Hr. formand, mine damer og herrer, i 1998 fremlagde Kommissionen en beretning om strukturerne i forbrugsbeskatningen og afgiftssatserne samt et forslag til ændring af i alt tre direktiver om tobak.
Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, in 1998 the European Commission submitted a report on the structures and rates of excise duty as well as a proposal for the amendment of three different directives on the taxation of manufactured tobacco.