Excise duty: lower rates on tobacco products for consumption in Corsica

The European Parliament adopted a resolution with 452 votes in favour, 35 against and 22 abstentions on authorising France to prolong the application of lower rates of excise duty to tobacco products released for consumption in Corsica. The resolution was drafted by John PURVIS (EPP-ED, United Kingdom.) Parliament proposed amendments to the effect that the minimum rate be increased by 3% per year until the end of the transition period in 2009.�