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Article 160 Directive 2006/112/EC

Customs warehouses, warehouses other than customs warehouses and similar arrangements

Title IX · Exemptions › Chapter 10 · Exemptions for transactions relating to international trade › Section 1 · Customs warehouses, warehouses other than customs warehouses and similar arrangements

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Text of Article 160

1.Member States may exempt the following transactions:

(a)the supply of goods or services carried out in the locations referred to in Article 156(1), where one of the situations specified therein still applies within their territory;

(b)the supply of goods or services carried out in the locations referred to in Article 157(1)(b) or Article 158, where one of the situations specified in Article 157(1)(b) or in Article 158(1) still applies within their territory.

2.Where Member States exercise the option under point (a) of paragraph 1 in respect of transactions effected in customs warehouses, they shall take the measures necessary to provide for warehousing arrangements other than customs warehousing under which point (b) of paragraph 1 may be applied to the same transactions when they concern goods listed in Annex V and are carried out in warehouses other than customs warehouses.

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Case law on Article 160: 2 cases

Judgments, orders and Advocate General opinions of the Court of Justice and the General Court that cite Article 160 of Directive 2006/112/EC, most recent first.

  1. C-527/24 Harry et Associés Judgment · 12 March 2026 · Italy
  2. C-424/12 Fatorie Judgment · 6 February 2014 · Romania