Implementing regulation 2022/432 - Amendment of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 282/2011 as regards the VAT and/or excise duty exemption certificate

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This implementing regulation was in effect from March 16, 2022 until June 30, 2022.

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Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/432 of 15 March 2022 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 282/2011 as regards the VAT and/or excise duty exemption certificate
 
Legal instrument Implementing regulation
Number legal act Implementing regulation 2022/432
Original proposal COM(2022)8 EN
CELEX number i 32022R0432

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16.3.2022   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 88/15

 

COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/432

of 15 March 2022

amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 282/2011 as regards the VAT and/or excise duty exemption certificate

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 Article 397 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

 

(1)

Directive 2006/112/EC and Council Directive 2008/118/EC (2) were amended by means of Council Directive (EU) 2019/2235 (3), which introduced exemptions from VAT and excise duty for defence efforts undertaken within the Union framework. Those exemptions were to be applied by the Member States from 1 July 2022.

 

(2)

Directive 2006/112/EC was further amended by means of Council Directive (EU) 2021/1159 (4), which introduced new VAT exemptions concerning measures taken at Union level in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In view of the urgency of the situation related to the COVID-19 pandemic, those exemptions were to be applied by the Member States with retroactive effect from 1 January 2021.

 

(3)

The VAT and/or excise duty exemption certificate set out in Annex II to Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 282/2011 (5) (the ‘certificate’) serves to confirm that a transaction qualifies for the exemption from VAT and/or excise duty under Article 151 of Directive 2006/112/EC. In order to enable the Member States to apply the new VAT exemption for defence efforts undertaken within the Union framework and the new VAT exemptions concerning measures taken at Union level in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in a uniform way, the certificate should be amended.

 

(4)

As regards the new VAT exemptions concerning measures taken at Union level in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the certificate should be amended in order to include as an eligible body the Commission or any agency or body established under Union law, where the Commission or that agency or body executes its tasks in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to avoid unnecessary administrative burden in cases where the exempted supplies have already been processed using the current version of the certificate, it is appropriate for the certificate, as amended by means of this Regulation, not to be applied retroactively.

 

(5)

As regards the new exemption from VAT for defence efforts undertaken within the Union framework, the certificate should be amended in order to include as eligible bodies the Commission or any agency or body established under Union law, where the Commission or that agency or body executes its tasks in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the armed forces of a Member State taking part in a Union activity under the common security and defence policy (CSDP). For that purpose, and in line with the date of application of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary for the Member States to comply with Directive (EU) 2019/2235, the certificate should be amended with effect from 1 July 2022.

 

(6)

In view of the retroactive effect of the new VAT exemptions concerning measures taken at Union level in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

 

(7)

Implementing Regulation (EU) No 282/2011 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Implementing Regulation (EU) No 282/2011 is amended as follows:

 

(1)

Annex II is replaced by the text appearing in Annex I to this Regulation;

 

(2)

Annex II is...


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