Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/0580(CNS)
Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)
Consultation procedure (CNS): Parliament gives an opinion; the Council decides. · Parliament gives its opinion on a proposal. The Council decides, but must wait for Parliament’s opinion. · First reading
Parliament is consulted: it gives an opinion and can propose amendments, but the Council takes the decision and need not follow them.
Where it stands
Plenary vote
Parliament gave its opinion on 17 June 2026. The Council takes the final decision.
- Referred to committee(done) 6 October 2025
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 3 June 2026
- Tabled for plenary(done) 8 June 2026
- Plenary vote(done) Rejected 17 June 2026
- Adopted by the Council(to come)
Decided in plenary
17 June 2026 · decision 3
Economy & single market, New EU law
Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)
Failed 181 for · 439 against · 38 abstained by a large majority
AI summary:The proposal sets EU-wide minimum excise duty rates for tobacco and extends rules to novel tobacco-related products.
What changed
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary
AI summary:Extends transitional periods for several products and adjusts minimum rates for nicotine products and heated tobacco. Adds new product definitions and closes loopholes for waterpipe tobacco, heated tobacco, and nicotine pouches. Changes the inflation adjustment cap and price level index weighting, affecting how minimum rates are calculated. Adds recitals and articles on economic sustainability, impact assessments for cigars, and reporting requirements. The other changes are formal or wording: updated citations, rephrased definitions, and deleted explanatory notes.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Economic and Monetary Affairs
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Tomáš Kubín (Patriots)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Marco Falcone (EPP), César Luena (S&D), Francesco Ventola (ECR), Billy Kelleher (Renew), Rasmus Andresen (Greens), Gaetano Pedulla' (The Left), Rada Laykova (ESN)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 17 Jun 2026
AI summary:Parliament rejected the Commission proposal for a Council directive on the structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products, and called on the Commission to withdraw it.
Tabled for plenary· 8 Jun 2026
AI summary:Parliament's amended version of the proposed Council directive on excise duty for tobacco and related products sets new minimum rates and structures, with transitional periods and adjustments for inflation and price levels.
Committee draft· 9 Mar 2026
AI summary:This draft report proposes amendments to the Commission's recast directive on excise duty for tobacco products. It adjusts definitions, rates, and transitional periods, and adds provisions on indexation and impact assessments.
Timeline
Newest first.
Plenary stage 3 steps
17 June 2026
Plenary vote
Sitting of 17 Jun 2026 Report A10-0161/2026Adopted text TA10-0211/2026
10 June – 15 June 2026
96 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
8 June 2026
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 5 steps
3 June 2026
Committee vote: report adopted
ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
15 April 2026
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.
9 March 2026
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
3 December 2025
Committee opinion adopted
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
6 October 2025
Referred to the ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/0580(CNS)