Implementing decision 2018/1487 - Amendment of Implementing Decision 2009/1013/EU authorising Austria to continue to derogate from Articles 168 and 168a of the VAT Directive - Main contents
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Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1487 of 2 October 2018 amending Implementing Decision 2009/1013/EU authorising the Republic of Austria to continue to apply a measure derogating from Articles 168 and 168a of Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax| Legal instrument | implementing decision |
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| Number legal act | Implementing decision 2018/1487 |
| Original proposal | COM(2018)539  |
| CELEX number i | 32018D1487 |
| Document | 02-10-2018; Date of adoption |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 05-10-2018; OJ L 251 p. 33-34 |
| Effect | 04-10-2018; Takes effect Date notif. See Art 2 01-01-2019; Application See Art 2 |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
| Notification | 04-10-2018 |
5.10.2018 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 251/33 |
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2018/1487
of 2 October 2018
amending Implementing Decision 2009/1013/EU authorising the Republic of Austria to continue to apply a measure derogating from Articles 168 and 168a of Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 395(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) |
By virtue of Council Implementing Decision 2009/1013/EU (2), the Republic of Austria (Austria) was authorised to apply a special measure derogating from Directive 2006/112/EC (‘special measure’). The application of the special measure was subsequently extended by Council Implementing Decision 2012/705/EU (3) until 31 December 2015 and by Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/2428 (4) until 31 December 2018. |
(2) |
The special measure derogates from Articles 168 and 168a of Directive 2006/112/EC which govern taxable persons' right to deduct value added tax (VAT) charged on goods and services supplied to them for the purposes of their taxed transactions. The special measure is intended to exclude VAT borne on goods and services from the right of deduction where those goods and services are used by taxable persons for more than 90 % for their private purposes or for the purposes of their employees, or in general for non-business purposes or non-economic activities. |
(3) |
The objective of the special measure is to simplify the procedure for charging and collecting VAT. |
(4) |
By letter registered with the Commission on 23 March 2018, Austria requested authorisation to continue to apply the special measure, in accordance with Article 395(2) of Directive 2006/112/EC. |
(5) |
By letter registered with the Commission on 4 April 2018, Austria sent a report on the application of the special measure including a review of the apportionment rate applied on the right to deduct VAT as required by Article 2 of Implementing Decision 2009/1013/EU. |
(6) |
The Commission transmitted the request made by Austria to the other Member States by letter dated 11 April 2018, in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 395(2) of Directive 2006/112/EC. By letter dated 12 April 2018, the Commission notified Austria that it had all the information necessary to consider the request. |
(7) |
According to the information provided by Austria, the legal and factual situation which justified the current application of the special measure has not changed, but continues to exist. Austria should therefore be authorised to continue to apply the special measure for a further period of time, but that period should be limited in time until 31 December 2021 in order to allow for a review of the necessity and effectiveness of the special measure and of the apportionment rate between the business and non-business use that it is based upon. |
(8) |
Where Austria considers that a further extension of the authorisation beyond 2021 is necessary, a report on the application of the measure, which includes a review of the apportionment rate applied, should be submitted to the Commission together with the extension request by no later than 31 March 2021 in order to allow sufficient time for the Commission to examine the request. |
(9) |
The special measure will only have a negligible effect on the overall amount of tax revenue collected at the stage of final consumption and will not have adverse effects on the Union's own resources accruing from... |
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