{"id":137544,"date":"2025-02-17T07:25:21","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T05:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/eu-has-long-planned-an-alcohol-tax-review-as-part-of-the-plan-to-fight-cancer-it-could-cover-its-social-costs\/"},"modified":"2025-02-17T07:25:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T05:25:21","slug":"eu-has-long-planned-an-alcohol-tax-review-as-part-of-the-plan-to-fight-cancer-it-could-cover-its-social-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/eu-has-long-planned-an-alcohol-tax-review-as-part-of-the-plan-to-fight-cancer-it-could-cover-its-social-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"EU has long planned an alcohol tax review as part of the plan to fight cancer. It could cover its social costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137544\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>In Italy, there is renewed alarm as the European Commission has confirmed &#8221;work is ongoing&#8221; on the directive on minimum excise rates on alcoholic beverages. League submits question to Brussels. Moretti (PD): &#8221;We will defend the sector, but we are talking about health.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>From the Correspondent in Strasbourg \u2013 A European Commission working document has rekindled fears in the Italian and European wine sectors. \u201cWork is underway to revise the directive on minimum rates of excise duty to apply to alcoholic beverages,\u201d reads the report, which takes stock of the implementation of the EU Plan to Combat Cancer (BECA) launched in 2021. Taxing alcohol, \u201cincluding wine, remains a strategic prevention tool for the EU,\u201d Brussels reiterates.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing new so far: the review of rules on taxes and cross-border purchase of alcohol products was already included in the roadmap outlined five years ago to combat the evil responsible for at least 1.3 million deaths in the EU in 2022. \u201cOverall, implementation is well on track, with over 90 percent of actions completed or underway,\u201d notes the internal document dated Feb. 4, 2025. The sensitive alcohol legislation has slipped to the current legislature, and the executive confirms \u201cwork is in progress\u201d without providing details on when it will submit a revision proposal. In the European Commission\u2019s work program for 2025, published yesterday (Feb. 12), there is no sign of it.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, \u201ctaxes on wine, other fermented beverages, and intermediate products are based on volume, unlike other alcoholic beverages where the tax is determined according to their alcoholic strength.\u201d Essentially, the directive sets a minimum excise tax rate of zero for wine and other fermented beverages while setting a minimum positive tax rate for beer, intermediate products, and ethyl alcohol. However, \u201cthe market is evolving\u201d and requires \u201ca thorough evaluation,\u201d which will serve to start talks with member states on the next steps, Brussels points out.<\/p>\n<p>The BECA plan also calls for the Commission to oversee all aspects of consumer information and alcohol advertising regulation. The notorious labels similar to those used for tobacco warn of the health risks of consumption. The Plan \u201ccalls for a proposal to introduce health warnings on alcoholic beverage labels,\u201d the working paper reiterates.<\/p>\n<p>The Commission pointed out that in 2020, there was an \u201cexternal study\u201d and a dialogue with national authorities and \u201cstakeholders\u201d who had \u201cthe opportunity to provide feedback on an evaluation roadmap in a public consultation in 2021.\u201d Brussels is preparing in advance, in any case, adding that \u201cfurther analysis is needed to strike the right balance between safeguarding the free movement of goods, securing tax revenues for Member States, protecting public health, and strengthening the fight against fraud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2025\/02\/13\/eu-has-long-planned-an-alcohol-tax-review-as-part-of-the-plan-to-fight-cancer-it-could-cover-its-social-costs\/\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2025\/02\/13\/eu-has-long-planned-an-alcohol-tax-review-as-part-of-the-plan-to-fight-cancer-it-could-cover-its-social-costs\/\">EUnews<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/csr-news-en\/eu-has-long-planned-an-alcohol-tax-review-as-part-of-the-plan-to-fight-cancer-it-could-cover-its-social-costs\/\">EU has long planned an alcohol tax review as part of the plan to fight cancer. It could cover its social costs<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[17967,555,274],"class_list":["post-137544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-alcohol-tax-review","tag-csr-news-en","tag-eu"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137544\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}