Sustainability at Risk
EU Reporter —
A fierce policy debate over the European Union’s Tobacco Excise Directive (TED) reopened a few weeks ago as the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) adopted a consequential opinion (18/02/2026) on the Commission’s proposed overhaul of tobacco excise rules. While broadly supportive of modernising the directive to reflect market and public-health developments, the EESC’s warnings […]