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the following Articles are inserted: ‘Article 284a 1. The prior notification referred to in point (a) of the first subparagraph of Article 284(3) shall contain at least the following information: (a) the name, activity, legal form and address of the taxable person; (b) the Member State or Member States in which the taxable person intends to avail itself of the exemption; (c) the total value of supplies of goods and/or services carried out in the Member State in which the taxable person is established and in each of the other Member States during the previous calendar year; (d) the total value of supplies of goods and/or services carried out in the Member State in which the taxable person is established and in each of the other Member States during the current calendar year prior to the notification. The information referred to in point (c) of the first subparagraph of this paragraph has to be given for each previous calendar year belonging to the period referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 288a(1) as regards any Member State which applies the option stipulated therein. 2. Where the taxable person informs the Member State of establishment in accordance with Article 284(4) that it intends to avail itself of the exemption in a Member State or Member States other than the ones indicated in the prior notification, that person is not obliged to give the information referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article in so far as that information has already been included in reports previously submitted under Article 284b. The update to a prior notification referred to in the first subparagraph shall include the individual identification number referred to in point (b) of Article 284(3). Article 284b 1. A taxable person availing itself of the exemption provided for in Article 284(1) in a Member State in which that person is not established in accordance with the procedure under Article 284(3) and (4) shall report for each calendar quarter to the Member State of establishment the following information, including the individual identification number referred to in point (b) of Article 284(3): (a) the total value of supplies carried out during the calendar quarter in the Member State of establishment or “0” if no supplies have been made; (b) the total value of supplies carried out during the calendar quarter in each of the Member States other than the Member State of establishment or “0” if no supplies have been made. 2. The taxable person shall communicate the information set out in paragraph 1 within one month from the end of the calendar quarter. 3. When the Union annual turnover threshold referred to in point (a) of Article 284(2) is exceeded, the taxable person shall inform the Member State of establishment within 15 working days. At the same time, the taxable person shall be required to report the value of the supplies referred to in paragraph 1 that have been made from the beginning of the current calendar quarter up until the date the Union annual turnover threshold was exceeded. Article 284c 1. For the purposes of points (c) and (d) of Article 284a(1) and Article 284b(1) the following shall apply: (a) the values shall consist of the amounts listed in Article 288; (b) the values shall be denominated in euro; (c) where the Member State granting the exemption applies varying thresholds as referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 284(1), the taxable person shall be obliged in respect of that Member State to report separately the total value of supplies of goods and/or services as regards each threshold that may be applicable. For the purposes of point (b) of the first subparagraph, Member States which have not adopted the euro may require the values to be expressed in their national currencies. If the supplies have been made in other currencies, the taxable person shall use the exchange rate applying on the first day of the calendar year. The conversion shall be made by applying the exchange rate published by the European Central Bank for that day, or, if there is no publication on that day, on the next day of publication. 2. The Member State of establishment may require the information referred to in Article 284(3) and (4) and in Article 284b(1) and (3) to be submitted by electronic means, in accordance with conditions laid down by that Member State. Article 284d 1. A taxable person availing itself of the exemption in a Member State in which that taxable person is not established shall not be required in respect of the supplies covered by the exemption in that Member State: (a) to be registered for VAT purposes pursuant to Articles 213 and 214; (b) to submit a VAT return pursuant to Article 250. 2. A taxable person availing itself of the exemption in the Member State of establishment and in any Member State in which that taxable person is not established shall not be required, in respect of the supplies covered by the exemption in the Member State of establishment, to submit a VAT return pursuant to Article 250. 3. By derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, where a taxable person fails to comply with the rules provided for in Article 284b, Member States may require such a taxable person to fulfil VAT obligations such as those referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article. Article 284e The Member State of establishment shall, without delay, either deactivate the identification number referred to in point (b) of Article 284(3) or, if the taxable person continues to avail itself of the exemption in another Member State or other Member States, adapt the information received pursuant to Article 284(3) and (4) as regards the Member State or Member States concerned, in the following cases: (a) the total value of supplies reported by the taxable person exceeds the amount referred to in point (a) of Article 284(2); (b) the Member State granting the exemption has notified that the taxable person is not eligible for the exemption or the exemption has ceased to apply in that Member State; (c) the taxable person has informed of its decision to cease to apply the exemption; or (d) the taxable person has informed, or it may otherwise be assumed, that his activities have ceased.’;