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Council Directive 2011/64/EU of 21 June 2011 on the… Article 3

Council Directive 2011/64/EU of 21 June 2011 on the… Article 3

Article 3

1.   For the purposes of this Directive cigarettes shall mean: (a) rolls of tobacco capable of being smoked as they are and which are not cigars or cigarillos within the meaning of Article 4(1); (b) rolls of tobacco which, by simple non-industrial handling, are inserted into cigarette-paper tubes; (c) rolls of tobacco which, by simple non-industrial handling, are wrapped in cigarette paper. 2.   A roll of tobacco referred to in paragraph 1 shall, for excise duty purposes, be considered as two cigarettes where, excluding filter or mouthpiece, it is longer than 8 cm but not longer than 11 cm, as three cigarettes where, excluding filter or mouthpiece, it is longer than 11 cm but not longer than 14 cm, and so on.

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