2010/580/EU: Council Implementing Decision of 27 September 2010 authorising the Kingdom of the Netherlands to apply a measure derogating from Article 193 of Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax

By way of derogation from Article 193 of Directive 2006/112/EC, the Kingdom of the Netherlands is hereby authorised to apply until 31 December 2012, in the ready-to-wear clothing industry, a scheme for shifting the subcontractors’ obligations to pay over VAT to the tax authorities from the subcontractor to the clothing firm (the contractor).

Any request for extending the measure beyond 2012 shall be accompanied by the submission of a report to the Commission by the Kingdom of the Netherlands, concerning in particular the effectiveness of the measure and any evidence of the relocation of subcontractors in the ready-to-wear clothing industry to other countries, and shall be sent no later than 1 April 2012.

This Decision shall take effect on the day of its notification. It shall apply as from 1 January 2010.

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.