Article 1
By way of derogation from Article 11(A)(1)(a) and Article 28e of Directive 77/388/EEC, Lithuania is hereby authorised to provide that the taxable amount of a supply of goods or services or of an intra-Community acquisition of goods shall be the same as the open-market value, as defined in Article 11(A)(1)(d) of the said Directive, in either of the following circumstances: (a) where the consideration is significantly lower than the open-market value and the recipient of the supply, or in the case of an intra-Community acquisition, the acquirer, does not have a right to full deduction under Article 17 of Directive 77/388/EEC; (b) where the consideration is significantly higher than the open-market value and the supplier does not have a right to full deduction under Article 17 of Directive 77/388/EEC. This measure may only be used in order to prevent tax avoidance or evasion and when the consideration on which the taxable amount would otherwise be based has been influenced by family, management, ownership, financial or legal ties as defined in national legislation. For these purposes, legal ties shall include the formal relationship between employer and employee.