ECMA · Trade and business associations · BE
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| Data | Priėmė | Tema |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-18 | Taxation and Customs Union | Videoconference - Stakeholder event to gather views on the upcoming revision of the tobacco taxation directive |
| 2022-05-18 | Taxation and Customs Union | Videoconference - Stakeholder event to gather views on the upcoming revision of the tobacco taxation directive |
ECMA views on the proposal for a Council Directive laying down the general arrangements for excise duty (recast) COM(2018) 346 final Introduction: ECMA, the European Cigar Manufacturers Association, is the trade association of cigar and cigarillo manufacturers in the Member States of the European Union. ECMA members together account for over 90% of the traditional cigars and cigarillos produced in the European Union. ECMA represents 19 cigar and cigarillo producing companies with 24 manufacturing plants in the European Union. Together these companies employ more than 5,000 persons in their cigar and cigarillo businesses in the European Union and another 20,000 in countries outside the European Union. Of the 19 ECMA member companies, eleven are family-owned and seven fall under the definition of small and medium sized enterprises.
…member companies, eleven are family-owned and seven fall under the definition of small and medium sized enterprises. The rest of the European cigar and cigarillo industry, i.e. some 30 companies, generally employ between 1 to 20 people and are all family owned. ECMA views: ECMA welcomes the proposal for a Council Directive laying down the general arrangements for excise duty (document COM(2018) 346 final). ECMA particularly welcomes the alignment between the terminology used in the excise directive and the union customs code as well as the further harmonization of excise and customs procedures. As we already indicated in our contribution to last year’s public consultation, we strongly agree with an automated cross-check of some data between customs declarations and the excise electronic administrative documents.
…an automated cross-check of some data between customs declarations and the excise electronic administrative documents. An automated interface between the EMCS and the AES will reduce the administrative burden and will make processing much faster, more predictable and more reliable. ECMA also supports the automation of duty paid business-to-business procedures as this may have a positive impact on SMEs. For the same reason ECMA welcomes the common requirements for alternate proof of exit and exceptional situations. Finally we agree with the Commission that export followed by external transit should be allowed. ECMA would have welcomed if exceptional situations such as shortages, excesses, rejections and interruptions would have been covered in the proposal as well.
…situations such as shortages, excesses, rejections and interruptions would have been covered in the proposal as well. Other provisions / procedures that could have been covered are: • provisions that would allow the Member State of dispatch to reimburse or remit excise where there is evidence that the relevant goods, involved in a discrepancy, are held in an excise warehouse in the Member State of destination or have left the EU territory; • a refund procedure for excise goods in case those goods are withdrawn or returned from the market after having been released for consumption; • a mutual recognition procedure allowing tax stamps to be destructed by government officials in other Member States; • alternative means of guarantees. ECMA, August 2018. Ref. Ares(2018)4306205 - 20/08/2018