whereas the illicit trade in tobacco products, and in particular the transport of contraband and counterfeit cigarettes, results each year in the Member States incurring losses of more than EUR 10 billion in revenues (customs, VAT and excise duties);
ker nezakonita trgovina s tobačnimi izdelki in zlasti promet s pretihotapljenimi in ponarejenimi cigaretami v državah članicah vsako leto povzroča izgube prihodkov v vrednosti nad 10 milijard EUR (carine, DDV in trošarine);