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Article 148 Directive 2006/112/EC

Exemptions related to international transport

Title IX · Exemptions › Chapter 7 · Exemptions related to international transport

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Text of Article 148

Member States shall exempt the following transactions:

(a)the supply of goods for the fuelling and provisioning of vessels used for navigation on the high seas and carrying passengers for reward or used for the purpose of commercial, industrial or fishing activities, or for rescue or assistance at sea, or for inshore fishing, with the exception, in the case of vessels used for inshore fishing, of ships' provisions;

(b)the supply of goods for the fuelling and provisioning of fighting ships, falling within the combined nomenclature (CN) code 8906 10 00, leaving their territory and bound for ports or anchorages outside the Member State concerned;

(c)the supply, modification, repair, maintenance, chartering and hiring of the vessels referred to in point (a), and the supply, hiring, repair and maintenance of equipment, including fishing equipment, incorporated or used therein;

(d)the supply of services other than those referred to in point (c), to meet the direct needs of the vessels referred to in point (a) or of their cargoes;

(e)the supply of goods for the fuelling and provisioning of aircraft used by airlines operating for reward chiefly on international routes;

(f)the supply, modification, repair, maintenance, chartering and hiring of the aircraft referred to in point (e), and the supply, hiring, repair and maintenance of equipment incorporated or used therein;

(g)the supply of services, other than those referred to in point (f), to meet the direct needs of the aircraft referred to in point (e) or of their cargoes.

Consolidated version on EUR-Lex (CELEX 02006L0112-20250414). © European Union. Only the Official Journal is authentic.

Case law on Article 148: 11 cases

Judgments, orders and Advocate General opinions of the Court of Justice and the General Court that cite Article 148 of Directive 2006/112/EC, most recent first.

  1. C-527/24 Harry et Associés Judgment · 12 March 2026 · Italy
  2. C-242/19 CHEP Equipment Pooling Judgment · 11 June 2020 · Romania
  3. C-77/19 Kaplan International Colleges UK Opinion · 23 April 2020 · United Kingdom · cites Article 148(e)
  4. C-291/18 Grup Servicii Petroliere Judgment · 20 June 2019 · Romania · cites Article 148(a), (c)
  5. C-42/18 Cardpoint Opinion · 2 May 2019 · Germany
  6. C-33/16 A Judgment · 4 May 2017 · Finland · cites Article 148(a), (c), (d)
  7. C-605/15 Aviva Opinion · 1 March 2017 · Poland · cites Article 148(e)
  8. C-550/14 Envirotec Denmark Opinion · 17 December 2015 · Denmark · cites Article 148(b)
  9. C-526/13 Fast Bunkering Klaipėda Judgment · 3 September 2015 · Lithuania · cites Article 148(a), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g)
  10. C-197/12 Commission v France Judgment · 21 March 2013 · France
  11. C-95/07 Ecotrade Opinion · 13 March 2008 · Italy · cites Article 148(a), (c)

VAT Committee guidelines on Article 148: 22

Not binding. Positions agreed in the VAT Committee set up under Article 398 of Directive 2006/112/EC and published by the Commission.