SMALL CIDER PRODUCERS TO BEEF FROM EUROPEAN COMMISSION EXCISE REFORMS
May 1st, 2018
THE EUROPEAN Commission has today released its long awaited proposed reforms to European Union (EU) rules on excise duty, which will enable smaller cider producers to charge lower rates currently available to beer manufacturers. These proposals include a legal definition of cider as being between 1.2% and 8.5% alcohol by volume (abv) made from fermenting apple or pear juice or both. It says EU member states can allow independent cider makers to charge up to 50% reduced national excise duty rates where they producer less than 15,000 hectolitres of cider ...
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