Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 79/2012Show full title

Article 1 Subject matter

This Regulation lays down detailed rules for implementing Articles 14, 32, 48 and 49 and Article 51(1) of Regulation (EU) No 904/2010.

Article 2 Categories of information to be exchanged without prior request

The categories of information subject to automatic exchange, in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation (EU) No 904/2010, shall be the following:

(1)

information on non-established traders;

(2)

information on new means of transport.

Article 3 Subcategories of information to be exchanged without prior request

1. In respect of non-established traders the information subject to automatic exchange shall be the following:

(a) information on the allocation of VAT identification numbers to taxable persons established in another Member State;

(b) information on VAT refunds to taxable persons not established in the Member State of refund but established in another Member State pursuant to Council Directive 2008/9/EC.

2. In respect of new means of transport, the information subject to automatic exchange shall be the following:

(a) information on supplies exempted in accordance with Article 138(2)(a) of Directive 2006/112/EC, of new means of transport as defined in Article 2(2), (a) and (b)of that Directive, by persons regarded as taxable persons pursuant to Article 9(2) of that Directive who are identified for VAT purposes;

(b) information on supplies exempted in accordance with Article 138(2)(a) of Directive 2006/112/EC, of new vessels and aircraft as defined in Article 2(2), (a) and (b) of that Directive, by taxable persons identified for VAT purposes, other than those referred to in point (a), to persons not identified for VAT purposes;

(c) information on supplies exempted in accordance with Article 138(2)(a) of Directive 2006/112/EC, of new motorised land vehicles as defined in Article 2(2), (a) and (b) of that Directive, by taxable persons identified for VAT purposes, other than those referred to in point (a), to persons not identified for VAT purposes.

Article 4 Notification of abstention from participation in the exchange of information without prior request

By 20 May 2012 each Member State shall notify the Commission in writing of its decision, taken in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 14(1) of Regulation (EU) No 904/2010, as to whether it is going to abstain from taking part in the automatic exchange of one or more categories or subcategories of information referred to in Articles 2 and 3 of this Regulation. The Commission shall inform the other Member States accordingly of the categories for which a Member State has abstained.

Article 5 Frequency of the transmission of the information

In cases where the automatic exchange system is being used, information concerning the categories and subcategories referred to respectively in Articles 2 and 3 shall be provided as soon as it becomes available, and in any event within 3 months of the end of the calendar quarter during which that information has become available.

Article 6 Transmission of communications

1. Information communicated pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 904/2010 shall, as far as possible, be transmitted only by electronic means via the CCN/CSI network, with the exception of the following:

(a) the request for notification referred to in Article 25 of Regulation (EU) No 904/2010 and the instrument or decision of which notification is requested;

(b) original documents provided pursuant to Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No 904/2010.

2. The competent authorities of the Member States may agree to communicate the information referred to in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 1 by electronic means.

Article 7 Information to taxable persons

1. Member States shall provide the details on invoicing listed in Annex I to this Regulation in accordance with Article 32 of Regulation (EU) No 904/2010 via the web portal established by the Commission.

2. The Commission shall make the web portal referred to in paragraph 1 available for those Member States choosing to publish the following additional information:

(a) the information on storage of invoices listed in Annex II;

(b) the additional electronic coded information required by Member States pursuant to Article 9(2) of Directive 2008/9/EC;

(c) until 31 December 2014 the standard tax rate referred to in the second paragraph of Article 42 of Regulation (EU) No 904/2010;

(d) as from 1 January 2015 the tax rate applicable for supplies of telecommunication services, broadcasting services and electronically supplied services referred to in the second paragraph of Article 47 of Regulation (EU) No 904/2010.

Article 8 Information exchanged in the framework of VAT refund

Where a Member State of refund notifies other Member States that it requires additional electronic coded information as provided for in Article 9(2) of Directive 2008/9/EC, the codes specified in Annex III to this Regulation shall be used for the purposes of transmitting this information.

Article 9 Description relating to the business activity exchanged in the framework of VAT refund

Where a Member State of refund requires a description of the applicants business activity as provided for in Article 11 of Directive 2008/9/EC, such information shall be given at the fourth level of the NACE Rev. 2 codes, as provided for in Article 2(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006.

Article 10 Notification of instruments and decisions relating to a VAT refund

Where a Member State of refund requests a Member State of establishment of an addressee to notify instruments and decisions relating to a refund under Directive 2008/9/EC to the addressee, that notification request may be transmitted via the CCN/CSI network as defined in Article 2(1)(q) of Regulation (EU) No 904/2010.

Article 11 Statistical data

The list of statistical data referred to in Article 49(3) of Regulation (EU) No 904/2010 is set out in Annex IV.

Each Member State shall, before 30 April each year by electronic means, communicate to the Commission the statistical data referred to in the first paragraph, using the model set out in Annex IV.

Article 12 Communication of national measures

Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of any laws, regulations or administrative provisions which they apply in the field covered by this Regulation.

The Commission shall communicate those measures to the other Member States.

Article 13 Repeal

Regulations (EC) No 1925/2004 and (EC) No 1174/2009 are repealed.

References to the repealed Regulations shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex VI.

Article 14 Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 31 January 2012.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel Barroso