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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-112/article-248a",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2006/112",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-112",
  "path": "article/248a",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "248a",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "For control purposes, and as regards invoices in respect of supplies of goods or services supplied in their territory and invoices received by taxable persons established in their territory, Member States may, for certain taxable persons or certain cases, require translation into their official languages. Member States may, however, not impose a general requirement that invoices be translated.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Inserted 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."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2006/112/article/248a",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:31.059470+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}