Excise duty: structure and rates applied on manufactured tobacco

Having already rejected the proposal for a directive on manufactured tobacco at the 15 November plenary session 2001, the European Parliament decided, on 11 December 2001, to refuse the urgent procedure requested by the Council on 29 November 2001. The Parliament also decided to refuse, once again, the Council's request for an urgent procedure at its 16 January 2002 session.�