Proposal to amend Council Implementing Decision 2014/797/EU authorising Estonia to apply a measure derogating from point (a) of Articles 26(1) and Articles 168 and 168a of Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax

Pursuant to Article 395(1) of Directive 2006/112/EC (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 18 April 2017, Estonia requested an extension of the derogation from Article 168 of the VAT Directive in order to continue to restrict the right to deduct the input VAT on expenditure connected with passenger cars. In accordance with Article 395(2) of the VAT Directive, the Commission informed the other Member States by letter dated 14 June 2017 of the request made by Estonia. By letter dated 15 June 2017, the Commission notified Estonia that it had all the information it considered necessary for appraisal of the request.

EUR-Lex: COM(2017)421: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2017:421:FIN

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