Implementing decision 2021/512 - Authorisation of the United Kingdom to apply, in respect of Northern Ireland, a special measure derogating from Articles 16 and 168 of the VAT Directive - Main contents
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Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/512 of 22 March 2021 authorising the United Kingdom to apply, in respect of Northern Ireland, a special measure derogating from Articles 16 and 168 of Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax| Legal instrument | implementing decision |
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| Number legal act | Implementing decision 2021/512 |
| Original proposal | COM(2021)53  |
| CELEX number i | 32021D0512 |
| Document | 22-03-2021; Date of adoption |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 24-03-2021; OJ L 103 p. 4-5 |
| Effect | 24-03-2021; Takes effect Date notif. |
| Deadline | 31-03-2026; See Art 1 |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
| Notification | 24-03-2021; {titleAndReference.draft.disclaimer.new|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_365/titleAndReference.draft.disclaimer.new} |
24.3.2021 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 103/4 |
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2021/512
of 22 March 2021
authorising the United Kingdom to apply, in respect of Northern Ireland, a special measure derogating from Articles 16 and 168 of Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 395(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) |
The United Kingdom withdrew from the European Union on 31 January 2020 on the basis of the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (2) (‘the Withdrawal Agreement’). Thus, Union law on value added tax (‘VAT’) is no longer applicable to or in the United Kingdom. |
(2) |
However, in accordance with the first paragraph of Article 8 of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland (‘the Protocol’), which forms an integral part of the Withdrawal Agreement, Union law on VAT continues to apply to and in the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland as regards goods, subject to the democratic consent referred to in Article 18 of the Protocol to the continued application of Article 8 thereof. |
(3) |
Therefore, taxable persons and certain non-taxable legal persons in the United Kingdom continue to be subject to Union law on VAT for transactions in goods in Northern Ireland. |
(4) |
Article 168 of Directive 2006/112/EC provides that a taxable person is entitled to deduct VAT charged on purchases made for the purposes of taxed transactions. However, Article 16 of that Directive requires the application by a taxable person of goods forming part of his business assets for his private use or for that of his staff to be treated as a supply of goods for consideration, where the VAT on those goods or the component parts thereof was wholly or partly deductible. This system allows for the recovery of initially deducted VAT in relation to the private use. |
(5) |
By Council Decision 2006/659/EC (3), the United Kingdom was authorised to apply, until 31 December 2015, a special measure in order to determine, on a flat-rate basis, the proportion of non-deductible VAT relating to expenditure on fuel in business cars not exclusively used for business purposes (‘the special measure’). The special measure, which is optional for taxable persons, is based on the level of carbon dioxide emissions from the car, as there is a proportional correlation between emissions and fuel consumption and therefore with expenditure on fuel. |
(6) |
By Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/2109 (4), the United Kingdom was authorised to continue to apply the special measure until 31 December 2018. A further extension, until 31 December 2020, was granted by Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1918 (5). |
(7) |
By letter registered with the Commission on 27 November 2020, the United Kingdom requested, in respect of Northern Ireland, authorisation to continue to apply the special measure from 1 January 2021. The request included an explanation on the functioning of the special measure. |
(8) |
The Commission transmitted the request made by the United Kingdom to the Member States by letter dated 10 December 2020. By letter dated 11 December 2020, the Commission notified the United Kingdom that it had all the information necessary to consider the request. |
(9) |
According to the United Kingdom, the special measure has provided an efficient simplified procedure for... |
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