Also, the level of the specific rate, expressed in the equivalent in euro per 1,000 cigarettes, will be set at EUR56.71 per 1,000 cigarettes, based on Government’s decision.
The Government has recently decided to move the calendar raising excise duties on cigarettes, so that excise hikes will be applied every year starting April 1, instead of July 1. The procedure is supposed to be kept until 2017 to bring extra revenue to the state budget.