Article 26 Tax exemption

Tax exemptions based on Articles 143(1)(g) and 151(1)(b) of Council Directive 2006/112/EC^f1 and in accordance with Articles 50 and 51 of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 282/2011^f2 shall be limited to the value added tax for such goods and services which are for official use by EATRIS ERIC, exceed the value of EUR 250, and are wholly paid for and procured by EATRIS ERIC. Procurement by individual Members shall not benefit from these exemptions. Without prejudice to paragraphs 2 and 3 no further limits shall apply.

Tax exemptions shall apply to non-economic activities, not to economic activities.

Tax exemptions shall be applied to goods and services for the scientific, technical and administrative operations undertaken by EATRIS ERIC in line with its principal tasks. This shall also include expenses for conferences, workshops and meetings directly linked to the official activities of EATRIS ERIC. However travel and accommodation expenses shall not be covered by tax exemptions.