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Document 92002E003067

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3067/02 by Roberta Angelilli (UEN) to the Commission. Excise duty on wine.

OJ C 65E, 13.3.2004, pp. 4–5 (ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT, FI, SV)

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13.3.2004   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 65/4

(2004/C 65 E/005)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3067/02

by Roberta Angelilli (UEN) to the Commission

(25 October 2002)

Subject:   Excise duty on wine

It was reported in the Italian press in September 2002 that the European Commission is debating whether to introduce a minimum rate of excise duty greater than 0 % on wine in all EU countries including Italy, which are currently exempt from this duty. More specifically, the initial rates of duty, which would not apply to anyone producing under 1 000 hectolitres per year, would be EUR 0,13 per litre from 1 January 2003 and EUR 0,15 per litre as from 1 January 2007.

The Italian Farmers' Confederation has calculated that the levying of this excise duty would add EUR 500 million per annum to the prices paid by the consumer, which could well trigger a drop in consumption. Furthermore, the introduction of a minimum rate of excise duty for wine would not only adversely affect companies' sales and profitability but also increase bureaucracy. All this would be contrary to the Common Agricultural Policy, which aims to promote rural development and safeguard the countryside.

In view of this, does the Commission not consider that:

1.

tax harmonisation at European level should tend towards the reduction of existing excise duties rather than the introduction of new ones;

2.

all the agricultural products listed in Annex 1 to the EC Treaty should be exempt from excise duty;

3.

the harmonisation of Italian legislation already constitutes full compliance with Article 7 of Directive 92/83/EEC (1) and Article 5 of Directive 92/84/EEC (2)?

(1)  OJ L 316, 31.10.1992, p. 21.

(2)  OJ L 316, 31.10.1992, p. 29.

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