02012R0815 — EN — 01.01.2019 — 001.001

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 815/2012

of 13 September 2012

laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EU) No 904/2010, as regards special schemes for non-established taxable persons supplying telecommunications, broadcasting or electronic services to non-taxable persons







Article 1

Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:

(1) ‘non-Union scheme’ means the special scheme for telecommunications services, broadcasting services or electronic services supplied by taxable persons not established within the Community provided for in Section 2 of Chapter 6 of Title XII of Directive 2006/112/EC;

(2) ‘Union scheme’ means the special scheme for telecommunications services, broadcasting services or electronic services supplied by taxable persons established within the Community but not in the Member State of consumption provided for in Section 3 of Chapter 6 of Title XII of Directive 2006/112/EC;

(3) ‘special schemes’ means non-Union scheme and Union scheme.

Article 2

Functionalities of the electronic interface

The electronic interface in the Member State of identification by which a taxable person registers the use of one of the special schemes, and via which that person submits the value added tax (VAT) returns under that scheme to the Member State of identification, shall have the following functionalities:

(a) it must offer the facility to save the identification details pursuant to Article 361 of Directive 2006/112/EC, or the VAT return pursuant to Articles 365 and 369g of Directive 2006/112/EC, before they are submitted;

(b) it must allow for the taxable person to submit the relevant information relating to the VAT returns via an electronic file transfer in accordance with conditions laid down by the Member State of identification.

Article 3

Transmission of identification information

1. The Member State of identification shall transmit the following to the other Member States, via the CCN/CSI network:

(a) information to identify the taxable person using the non-Union scheme;

(b) similar details to identify the taxable person using the Union scheme;

(c) allocated identification number.

The common electronic message set out in Annex I shall be used to transmit the information referred to in the first subparagraph. Column B of the common electronic message set out in Annex I shall be used for the non-Union scheme and column C of that common electronic message shall be used for the Union scheme.

2. The Member State of identification shall without delay inform the other Member States via the CCN/CSI network, using the common electronic message set out in Annex II to this Regulation, where the taxable person:

(a) is excluded from one of the special schemes;

(b) voluntarily ceases to use one of the special schemes;

(c) changes the Member State of identification within the Union scheme.

Article 4

Submission of VAT return by the taxable person

1. The taxable person shall submit the VAT returns with the details pursuant to Articles 365 and 369g of Directive 2006/112/EC to the Member State of identification using the common electronic message set out in Annex III to this Regulation. Column B of the common electronic message set out in Annex III shall be used for the non-Union scheme and column C of that common electronic message shall be used for the Union scheme.

2. Where a taxable person makes no supplies of services under the special schemes in any Member State during a return period, a nil VAT return shall be completed. For that purpose, only boxes 1, 2 and 21 of the common electronic message set out in Annex III shall be completed for the Union scheme and boxes 1, 2 and 11 for the non-Union scheme.

3. The taxable person shall only be required to insert the supplies relating to a Member State of consumption and from a Member State of establishment if supplies of services under the special schemes have been made in or from that Member State respectively within the return period.

Article 5

Transmission of information contained in VAT return

The information contained in the VAT return referred to in Article 4(1) shall be sent by the Member State of identification to each Member State of consumption and establishment mentioned on the VAT return, via the CCN/CSI network, using the common electronic message set out in Annex III to this Regulation.

For the purpose of the first paragraph, the Member State of identification shall transmit to the Member State of consumption and establishment in which or from which supplies have been made, the general information contained in part 1 of the common electronic message set out in Annex III, together with the information in part 2 of that common electronic message relating to that particular Member State of consumption or establishment.

The Member State of identification shall transmit the information contained in the VAT return only to those Member States which have been indicated on that VAT return.

Article 6

Unique reference number

The information transmitted pursuant to Article 5 shall contain a reference number allocated by the Member State of identification which is unique to the specific VAT return.

Article 7

Corrections to VAT returns

The Member State of identification shall allow the taxable person to correct any VAT returns via the electronic interface referred to in Article 2. The Member State of identification shall transmit information on corrections to the Member State(s) of consumption and establishment concerned in accordance with Article 5, and allocate a timestamp to that information.

Article 8

Entry into force

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

It shall apply from 1 January 2015.

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









ANNEX I







Identification details Column A Column B Column C Box number The non-Union scheme The Union scheme 1 Individual VAT identification number allocated by the Member State of identification in accordance with Article 362 of Directive 2006/112/EC (1) Individual VAT identification number allocated by the Member State of identification in accordance with Article 369d of Directive 2006/112/EC, including the country code 2 The national tax number, if any 3 The company name The company name 4 The trading name(s) of the company if different from the company name The trading name(s) of the company if different from the company name 5 The full postal address (2) The full postal address (3) 6 The country in which the taxable person has his place of business The country in which the taxable person has his place of business if not in the Union 7 The e-mail address of the taxable person The e-mail address of the taxable person 8 The website(s) of the taxable person where available The website(s) of the taxable person where available 9 Contact name Contact name 10 Telephone number Telephone number 11 IBAN or OBAN number IBAN number 12 BIC number BIC number 13.1 Individual VAT identification number(s) or if not available, tax reference number(s) allocated by the Member State(s) in which the taxable person has a fixed establishment(s) (4) other than in the Member State of identification 14.1 Full postal address(es) and trading name(s) of fixed establishments (5) other than in the Member State of identification 15.1 VAT identification number(s) allocated by Member State(s) as a non-established taxable person (6) 16 ►M1 Electronic declaration that the taxable person is not established within the Union ◄ 17 Date of commencement of using the scheme (7) Date of commencement of using the scheme (8) 18 Date of request to be registered under the scheme by the taxable person Date of request to be registered under the scheme by the taxable person 19 Date of registration decision by the Member State of identification Date of registration decision by the Member State of identification 20 Indicator of whether the taxable person is a VAT group (9) 21 Individual VAT identification number(s) allocated by the Member State of identification in accordance with Articles 362 or 369d of Directive 2006/112/EC if they have previously used either scheme Individual VAT identification number(s) allocated by the Member State of identification in accordance with Articles 362 or 369d of Directive 2006/112/EC if they have previously used either scheme (1) To follow format: EUxxxyyyyyz where: xxx is the 3-digit ISO numeric of the MSI; yyyyy is the 5-digit number assigned by MSI; and z is a check digit. (2) Postcode to be indicated if there is one. (3) Postcode to be indicated if there is one. (4) Where there is more than one fixed establishment, use box 13.1, 13.2, etc. (5) Where there is more than one fixed establishment, use box 14.1, 14.2, etc. (6) Where there is more than one VAT identification number allocated by Member State(s) as a non-established taxable person, use box 15.1, 15.2 etc. (7) This can be in certain limited cases prior to the date of registration onto the scheme. (8) This can be in certain limited cases prior to the date of registration onto the scheme. (9) This is a simple yes/no tick box.









ANNEX II







Details relating to the status of a taxable person in the register of a Member State of identification Individual VAT identification number allocated by the Member State of identification, including country code Date from which the change is effective Reason for changing the status of the taxable person in the register by using the following codes: (1) The taxable person has notified the Member State of identification that he no longer supplies telecommunications, broadcasting or electronic services; (2) It is assumed by the Member State of identification that the taxable activities of the taxable person covered by the special scheme have ceased; (3) The taxable person no longer meets the conditions necessary for the use of the special scheme; (4) The taxable person persistently fails to comply with the rules of the special scheme; (5) The taxable person has requested to voluntarily leave the scheme; (6) The taxable person has requested to be identified in a new Member State of identification.









ANNEX III