(CN) — A truckload of tobacco scraps hauled through Germany turned into an EU court fight Wednesday, ending with judges saying it still counts as smoking tobacco even if you have to prep it yourself at home.
Scrap-Transporteur, a German transport company, got hit with a tax bill after customs stopped a shipment of more than a ton of processed but unfinished tobacco and classified it as smoking tobacco. The company argued the material wasn’t usable as-is and needed significant prep at home, then challenged the classification in German courts.
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