Article 1 
By way of derogation from Article 21(1)(a) of Directive 77/388/EEC, as worded in Article 28(g) thereof, the Italian Republic is hereby authorised, to designate the recipients of the supplies of goods and services referred to in Article 2 of this Decision as the persons liable to pay VAT.
Article 2 
The recipient of the supply of goods or services may be designated as the person liable to pay VAT in the following instances: — supplies and associated operations of ferrous waste and scrap, as well as of glass, paper and board, rags, bone and leather, rubber and plastic, including the supplies of those materials after they have undergone certain processing such as cleaning, polishing, selection, cutting or casting into ingots, — supplies and associated operations of ferrous and non-ferrous semi-processed products, such as pig iron, refined copper and copper alloys and crude nickel and aluminium.
Article 3 
This Decision shall expire on the date of entry into force of a special scheme for the application of VAT to the recycled waste sector amending Directive 77/388/EEC, but not later than 31 December 2009 .
Article 4 
This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic. ( 1 ) OJ L 145, 13.6.1977, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive 2004/15/EC (OJ L 52, 21.2.2004, p. 61).