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Article 197

United Kingdom

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1.

VAT shall be payable by the person to whom the goods are supplied when the following conditions are met:

(a)

the taxable transaction is a supply of goods carried out in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 141;

(b)

the person to whom the goods are supplied is another taxable person, or a non-taxable legal person, identified for VAT purposes in the Member State in which the supply is carried out;

F1(c)

the invoice issued by the taxable person not established in the Member State of the person to whom the goods are supplied is drawn up in accordance with Sections 3 to 5 of Chapter 3.

2.

Where a tax representative is appointed as the person liable for payment of VAT pursuant to Article 204, Member States may provide for a derogation from paragraph 1 of this Article.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Substituted by Council Directive 2010/45/EU of 13 July 2010 amending Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax as regards the rules on invoicing.