Proposal for a Council Decision amending Decision 2009/790/EC authorising Poland to extend the application of a special measure derogating from Article 287 of Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax

Pursuant to Article 395(1) of Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (‘the VAT Directive’), the Council, acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission, may authorise any Member State to apply special measures for derogation from the provisions of that Directive in order to simplify the procedure for collecting VAT or to prevent certain forms of tax evasion or avoidance.

By letter registered with the Commission on 12 April 2012, Poland requested an authorisation to continue to exempt taxable persons whose annual turnover is no higher than the equivalent in national currency of €30,000 at the conversion rate on the day of its accession. In accordance with Article 395(2) of the VAT Directive, the Commission informed the other Member States by letters dated 17 and 18 July 2012 of the request made by Poland. By letter dated 19 July 2012, the Commission notified Poland that it had all the information necessary to consider the request.

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