2002/888/EC: Council Decision of 5 November 2002 authorising Germany and France to apply a measure derogating from Article 3 of Directive 77/388/EEC on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes

• CELEX: Directive 77/388/EEC
• Articles: 3

Article 1

By way of derogation from Article 3 of Directive 77/388/EEC Germany and France are hereby authorised, in the case of the cross-border bridges on the Rhine referred to in Article 2, to set the territorial boundary between the two States in the middle of the bridges concerned as the place of taxation for the supply of goods and services, intra-Community acquisitions and imports of goods for the construction and maintenance of these bridges, including winter maintenance and regular cleaning.

Article 2

The cross-border bridges on the Rhine to which this Decision applies are those to be built in future which will link up with public highways not forming part of the network of motorways and trunk roads in France and with public highways not forming part of the Federal trunk road network in Germany.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany and the French Republic.

Done at Brussels, 5 November 2002.

For the Council

The President

T. Pedersen

(1) OJ L 145, 13.6.1977, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive 2002/38/EC (OJ L 128, 15.5.2002, p. 41).

(2) Proposal of 11 September 2002 (not yet published in the Official Journal).