Dive Summary:

• The Assemblée Nationale has voted for a new tax on all energy drinks in France in an attempt to curb their social security deficit.
• The tax, if approved by the senate, would become effective on January 1 of next year at a rate of €50 per hectoliter.
• This news marks a recent trend in food policy legislation in France that started earlier this month with a ban of all BPA from food packaging.

From the article:

As part of a list of measures designed to finance France’s social security deficit, the Assemblée Nationale has voted for a special tax on energy drinks of €50 per hectolitre. Effective from 1 January, if approved by the French Senate, the tax will be applied to drinks that contain a minimum of 0.22 grammes of caffeine and 0.3 grammes of taurine per litre. The tax is at a much lower level than the €200 per hectolitre originally proposed. Source: Esmerk/Financial Times