{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/value-added-tax-act-1994/schedule-8/part-II/chapter-18",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1994/23",
  "legislation_title": "Value Added Tax Act 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/value-added-tax-act-1994",
  "path": "schedule/8/part/II/chapter/18",
  "kind": "chapter",
  "number": "GROUP 18 — EUROPEAN RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE CONSOR",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Item No.\n1. The supply of goods or services to an ERIC.\nNOTES\n(1) “ERIC” means a body set up as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium by a decision under Article 6(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EC) No 723/2009 on the Community legal framework for a European Research Infrastructure Consortium.\n(2) Item 1 applies only where the following requirements are met—\n(a) the statutory seat of the ERIC referred to in Article 8(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 723/2009 is located in the United Kingdom, a member State or an associated country (within the meaning given by Article 2(c) of that Regulation);\n(b) the goods or services are for the official use of the ERIC;\n(c) a certificate in writing has been given to the supplier on behalf of the ERIC that—\n(i) the requirements in paragraphs (a) and (b) are met in relation to the supply, and\n(ii) the relief is not precluded by the limitations and conditions referred to in Note (3); and\n(d) VAT would have been chargeable on the supply but for item 1.\n(3) Item 1 is subject to the limitations and conditions laid down in the agreement between the members of the ERIC referred to in Article 5(1)(d) of Council Regulation (EC) No 723/2009.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 8 Pt. 2 Group 18 added (1.1.2013) by The Value Added Tax (Relief for European Research Infrastructure Consortia) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2907), arts. 1, 3(2) (with art. 1(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 8 Pt. 2 Group 18 Note (2) substituted (17.12.2020 for specified purposes, 31.12.2020 in so far as not already in force) by Taxation (Post-transition Period) Act 2020 (c. 26), s. 11(1)(e), Sch. 2 para. 8 (with Sch. 2 para. 7(7)-(9)); S.I. 2020/1642, reg. 9"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2012/7",
      "affecting_title": "Health and Social Care Act 2012"
    },
    {
      "type": "words repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2012/5",
      "affecting_title": "Welfare Reform Act 2012"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2012/7",
      "affecting_title": "Health and Social Care Act 2012"
    },
    {
      "type": "words repealed",
      "affecting": "nisi/2015/2006",
      "affecting_title": "The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2019/73",
      "affecting_title": "The Value Added Tax (Tour Operators) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/23/schedule/8/part/II/chapter/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:58.510022+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."
}