. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EST/3 
10 December 2007 
 (07-5479) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   ESTONIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:         
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:    
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications 
www.mkm.ee, el.teavitamine@mkm.ee Tel: +(372) 625 6405 Fax: +(372) 631 3029 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:         
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Labelling (tobacco) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Amendment to the 
regulation of Minister of Finance from 2006 No 25 ’The design and types of revenue stamps 
on alcohol and tobacco products, the procedure fo r the issue and return of revenue stamps, 
the form of the delivery note for revenue stam ps and the procedure for its completion’, in 
Estonian language 2 pages. 
6. Description of content:   By the draft Regulation the design of revenue stamp on tobacco 
products will be changed. Also a separate ty pe of revenue stamp w ill be established for 
smoking tobacco used for rolling of cigarettes. G/TBT/N/EST/3 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:    
Separate revenue stamp on smoking tobacco u sed for rolling cigarettes is necessary for 
having more precise data about the quantities of  smoking tobacco used for rolling cigarettes. 
 
Design of revenue stamps will be changed to prevent falsification of stamps. Excise duty 
rate for cigarettes will significantly raise at th e same date when the new design for revenue 
stamps will be introduced.  
Alcohol, Tobacco, Fuel and Electricity Excise Duty Act (§ 28 (4
1) ) provides that if excise 
duty rate will be increased at the same time w ith changing the revenue stamp design, then 
the selling period of tobacco products with old revenue stamps will be limited up to three 
months following the date when new re venue stamps will be introduced.  
 
Result from amendment it is allowed to sell th e cigarettes with old revenue stamps until 30th 
of September 2008. 
8. Relevant documents:   Regulation of Minister of Fi nance from 2006 No 25 ’The design and 
types of revenue stamps on alcohol and tob acco products, the procedure for the issue and 
return of revenue stamps, the form of th e delivery note for revenue stamps and the 
procedure for its completion’ 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    December 2007 
1 July 2008 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from the day of notification 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body: