The Government proposed on Tuesday, October 14, in its draft budget, consulted by AFP, a tax on vaping products that would range between 30 and 50 euro cents per 10 milliliter bottle, depending on the level of nicotine it contains.
Vaping products, usually “e-liquids”, are usually sold commercially in 10 milliliter (mL) bottles, at prices that generally vary between 5 and 7 euros.
The draft budget for 2026 presented to the Council of Ministers by Sébastien Lecornu plans to add to this price a tax of 30 euro cents for liquids containing less than 15 mg of nicotine and 50 cents for bottles containing more. E-liquids had already escaped taxes last year.
Draft European directive
This draft budget is open to political negotiations, admitted Sébastien Lecornu, and could be fully debated in Parliament. If this tax is adopted, the government intends to implement it in the second half of 2026.
The European Commission proposed a directive in July that would tax vaping products even more in 2028, from €1.20 to €3.60 per 10 ml bottle. The draft budget also proposes slightly increasing taxes on heated tobacco, sometimes marketed by tobacco manufacturers to compete with e-cigarettes.
Source: BFM TV
